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Can you imagine if this company made better sets than TLG? If TLG keeps going the way they do, I might have to switch. From what I have seen, it looks a lot better than Town Junior does. I like the military sets as well. Any chance of seeing these (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I see them all the time in container yards (train and portside) as I fly in to places. That light blue is pretty distinctive. Containers get mixed around a lot, they're the boxcars of the late millenium, they get loaded by anyone and sent (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Hey, Joe. What doors do you use on your caboose
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There *is* a particular printer that will print white, but, of course, you'd have to buy it:-( I could find the brand if anyone cared....:-) (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Tamyra Teed ("Mookie") writes: <snip> (...) For white, you would have to put white bricks under where you wanted the white lettering/graphic to be and make the lettering transparent (or rather no color at all) so the white would (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi Larry, Sorry to be adding this so late but I just joined the newsgroup...I have had a lot of success with Microscale decals and the Microset that is applied over them...Great results! Much better than (well, at least different than) the dry (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Lots of snippage, just the facts :) (...) Thanks for the links! maybe now I can finally build a few Milwaukee Road cars in honor of my Dad, he was a Engineer on the rails when I was little. (...) Please do!! I saw those and was wondering if it would (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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My village toy store started selling Best Lock ( a Lego Compatible) a couple of weeks back - They have an interesting range (much more extensive than Mega Blocks ever was) Prices are at least half a comparable Lego set. Check out (URL) web site was (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Hey, Joe. What doors do you use on your caboose
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I guess I would have to agree along the lines of Larry's critique. It is compressed and toylike-- not that there is anything wrong with that (thank you, Jerry S) if that is the look you desire. If, however, you are looking for realism based on a (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I doubt that there is anyone here who would complain! (...) If Dan Parker will take a picture of it, I made a nice red boxcar. It uses 2 sets of the sliding red doors from the last 4.5V train, and a baseplate from the crane railway. (but it (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Larry and Railroaders, Here's is my plan for the new Lego Train System: Note: All train cars are the longer four axle type. I'm also assuming that all track and accessories will remain available (wheels, motor, etc.) Plan A (starter set): 1) Santa (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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