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Just noticed this: (URL) amazing. Okay, the guy cheated on the wheels, but still...... Big thumbs up for Stefan Vorst! Duq (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Green line pics
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(...) Wait a sec... they offer those in the soccer trucks, don't they... darn it! Now I have to go out and buy 2 of the 3408's and 3 3405's (or 6 3401's) Someday I'll be cold and hungry and on the street thanks to my modelling addiction... but at (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Green line pics
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"Eric Kingsley" <kingsley@nelug.org> wrote in message news:G9vy95.JCC@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) or (...) waiting (...) And you don't get glass which is really hard to find for 1x2x3 windows. Mike -- Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Green line pics
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(...) Yeah, that'd be great looks-wise, although it would unfortunately make the doors a little too wide for the current model size... Actually, what I really wanted to use were the 1x4x3 train windows in white for the regular windows, and use the (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Green line pics
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(...) Actually, it was my original intent to make that part nice and rounded as well, but I couldn't find a good way of doing it-- and because of the width and 'tilt-in-edness' of the windshield it made it rather difficult... But I admit I didn't (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Green line pics
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David, Great model! I really like the curved roof. I would love to see Lego offer the curved roof pieces in bulk... Bryan "David Eaton" <deaton@intdata.com> wrote in message news:G9vw9B.Eu2@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Green line pics
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(...) Have those appeared in any other soccer sets besides 3408? (URL) looks like there are only 2 in the set which means you would need 12*30 or $360 retail just for the doors. Ouch!. Of course we can all do better waiting for sales but still... I (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Green line pics
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(...) Looks really nice, Dave:-) Those subway cars are just screaming to be modeled in LEGO-- thanks for heeding the call;-) One suggestion-- seems to me that the doors are a dead ringer to be modeled using the 1x2x3 white train window (stacked, 4 (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Green line pics
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(...) square but after looking at this picture: (URL) decided that your interpretation of that variation of Greenline car worked real well. Of course it is 8 wide but considering some of the detailing "challenges" that modeling in LEGO provides I (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains)
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| | Green line pics
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Well, despite the terrible lighting conditions at my place, I put together some pictures of my green line train that I made mostly over this last weekend (my very first train!): (URL) based off of the green line of the Boston subway, in particular, (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains)
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| | 12V train engines
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Interested in any information relating to 12V train engines. Firstly, trying to source rubber wheel rims (?part no. 5067). Where can I buy these? Does anyone have any I can purchase? The 12V engines I have are working, but I wonder how they can be (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: German Trains, 1930s and 40s ??
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Shaun, Try going to the DB Museum site at "(URL) Is there a special draw for you to the Reichsbahn era? I'm era I myself. -BMW (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Moving to Atanta!
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(replied via email) -- James J. Trobaugh North Georgia LEGO Train Club (URL) Warren <warren71@webtv.net> wrote in message news:G9uyEL.Lu4@lugnet.com... (...) club!!! (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Moving to Atanta!
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Hey Guys, I'm so excited that I had to post this somewhere. I'm finally leaving Kentucky and moving to Atlanta where I can FINALLY join a lego train club!!! Woohoo! I have a whole layout in my basement on two ping pong tables. I never post pictures (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Before I go to the Railroad Institute, I'm going to post some pictures of my new MOC's. I want to warn everyone that I must work within the limits of Webtv, that means use of a scanner exclusively. To those of you who are professional and use (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Trains Trains and Train Shows.
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(...) It may well be easier if they don't interconnect! If you have two independent loops, each with a storage siding (one train running the circuit, one train waiting in the siding), it becomes very awkward when someone decides to move a train (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) You *want* to make it hard to get into the center, keep the crowd out. Shows I have been at, we just crawl under the tables. Not very dignified but it's what everyone does. (...) Either technique will work. Just don't run your controllers full (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: First draft of my gravel silo MOC
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(...) Me too!. Having been the first to travel down this road, I expect you will have some difficulty (at least, I _think_ I was the first to do a automated load/unload sequence...I know someone did it with the Technic Control System 2 before me, (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Crawling under tables is possibly the best option, unless some hinger can be developed, but thats quite complicated, and I'm not sure how fancy our tabling arrangements may be. Bearing in mind that the lego cruves are fixed, providing a (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: A New Bridge
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(...) You could probably elevate the straight sections on plates, then put tiles under the curved section to get it all on the same level. ROSCO (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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