 | | 1:20 scale MOCs: an Audi TT, a Chevy Suburban, and a cubicle...
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All: Hi everybody! I know it's been a really long time since I've posted something new. I moved from New York to Austin this past winter, and it took forever before my LEGO workshop was finally set up and sorted out. I've also just finished working (...) (20 years ago, 9-Aug-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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| | Interesting idea for boats/towns/train layouts: Falkirk Wheel
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The Union Canal in Scotland has a pretty interesting lock mechanism for moving boats between two levels, called the Falkirk Wheel. Here's an animation to show it off: (URL) Boats move between the top and bottom levels via the wheel. More images are (...) (20 years ago, 9-Aug-04, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickFest 2004 Xinjiang Border Battle preview
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Fantastic tank John-Paul! I salute you from the graveyard of my many failed attemts. -Joseph (20 years ago, 8-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.town, lugnet.gaming, FTX)
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| | Blue Tubs Set #4107
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I need several of the tubs from the Creator set #4107 in ok condition with lids. I would like to pick them up at BrickFest. I will pay a resonable price. If you have some and are willing to part, please email me. Thanks... Don Lugnet #1239 GtwLUG (...) (20 years ago, 8-Aug-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: BrickFest 2004 Xinjiang Border Battle preview
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(...) Here are the players!! G.I.L.F. (URL) here is the folder's "logo picture" for the upcoming battle scene. (URL) (20 years ago, 7-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.town, lugnet.gaming)
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| | Re: motorized cars?
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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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| | Re: motorized cars?
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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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| | Re: motorized cars?
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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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| | BrickFest 2004 Xinjiang Border Battle preview
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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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| | Re: 4032 - EL AL Promo Airplane
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(...) I would pay up to $40 plus shipping. Send me an e-mail if any of you want to sell. Thanks, Benjamin Medinets (20 years ago, 6-Aug-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: motorized cars?
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(...) if you're good with babelfish you might be able to puzzle out www.faller.de (go to HO, then to car-system) to figure out how they work. I'm guessing but I think they have internal batteries, they go to spots and stop because their magnet (...) (20 years ago, 6-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: motorized cars?
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(...) ,---...---. | Joseph J. Strout Check out the Mac Web Directory: | | joe@strout.net (URL) | `---...---' (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: motorized cars?
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(...) Not LEGO, but there is a huge HO-scale train layout in Germany that has thousands of computer controlled cars driving around the layout: (URL) to Pictures, then Carsystem-gallery. Very amazing stuff. Russell BayLTC (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: 4032 - EL AL Promo Airplane
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(...) hello Maybe I will get some of this set. what you all think will be fair price (it cost 19$ on the airline). thanks Gil (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: motorized cars?
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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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| | Re: motorized cars?
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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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| | Re: motorized cars?
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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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| | Re: motorized cars?
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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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| | Re: motorized cars?
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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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