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(...) Can you post some pics? I would love to see this!! Jake --- Jake McKee AFOL LUGNET Member #211 (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Your right this does make it a little tippy. I forgot to mension I was building 8 wide, so I was using a technic plate to mount the truck to the body of the engine. This along with the extra width of the engine, and the extra length I used on (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 2x2 turntables vs 2x2-with-pin plates was Re: Un-powered replacement for train motor
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(...) Oops, I meant 6x4. I find if you're centreing the pin plate you can tile a 7x4 area around it without having any turning problems on a 6x28 baseplate. It's a shame those old 2x3 helicopter rotor mounts don't have the right size pin on them. (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 2x2 turntables vs 2x2-with-pin plates was Re: Un-powered replacement for train motor
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(...) What you need to do is put some tiles around the pin-plate. Not right to the ends of the bogus motor block, but about the 6x6 size of a normal bogey plate. If you do take the tiles right to the end, it won't rotate properly under the wagon (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ah, I get it now. Very subtle. By the way, I can now do 1/10 stud offsets! It's a bit small to look any good, but it's possible. You use a 2x1 plate with centre stud. That sets you 1/2 a stud, or 5/10, back from the normal row of studs. Then (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 2x2 turntables vs 2x2-with-pin plates was Re: Un-powered replacement for train motor
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<snip> (...) You got it right. People also call them container cars (which is what i use for the ease of foreign readers. Josh (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I was going to use the 2x2-with-pin plate in my designs too, but I found the 2x2-with-pin plate to make my cars to tippy. When I made my double-stack well cars (what is the right name for those?) I decided to try the 2x2-with-pin plate to put (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi John, I don't think I can make it as we have "preparing for baby" classes the next two weekends (all day on Saturday). Be sure to take pictures though and post them! John Gramley <jkgii@aol.com> wrote in message news:GFwpHw.EEy@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Heh- whoops! Um, actually... the car fell apart when the viaduct collapsed under the ambassador train... yeah, that's it! We have pics on brickshelf somewhere documenting the wreck... I would never disassemble someone else's creation... -- (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton writes:>That's quite impressive, to have both the inset sides and the lettering. (...) Look at this: (URL) you see the cross section (upper left),yes,the two halves are linked togther but not to the wagon,but they (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) ....I was sure it happened... :-))))) And maybe that's why when it came back to me there was written "Itlug" on one side and "UlLtG" on the other... (no,just kidding :-)) ) Bye Gianluca (23 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Cool, I was working on one of these too. (URL) did mine a little differently. By replacing the bogie plate with a 2x2 plate with a pin out the top, the 1x2 plates with the center bump could be placed in the groove part of the train wheels. This (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I checked out the pics, but they are kinda fuzzy, so they are a little hard to see the 1/5th. Can you describe how it is designed? Do you happen to have a .dat file for it? Thanks! Jake --- Jake McKee AFOL LUGNET Member #211 (23 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Hey all, The Southern California LTC is having its next meeting on July 14th at my (John Gramley) house starting around 10am. I live in Escondido which is about an hour and 15 minutes south and east of Brad Hamilton's place. Directions are near the (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.trains)
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(...) That's quite impressive, to have both the inset sides and the lettering. But, it only shows the two halves being kept 4 plates apart (5 plates = 2 studs). It doesn't appear to have any way of locking them in place on the body of the wagon. (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) No .dat file, but Gianluca Morelli does an amazing job of demonstrating his technique with a pencil. His solution does this very nicely in 6-wide. I had the privilege of seeing the ITLUG car in the flesh at PNLTC's Guinness World Record (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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In order to create an awe-inspiring 9v layout, we're going to need some more 9v track. From local volunteers we have approximately 600+ pieces, but given the size of the room (about 60' x 60') we have room for plenty more. So, if you are able, (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: SNOT Meeting at HoMa's house/garden
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Holger Matthes wrote: <snip> (...) Putting your best side forward in this pic, eh MoHa? >;^D (URL) I know it's SNOT funny, but I couldn't resist> -John (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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My SNOTgon uses headlight bricks for the 1/5 stud offset. Check it out: (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Ah, now since one stud is exactly 2 1/2 plates, a 1/5 stud offset is equivalent to half a plate. That's equivalent to the indentation on the face of a headlight brick, or the height of its base lip, or the 1x4 face of one of those 1x2-1x4 brackets. (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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