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| (...) Totally awesome, Dave! I sent a link to my son, Ross (who is currently attending college); you will soon become, I predict, his new hero! :-) Well played. JOHN (15 years ago, 9-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| Dave, I am so proud to say I know you. You sir are amazing. I would also like to anounce to the comunity that I got to see Dave build his first working prototype at the hobby show. I should also point out that at 6pm, I told him he had to stop (...) (15 years ago, 9-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) Try you local hobby store: (URL) Hornet Hobbies in Toronto (URL) ) Google tells me Modelers Choice in Hamilton carries slot cars (URL) Dundas valley hobbies: (URL) these guys in Burlington: (URL) A> (15 years ago, 8-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.space)
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| (...) I did forget to mentinon ,though you can see it in the pics on Flickr, that the brushes for the power pickup almost make the monorail run in 1 direction only-just like the slot cars... if the monorail runs the other way, the brushes will get (...) (15 years ago, 8-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) Haven't put a start/stop in, and they were out of the plan anyway.... But I'll try copper taping one soon--there's somethign niggling in my mind that if you left the transformer on full in one direction, that the monorail switch would work as (...) (15 years ago, 8-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) Woah, that's pretty cool! How does it handle any start/stops that it encounters? I assume that the switch on the motor wasn't actually disengaged, so it it needs to be out to the left or right in order to work? DaveE (15 years ago, 8-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) Snipped. (...) This is going to be awesome... good luck with the progress, cant wait to see the final working of this project. GOOOOO Dave! Janey "Red Brick" (15 years ago, 8-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| I won't bother to link pics here 'cause it always takes me at least 3 tries to embedden 'em... Anyway, with much further ado, here's my latest POC-- Externally powered monorail!! Pics at Flickr-- (URL) Vids at YouTube-- (3 URLs) So a few things--the (...) (15 years ago, 8-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.space, FTX) !
| | | | | The LEGO Group Partners With NASA to Build and Explore the Future
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| The LEGO® Group Partners With NASA to Build and Explore the Future BILLUND, Denmark, November 2, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- LEGO® bricks will provide a symbolic link between Earth and space when the Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off from Cape Canaveral (...) (15 years ago, 3-Nov-10, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| Its been awhile since I've posted an moc but i finally got around to taking pics some models that I created over the past six months or so. I wanted to start making use of my black and dark blue bricks so I've added a ShadowOps sub-theme to the (...) (15 years ago, 18-Oct-10, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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