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Hello everyone,I am currently adding the finishing touches to my rendition of a Diesel-electric locomotive used by Nazi Germany to pull railway artillery during WWII. This bruiser consisted of two units (connected by drawbar)developing about 2,000 (...) (24 years ago, 8-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: My first train "creation"
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(...) It sure does look a lot better than the main model, you did an excellent job considering that theres no instructions for the alternate models anymore. -Harvey (24 years ago, 8-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: My first train "creation"
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Ross Crawford" <rcrawford@csi.com> (...) for the extra warnings (Warning electric toy!!) plastered all over the US boxes. Martin (24 years ago, 8-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | My first train "creation"
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OK, its not really a creation, but I didn't have any instructions 8?) This is the train on the back of the Australian 4561 box (dunno if it's on the US box). I think it's much nicer than the main model. I kept one of the long cars & built one short (...) (24 years ago, 8-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: I'm kinda sorta train voltage complete
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(...) without (...) And the 7864 is a real transformer with much better speed regulation. And you have the AC 13V outlet for light. (...) If shipping wasn't that expensive. You can get these transformers almost wwekly for less than 25 $ at eBay.de . (...) (24 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) fine. (...) Just saw one go for $50 on eBay... Way more than I'd want to pay. Frank (24 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ahh, but then I'd have to get a 7864... The only other 12V accessories I have are lamps. I did notice one thing, not sure if anyone else has actually tried (surely someone must have). The extra wheels to turn the 12V train motor into a 6 wheel (...) (24 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Ed covered part of it. As I outlined my personal point-of-view of stickers in the last post, it was hard to decide what to offer. Our personal tastes may not always align with what's best overall for a model design. And there are the perceptions of (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: I'm kinda sorta train voltage complete
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(...) It isn't that hard to run 12V stuff using a 7864 transformer. All you need (besides the 7864) is a 110V->220V stepup transformer, which would run you $20-30. The 7864 has the advantage of being able to run accessories without having everything (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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| | Re: I'm kinda sorta train voltage complete
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Frank Filz wrote: snip (...) snip (...) I chortled when I read this part. I live in the US and I got a 7735 several years ago, and all I had was an oval and a train that went very slow too. When my parents went to Ireland for their anniversary they (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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