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(...) Only the wheels are non-Lego parts ! As you know there are no original wheels in this size, so I had to make them. They are scaled up from an old red wheel from a 4,5V train and with CNC its so easy to produce more than one... Stefan (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 'Dog Bone' - definition
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(...) Absolutely. My aborted HO layout had an oval of track with a switchback line climbing a mountain (it was developed for a 5'x9.5' space in my apartment, so a dogbone type design just wasn't going to work, but I worked out a pretty nice scheme (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 12V train engines
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John, I tried heat shrink tubing a couple years ago. There's temperature problem, it fits nice and snug around the wheels, and the color is good. I guess I never pursued it because the tubing I found was a little thin for good appearance and it was (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Track Designer (was: 'Dog Bone' - definition)
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For the benefit of the "What might be a good track layout" discussion and for sharing track ideas amongst eachother, I reccomend the use of the "Train Depot Track Designer", a great Windows program by Matthew Bates for drawing Lego track layouts on (...) (24 years ago, 11-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: buying trains on the internet in Europe
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"Lawrence Wilkes" <lawrence@thewilkesf...rve.co.uk> wrote in message news:GA1xvH.87B@lugnet.com... (...) marks (...) Lets look at some other countries Country - Equivalent price at todays exchange ---...--- ------- UK - £12.99 Denmark - £10.50 (...) (24 years ago, 11-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk)
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