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I am going to be starting a letter campaign to Lego to try and get them to provide service packs with train windows and doors. I would like to get feedback from other people as to what they would like in a service pack as far as ratios of windows to (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Illinois Central Loco
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Since someone else brought it up... I thought the sand looked cool, but I thought you were a little nuts about accuracy; modeling your farm equipement on real dirt/sand. The way the towel is bunched up it really looks like little sand hills. Once (...) (25 years ago, 20-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Illinois Central Loco
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Hi Michel, No, it is not sand on the ground. It is an old faded towel! It is the same one I use when I take photos of my Applicator machines. Now that I look at the pictures, it does kind of look like sand. But sand would be too hard to clean off my (...) (25 years ago, 20-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Illinois Central Loco
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Hi Joe, I was curious about the photo of the Illinois Central Locomotive. Did you take a photo of it on sand? Was it a sandbox or do you keep sand in your house for these photos! Michel Magnan (...) (25 years ago, 20-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: GMLTC Update
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I, however, am blameless. [1] [1] shameless egotism rubbing off as a result of being a Larritarian;-) -J2 (...) (25 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: GMLTC Update
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(...) John 1 "I'm just a clerk, Sir..." (25 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: GMLTC Update
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My fault. I've been _way_ too busy with work :-( john 3 got some new pics of the model shop too, did a reunion tour three/four weeks ago... and built a few small models. (...) (25 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: GMLTC Update
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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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