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"Harvey Henkelman" <HarveyHenkelman@webtv.net> wrote in message news:GEGoEr.62E@lugnet.com... (...) I look forward to them -- there's a distinct lack of realistic 4-wheel wagon models, as you say. Jason Railton has done some neat ones, too. Huw (23 years ago, 5-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Huw, You did a beautiful job of modeling this structure. I've been wanting to do one for a very long time now. I live in an area with lots of steel mills so I've grown up seeing these types of structures and always thought they'd make great (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It's nice to see some European/UK wagon designs for a change. I'll be posting better pictures of mine as soon as I get my new digital camera. Harvey Henkelman-Certified Ferroequinologist (URL) (23 years ago, 5-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Huw, that is brilliant. I love it. (Despite the obvious lack of orange bricks :-) Okay, sorry for the feeble wit, but what more can I say? Marvellous. Next up - Mindstorms fully automated loading bay...? Jason J Railton P.S. Okay, the reason (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi Josh, René, the webmaster of (URL) build a container train for our Meeting in Braunschweig just after Christmas 2000. His train is 8-wide and the containers are build in SNOT-technique using the white Ninja-Wall elements. See pictures at: (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
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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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(...) 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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