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(...) direction (...) car-system (...) I would imagine they have some sort of switching "track" just like a train layout so the magnet won't get "confused" and start making the car do weird things. Just an absolute guess though. Maybe I'll try my (...) (20 years ago, 7-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
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(...) That covers guidance, yes, but not how they stop and start and change direction at junctions. (if they do... The original layout reference talks of a car-system marshalling yard IIRC.) Good digging, though, Thanks! (20 years ago, 7-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
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(...) (URL) here I thought you guys were googlephiles... (20 years ago, 7-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
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Just a little preview of what I'll be bringing to BrickFest 2004. The Xinjiang Border Battle scene from my Conflict Zone - Global Crisis story set in June 7, 2015 in the western steppe province of China called the Xinjiang Autonomous Region. A small (...) (20 years ago, 7-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.town, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) I would pay up to $40 plus shipping. Send me an e-mail if any of you want to sell. Thanks, Benjamin Medinets (20 years ago, 6-Aug-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) if you're good with babelfish you might be able to puzzle out www.faller.de (go to HO, then to car-system) to figure out how they work. I'm guessing but I think they have internal batteries, they go to spots and stop because their magnet (...) (20 years ago, 6-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
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(...) ,---...---. | Joseph J. Strout Check out the Mac Web Directory: | | joe@strout.net (URL) | `---...---' (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Not LEGO, but there is a huge HO-scale train layout in Germany that has thousands of computer controlled cars driving around the layout: (URL) to Pictures, then Carsystem-gallery. Very amazing stuff. Russell BayLTC (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
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(...) hello Maybe I will get some of this set. what you all think will be fair price (it cost 19$ on the airline). thanks Gil (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Here is an example with a motorized bus drives itself. (URL) Schickele (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Cool? Yes (there was certainly a lot of excited chatter on the MichLUG list after Steve posted a video of the cars "driving" past each other). Simple? Sure, on paper, maybe, but in practical application its a bit more complicated. There are a (...) (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I forgot this one: (URL) (and other pictures in the same folder) where Ross Neal used pneumatic tubing around pulleys to make a 2-wide train move. I've seen this one in person, it's pretty slick! Everyone in the GMLTC wonders where Ross gets (...) (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
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(...) JT already spoke of MichLTC's (actually, our resident wizard, Steve Ringe's) work. GMLTC had mine trucks that followed a chain drive underneath a baseplate/tile layer, Magnets provided the connectivity. Eric Brok had this same thing for (...) (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.events.legoworld)
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(...) The GMLTC did this on our previous layout. You can just see our 'quarry' dump truck to the right of the famous blue locomotive: (URL) had a technic chain set up around several gears, with a magnet that pulled the truck around the circle. It (...) (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I think the MichLTC folks had a car that ran around with a magnet under the road attached to a train engine on a loop. Seemed like a very cool and simple solution to making cars move. jt (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
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Has anyone done anything with motorized cars that drive around the town? (I mean, anyone besides LegoLand!) I've thought of a couple of vague ideas: - magnets under the street that pull the cars along - a slotted street that guides motorized cars - (...) (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
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Hello! (...) Hey, that's a cool little MOC (with hopefully not so cool water)! Though I'm little astonished the girl enters the bath tube with a bikini top.... (Well, otherwise we would never have been allowed to see the pics, but still...) Bye Jojo (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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A (URL) water wheel> made from the catapults (URL) 30275> of the Ewok Attack set and Bulls attack. (2 URLs) Similar construction design with the hinges could probably be used for ferris wheels, excavators, etc. AC (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Hey! Great Job! Sucks though, because I have been working on a version of this very scene myself! I have only completed the floor and the minifigs.... I gave the guys from LUGOLA a sneak peek a couple of months back, guess I just need to build (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Boy howdy, I wish I was as prolific as you! Some neat stuff you've been producing lately. I am a little dissapointed that you've opted to include inferior subs on the moonbase, but I guess that's typical EB thinking. -Dan Rubin Chair of the (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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