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(...) Oh, there's lots of things with green medium (2x2 for example) and low (2x3 for example) slopes. The only green inverse x2 or x3 slope piece which I'm pretty sure doesn't exist yet is the 2x2 inverse corner. I'm not sure about the 1x3 inverse (...) (24 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm showing 7124-Flashspeeder as having two 33 3 x 2 inverted slopes in green. There may be others. Ray (24 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) Oooooh, that Genesisi is nice! I like the coupler with the gray 6-wide fence turned 90 degrees beneath, quite cool. Good show! later, James Mathis (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) In the US it would be called a run around track. (...) Bumper comes to mind for the US, though I'm not sure if that's the railroading term. Frank (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Passing Loop with head shunt. (looks "something" like: ______ -----<______>--- There are several versions of this possible. (...) Buffer stop, or Hydraulic Buffer (depeding on design) Of course, that is English, not NA :). Over here, they (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) This wouldn't be easy to implement but how about placing the motor midway between both gates? Will Bricksburg Fire and Rescue: www.crosswinds.net/~hokie Bricksburg Depot: (URL) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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"Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:3a9955e0.223730...net.com... (...) Hi Todd! I have used "GeoType" (sometimes called Letraset). It is a set of letters that come on a waxy paper. You put the waxy paper down onto the object (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi! English is not my native language, so: What is that track or branch called and final stations so the engine can switch to the other end of the train? Overrun? circulation? What is the stopper (buffer stop) called in English? I am working on an (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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I added some closeups of the trucks ((URL) to show the difficulty in attaching them. Any other ideas? I tried attaching the trucks with single plates instead of the double plates that I have and they were not very stable rolling on track. The tank (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I can speak for the the GMLTC too! We are in the unfortunate position of having to turn down prospective members at this time. We just don't have the room! Our weekly "meetings" are held in Conan's basement, we've got around 13' x 20' of (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) This may not relate, but you gould also use 4 quarter panels to make a larger water tank for an older building. You could use a few plates for the framing (build it from scratch). then maybe some slopes for the hatches? Josh (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Blame that on 'el cheapo' shareware software that we used to create the thumbnails. We want to completely rewrite the website - just because I've owned the domain name for 2+ years doesn't mean we work on it very often! <grin> We'll probably (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I like it! How did you get the "euroLiner" text on the side? Is that a LEGO sticker or did you laser-print on a sticky transparency? --Todd (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi, I was looking at your site (URL) I was wondering what was up with all the thumbnails? They all have something written across them. Chris (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Rich, it looks good. I like the way you got the ladders on. So far, I think that this is the most successful tank car from the droid escape set. However, I too think that it it to high off the trucks. The greatest feature of the droid escape (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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For a couple weeks now, I've been working a model of the following tear-drop center-flow hopper: (URL) haven't had much success with a model of it yet, so I thought I would throw it out to you all and maybe we could come up with some ideas. I (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think the Genesis: (URL) awesome. Some amazing SNOTwork on the nose. More tape striping and decals and inking than I'd personally care for, but if someone printed up some STICKERS, I'm there. ++Lar (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) What I did on my lift bridge was used two motors but slaved them together with a geartrain and axle. That way they had to stay in synch but I wasn't asking one motor to keep both sides synched. ++Lar (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Looks good Rich, I really like the ladders and the top platform. It seems to sit a bit high on the trucks for my personal taste, but there's not much you can do unless you start using 2x2 turntables to attach the trucks to the frame. -chris ps. your (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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I've been trying to build a dual one (i.e. a gate on each side of the rails), but I keep having trouble keeping the sides in synch. If I use two motors, they seem to turn at slightly different rates so the gates don't line up after a while. I tried (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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