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So, when are we going to see a GMLTC website up. As of yesterday, it was still the NSI "Welcome, come back later" page. :-( -Z- (URL) (25 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Illinois Central Loco
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Hi All, I finally got around to adding some pictures of my Illinois Central engine to my web page. I should probably update the model since the new orange bricks have hit the market. Oh well, one of these days.... :-) Check it out at: (URL) I have (...) (25 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Dave's TGV train
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(...) Not if you go 8 studs wide;-) At 6 wide, Lar, you are correct, Sir [1], but at 8 one can skirt the wagonplate and reap the benefits a wagonplate provides-- a large integrated plate with holes-- town junior gone good;-) (...) see above (...) (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Dave's TGV train
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(...) Nice model. I've brought this up before.. I feel the train plates are too confining and I hardly ever use them. I do agree that they give a skirted look but the freedom I get to make any length I want and even to include various non (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Round walls (was Re: check out my Water Tower model
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Glad you posted. That is a good use of the rounded wall. Castle is one of my favorite themes. The built-in arches are cool. Ben Gatrelle (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains)
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| | SW Imperial Probe Droid MOC (only 3KB DAT file)
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Thanks to all of you who commented on my water tower model posted to lugnet.cad.dat.models. I have posted the DAT file for my attempt at an Imperial Probe droid from The Empire Strikes Back. (I have not inlined any pieces, and it is only a 3kb DAT (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Dave's TGV train
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(...) I am very happy with the design of the train and the colors. I was some what forced to have the red just because I never got a metro liner so I never got any gray train plates. I did end up getting one gray train plate from another PNLTC (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Round walls (was Re: check out my Water Tower model
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Erik, I'm glad you posted the photographs of the curved wall you built. The semicircular building is very nice. The effect is quite stunning! That's LEGO?! Curved builing. I love the building techniques that get shared throughout these newsgroups: (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains)
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| | WW II Rail Gun
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New pics from a WW-II Rail gun (cannon). (URL) from menu: Trains: WW-II Rail gun Eric Brok Visit LEGO ON MY MIND: (URL) Control section: (URL) section: (URL) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Round walls (was Re: check out my Water Tower model
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I just went ahead an added the pics to LEGO on my mind. (URL) from menu: Buildings: Curved walls ObTrains: Also new pics from a WW-II Rail gun (cannon). (URL) from menu: Trains: WW-II Rail gun Eric Brok Visit LEGO ON MY MIND: (URL) Control section: (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: check out my Water Tower model
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(...) Very nice, Ben. Love it. Nice curved walls and cool use of the UFO saucers. later, James Mathis (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Dave's TGV train
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(...) To Dave, Nice train! I really like the pantagraph. It looks very good! The train set as a whole is very good: dual power units, mail car, passenger cars. Good complete set. The additional gray slopes on top of the black roof slopes complement (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Round walls (was Re: check out my Water Tower model
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Ben Gatrelle wrote in message ... (...) web (...) Oh, well, you just 'beat' my schedule :-) I thought of the use of 1x3 and 1x1 rounds for rounded walls a few weeks ago, and planned to post it as an original idea sometime soon, but didn't get (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: GMLTC Update
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(...) Of course, what am I thinking? I guess I'm just woozy with excitement, what with the convention coming up, SW being released this week, my new *pink* passenger coach nearly completed...??!! Oh, you heard right! I will torture GMLTC members [1] (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: GMLTC Update
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(...) John, that's FOUR new sections (each 45" x 40"), not TWO... Approximately 15 feet of train yard, with a roundhouse & Mindstorms controlled turntable, and as many sidings of track as we can fit onto the tables. He called me 'genius'... <blush> (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | superliner series dome car finally done (wow it took me 4 hours)
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new traincar ldraw file with 2 povray images for now on i will make 2 or 3 povray images for most of my models address is at (URL) on trains.html (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: check out my Water Tower model
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(...) Mine came from Sting Ray Stormer set #6198. (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains)
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| | Dave's TGV train
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Dave asked me to post this for him. Enjoy. -Ben (URL) click on the pic at the bottom This is my second revision of the train. I have modeled it after the French TGV. Just a few nights ago I made a duplex car for it which is pictured. hope you enjoy (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: check out my Water Tower model
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(...) Isn't there a big aqua/hydronauts set that has it? 2 in Black, I think. Name escapes me but it has a big stinger tail. That water tower is very cool. Nice use of rounds to allow for bending the sidewalls. I just built a water tower for the (...) (25 years ago, 16-May-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains)
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| | Got my Lego Train Table set up
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Well, I finally got myself a table set up for my trains. Boy, I need to go buy a house so I have space, my 4'x6' table just isn't very big. One thing I did to make the table look decent (especially since the table is actually several pieces of blue (...) (25 years ago, 16-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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