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(...) I have found that reed switches are very sensitive to the orientation of the magnet and switch. If you lay the reed switch lengthwise along the track, it is sensitive to the couplers between trains, especially between cars where there are two (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Question for the true train enthusiasts?
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(...) I pretty much use John's spacing scheme. At first I thought I would do everything three studs between wheelsets, but later I decided to make the wheelsets on my rolling stock two studs apart; it gives a little more space between the trucks and (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Josh and John, I really appreciate you 2 dueling it out over this issue on my account. I'm learning well more than I thought there was to know. Do either of you have a site where I can see pictures of the 2 options? (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) 100 ton trucks are the same width between as the wheels are. and there are 3 visible. the ones with 2 springs visible are 70 ton trucks. ;-) can't fool me, Josh (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Harry Potter / Hogwarts Express MOC teaser pix
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(...) Any details on the gondola system? Any pictures which show it more? (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Very stable. No problem with curves or points. You can't really tell anything from that picture, but I'll have more and better ones soon. There are multiple pivet points of articulation for the large wheels, and I "cheated" by placing tiny (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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Nice show. Really good looking engine too. Good design of this on (URL) - is it stable in curves? Do you have some more pictures of that car? (...) 70'ies; the yellow ones. Rgds Sonnich Robin Sather <robinsather@hotmail.com> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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Hi all, Hello all, We (the Vancouver Lego Club) just finished doing a show locally this past weekend, and I thought I'd post a link to some preliminary pictures of the Harry Potter stuff that I created for the show. Sorry for the blurry pix, an (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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And the winner of this years $100 LEGO® Shop at Home Gift Certificate is Drum role please! (URL) behalf of BrickFest I would like to thank LEGO Direct for providing the Gift Certificate. Christina Hitchcock Event Coordinator BrickFest (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.org.us.wamalug) !
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Slight Counter Point... Of all the single part juniorized elements the dual slope, 4x6 roof pieces is one I like. I totally agree that the (URL) pieces are great and offer a flat roof line with a ton of flexibility both beat the regular slopes whick (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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I have thought about building the Texas also. But i need more wheels. The basic layout for the engine would be the same since they are both American 4-4-0's Of course if we wanted to do the real reenactment we will need the "Big Shanty" depot and (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Thank you all for your responds. It has been quite useful to me. I may even consider to transform one of my 12V signals into a 9V one. Is Lego still not considering to release at least electric switches and signals for the 9V system? Why not? Does (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Lots of papers of TLC show white baseplates on 111, 112 and 113. Just forget about that: nobody I have heared of has ever seen that in white and I doubt they were ever produced: I'm sure that have been first "handmade" sets for the press (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Looks good Lewis. I think it will look great at one of our shows as a museum piece. :^) Hey, I just went to the cyclorama last friday next to the Atlanta zoo. Maybe I'll have to build the "Texas" now that I"ve seen it in person. Then we can (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Question for the true train enthusiasts?
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(...) Nope. A wheel is 3 studs wide; if you check the measurements on a typical US truck, you will find that the space between the wheels is less than a wheel width wide. And there are 2 springs visible from the side, which can be simulated with a (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) a space of 3's good for modern US rolling stock, with the 5 springs (3 on outside). Josh (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Build 8 wide;-) <g,d&r> All seriousness aside, nothing is more unrealistic than placing the wheels *together*. For rolling stock, a typical bettendorf truck (I'm talking US here) is best simulated by spacing the wheels 2 studs apart. For the (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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What's a novice train builder to do?? So far I've built all my longer train cars (those requiring bogie plates) with the wheel sets TOGETHER as I've seen in all previous Lego train cars. Now the new 10000 series all have the wheel sets placed 2 (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ben, I'll post some picture to my ozbricks site as soon as I can tonight. Keep an eye out on (URL) I'll try and build it as close to the original instructions as possible - but I've noted that the box has different markings to the actual train (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | New train cars at LEGO
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Hi, Nice models and good part use for the Caboose and Passenger car EXCEPT for the roof pieces.I hate those 'cheap, single part,juniorized' roof piece. Some of my white roof parts from the 4561 train don't hold a 2*4 plate to 'stack ' them together. (...) (23 years ago, 6-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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