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I like the SD90MAC, I had a 6 wide version of the SD90MAC, maybe i should go for an 8-wide version of the SD90MAC-H. My SD90 just didn't look good, it seemed small. Josh (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Dan, Sounds interesting. As long as you are soldering LEDs, maybe you could wire a blue one between the wheels and have it brush against contacts in the track intermittantly to create the blue arcing effect so typical of these trains. Now that would (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Great set of MOCs! It's so fun to be overwhelmed by an on slaught of MOCs. The capt'n hook handrails are great, although I don't think I can get any of those back from my prirate crazed 5 yr old son! And one on of my favorite pass times is to use (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Real men model 7 wide ;P SteveB :D (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes, we decided to go with 6 wide for the subway cars since they're only going to viewed in profile anyway (those red windows are actually built into the side of one of the modules - you will not be able to see the subway stations from the (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yeah, the doors on the sides and ends. I acutally used a lot of dirty tricks in these cars in order to get the purple trim and stainless steel look. Dan (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I just added a second picture, giving a side profile: (URL) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The white thing in the background is the arched roof for the subway station. It has two rows of lights to illuminate the platform and station interior. Up above on street level will be the city, which will also have streetcars running through (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Dan, Very nice! Being from Chicago, I especially like the subway cars. Now what really caught my eye is the large white structure with all the 9v wires in the roof... what is that? -BMW (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Actually, it is the 'hook' minifigure hand element. Dan does nice work - we like to have him around! JohnG, GMLTC (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) will have 8 wide trains and 6 wide subway cars? Cool! --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu (URL) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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"Daniel Siskind" <blackened@visi.com> wrote in message news:G82L2J.571@lugnet.com... (...) silver/gray/purple (...) addition (...) The driver's cab is *BRILLIANT*!!!...!!! Iain (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) in (...) Looks like minifig box wrenches from the tool wheels. If I'm right I expect to see this technique on MANY more MOCs. Will (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Dan, I really like your 6 wide subway car. Do you have any more pictures of that? Bryan "Daniel Siskind" <blackened@visi.com> wrote in message news:G82L2J.571@lugnet.com... (...) posting pix (...) for (...) ore (...) silver/gray/purple (...) (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) pix (...) the handrail stanchions?? I can't quite make out that top bit. I've had a GE Dash 8-40CW stewing in the back of my mind since completion of my GP38-2. I might just have to get around to working on it sometime soon. Nice set of cars. (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) pix (...) Regards, Ben (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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I'm starting to figure out how my digital camera works and have been posting pix of some of my Train creations from the past six months / year. Highlights for 8-wide include EMD SD90MAC locomotives, double door box cars, a 110 ton ore hopper, (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains) !!
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(...) Ummm, I actually prefer to use JPEG or PNG rather than GIF, because of the Unisys patent (read about it at (URL) There are libraries available for converting to / from these formats. Regards ROSCO (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It's not quite the same thing. Unlike the PrintScreeen option I had to write code to support this feature! When you do want to save a lot of images you don't want to have to edit them each time. I did think about a Save As Image function but (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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where do you get a Pitsco/Datca catalog (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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