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(...) My latest truck trailer was 8x50 studs x9 bricks :) (URL) Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu (URL) (23 years ago, 5-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) My containers are pretty big. The 40' long containers are 32 studs long (1 stud = 1.25 ft), 6 studs wide, and 5 bricks and 2 plates tall. I make my containers a little shorter than my truck trailers. My 40' truck trailer is 32 studs long, 6 (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
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I'm starting work on some 8-wides now, but I've built a few 6 wide containers. I'm interested how other people build containers for 8-wides? For all of my trains I've decided to count 1 stud as 2 feet to make train cars shorter (only used on (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think it's over the hills and far away... Maggie (23 years ago, 4-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes: <snip> (...) Withdraw the question, Richard posted an apology at the same time I was crafting my post. ++Lar (23 years ago, 4-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
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A bit of rearrangment, a snip here, a snip there... (...) Thanks! (...) <snip where I said you could go buy a MOT to get the stickers> (...) There's the difference for you! And you know what it is already, don't you Richard? You *can't* go buy a (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Where is that confounded bridge, Maggie? -- Hop-Frog (23 years ago, 4-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) ::sigh:: I would like to apologize to Cary for my being so snippy with him. He was just throwing in his two bits, like us all, and I should have been more polite to someone who is a perfect stranger to me other than this thread. My apologies (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Speculation on the 'July Surprise'
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(...) And that bridge everyone is always looking for... Maggie C. (23 years ago, 4-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Actually, I initially just searched "sticker scans" and then came by the other threads by stealth because people like Rose Regner (my favorite person to drag into an explosive subject) had mentioned doing a CD of scanned sticker images. I note (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hmm. A 'Leg Zep' CD. With stairway pieces, no doubt... (23 years ago, 4-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
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OK...who knew this would be a hot-button issue? Geez! Legal issues: • Yes, someone scanning the sticker and e-mailing it to Richard would be 'illegal' • I meant the "back-up for personal use" line as a joke-spoofing the age old audio and data (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Would you be kind enough to share the search string you used for that search so I can do a bit of research before weighing in on this? Thanks! My (faulty?) memory is telling me that the scans typically sought were for things like London Bus... (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) distinction might be drawn between catalogs, the wide circulation of which can only help sales, and instructions, the wide circulation of which can hurt sales if the sets can be built out of existing parts. (...) I see your point, but I don't (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Actually, I think TLC has expressed that Kevin could host even current instruction scans for all they care -- if I recall correctly, it is Kevin that chooses to do otherwise for reasons of his own. Apparently, I have argued this before too... (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Related to Richard's request... is there a web site with scans of rail-oriented logos? In particular, I'm looking for a high res scan of the SEPTA logo. Bryan (23 years ago, 4-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Come now, Richard! You must have realized that this is a favorate arguing point here on LUGNET! 8^) I think the distinction between Brickshelf (as well as the various URL's hosting sticker scans) and your request is that your request is for (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Actually, a quick search of the Lugnet newsgroups reveals that my request for sticker scans is hardly unique, and if it is somehow inappropriate to have such sticker scans TLC has done precious little to discourage it. And when you fail to (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) How is this different from having instruction scans? I have lots of those courtesy of Brickshelf... ...and I am not recollecting the URL, but someone has sticker scans on their site somewhere. I didn't realize I was asking for something SO (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Ever wondered how the 4536 hoppers are loaded from above? My latest model is based on Redmire, a facility in the North East of England used for loading limestone quarried nearby into railway hopper wagons for onward transport to steel works. Its (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains) !!
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