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"Mike Walsh" <mike_walsh@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:GA0CuF.FCx@lugnet.com... (...) Reimann (...) at (...) Well you could if you didnt mind Lego ripping you off! 1 pack of 4515 on the UK shop @ home is £12.99 Today on Expedia 12.99 (...) (24 years ago, 11-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Has anyone tried shrink tubing? I was at an electronics store last week, and saw grey shrink tubing in many different diameters. I have no idea what sort of temperature would be required to get it to shrink, but I may have to spend a few (...) (24 years ago, 11-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes, I agree. Realised it after i posted but got sucked into something else. (...) And what makes an interesting/convenient arrangment for a show may well be very different from what makes an interesting arrangement for a home layout. At a (...) (24 years ago, 11-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Assuming there's another end, I would say that Dog1 is a valid end of a folded dogbone. If you unfold the loop, it's just a dogbone where the double track comes out of the center of the loop instead of at one edge. Of course like Larry says, (...) (24 years ago, 11-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The definition of a "dogbone" is an oval that has been pinched in the middle so that the two sides of it are close enough together that they look like double track... then stretched to quite a bit longer. That's the key idea... it could have (...) (24 years ago, 11-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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"David Graham" <david@graham167.fre...rve.co.uk> wrote in message news:G9ztrx.LBJ@lugnet.com... (...) Euros - (...) a (...) Can't you order from LEGO Shop @ Home? Mike -- Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring dot com (URL) - North Carolina LEGO (...) (24 years ago, 11-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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"Harvey Henkelman" <HarveyHenkelman@webtv.net> wrote in message news:G9z529.LnI@lugnet.com... (...) Hi Harvey! I really like your Side Dump Hopper, and your 4551 Diesel! I am a fan of the "doing more with less" method of building myself. Iain (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Since Christmas I have been trying to buy some straight track from Reimann in Germany, their latest excuse is that the minumum order is now 350 Euros - which is over 30 boxes of track! Is there any other supplier of straight track 4515 in Europe (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Choooo-Wooooo! My pictures are finally posted,check out my new page at (URL) Before directing the flame thrower at me, please be aware that I'm working within the bounds and limits of Webtv. The pictures may not be megapixel quality, the trains are (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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I forgot to mention this earlier but I got one about 1.5 weeks ago. I probably cannot make it on Sat, but am going to do my darndest to get there on Sat. - Craig Livingston (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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Everyone, Just a quick reminder that the Royal Train will be appearing at the "All American Railroad Show" in LaGrange, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago) next Saturday, March 17th from 9:00am to 4:00pm. For more information, please look under Show (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Margaret, I haven't found a good replacement source for the traction tires yet. The rubber that Lego used decomposes quickly when exposed to air. First they will turn yellow and then crack apart after only a few years. When mine are gone I expect (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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"James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message news:G9ypMz.CrJ@lugnet.com... (...) 2000 (...) LEGO should also send these to stores like Zany-Brainy and TRU. ZB always has a pile of flyers and brochures near the entrance of the store. Mike (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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I just got a copy of the post card that LEGO sent out to help promote the show the NGLTC is doing this weekend, it looks pretty good. I'll be interested to see how many people bring one to the show, they sent out 2000 of them! (URL) J. Trobaugh (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains) !
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(...) There is no rule to say that a dog bone style layout should be in the shape of a dog-bone! A far more common MR arrangement is to run the centre double track section around a room or double back over itself at a higher level. You get more (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Actually I tried something like that-- although I didn't use the 1/4 8-wide thinwall cylinders because the colors were wrong-- instead I tried using 1/4 8-wide 'pie piece' bricks, stacked on top of one another (Though I can't remember if I had (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hmm, though I'd rather take a bath in them than a shower! -John (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Holger Matthes wrote in message ... (...) THE (...) LOL! Sounds a bit painful, even though they are curved one side the other sides and edges are still pretty spiky! Kevin ---...--- Craftsman Lego Kits & Custom models: (URL) Lego parts store: (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) If you're comfortable with having it be 8 wide, is there any way you can incorporate the new SW 1/4 round eight wide cylinders? The center section can use two of these, one on each side. Both ends of the car can attach to the center section (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains)
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Hi Dave, really nice work! Your Green Line just look great as it is. Probably you might take some brighter pictures?? (...) Me, as another 8-wide addict I just can emphazise these words! 8-wide is THE scale for modelmaking, less for playing and (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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