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Yep, that's my design. At a minimum, I suggest 30.25" x 60.5" for long linear runs. When I need extra depth, I stack them two deep. We (PNLTC) also have a few tables that are ~40" x ~80. The larger size gives you a pretty good amount of space for a (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New MOC:TGV in Orange
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Simply superb! This is exactly the kind of set LEGO should be producing. It's so recognizable. Excellent work James. I'm humbled. Ben Fleskes PNLTC (...) trains, (...) in (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains)
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I was going to be building several tables for my Lego collection in my hobby room and was wondering how I should go about it. I was originally going to make the tables 45"x45", since it was a good, large table. I happened to see the Modular train (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New MOC:TGV in Orange
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(...) trains, (...) This is awesome! I love this train. I want one bad. *sigh* I've got enough orange slopes but need more bricks. I rarely apply bookmarks to sites but this warrants one hands down. I just found my new Christmas train project. :) (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Since the Halloween buckets came out last year, I have wanted to build something modeled in orange. Several of us seem to be on the same page these days to model passenger trains, specifically TGVs! :-) This is excellent. I'm am enjoying seeing all (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: NMRA Convention Accomodations
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(...) Are many people going to show up? What about a LegoFest or at least a get together? I'm going to go, haven't decided whether it will be Saturday or Sunday yet. (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Macs (was Re: GMLTC Teaser page)
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(...) Classic Corporate Arrogance. Apple almost killed themselves with stupidity. If they had allowed Macs to be cloned, and had ported MacOS to the intel platform around the time of OS/2 1.1 and Windows 2.0, this would be a far different (better?) (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: i am making a western style train
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here is what i am going to have: steam locomotive (modified version of the one from 3225) passenger coach mail van boxcar armoured van i will be doing that armoured van,the passenger coach in red. the steam engine in black/red. the mail van in red (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: i am making a western style train
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(...) the yellow car carried a tractor in a crate. ide suggest perhaps uh... a tan "wooden" 6 x 4 crate on the 4 x 8 frame as for the mail car..? how about tan and brown? then again jon its your train. (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) in the same colors? or in a differt color scheme? (...) do you mean the one with the yellow "lever control"s on it? what cargo would it have carried? i plan to use the engine from 3225 with some changes... 1.add a cowcatcher to the front. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: cool suggestion: create a 9v train idea book
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one thing about it. i think that photos should not be essential. because there are people who may not be able to get photos but may be able to get ldraw designs etc etc etc. i for one have made a large collection of dat files of train related stuff (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: cool suggestion: create a 9v train idea book
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My suggestion would be to have a disc that people could buy for a nominal fee, say $10, that would have all that information on it so that people would not have to be online to get it and wouldn't have to download for 10 minutes to find out if they (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains)
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I'm seriously considering making the trip but I'm not sure what day(s) would be the best to attend. If I can't get a reasonable price on a NW flight I'd probably drive up to NW Chicago after work on Thursday and then the rest of the trip Friday, or (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Macs (was Re: GMLTC Teaser page)
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(...) I have to agree with John :-) Mac's don't rule, too low a market share to say that. They are merely far superior to those kludgy Wintel abominations. And it's all in the OS. I wish they made it for other hardware so those of you without Macs (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: i am making a western style train
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(...) yes the mail car from 7722. also that yellow car from the load and haul rr (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: cool suggestion: create a 9v train idea book
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like I said in my post... someone get a HP and publicly post the user/pass. that way if you have a model to post.. you can add to it. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: cool suggestion: create a 9v train idea book
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I think this is a great idea! Formatting would be of the upmost importance for the 'book' to come together as a whole. I would suggest the criteria be at the very least photographs in three resolutions, followed by ldraw instructions, then POV (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Is 4555 going to be a rare set?
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I've seen 4555 on auction. Was that set discontinued in USA? Well, I'm not (yet) a train-maniac, neither I want to put one on auction by myself. I'm just curious. There's plenty of 4555 on the shelves here in Italy, but if the set is going to be (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: GMLTC Framework comments
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John 1 and I were thinking the same thing yesterday about a text nav bar as well. Always happy to take suggestions. :-) I have a stack of around 40 pictures to scan and setup on the page. I hope to get a few more up today, but it's been busy, and I (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: cool suggestion: create a 9v train idea book
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We (PNLTC) have discussed this also. A printed version of such a book would be great but costly. An electronic version sounds very do-able. How would the submissions be accepted? On what criteria? Would they all be accepted? Are there any ldraw (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains)
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