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Great pictures. Man, thats a "buttload" of grey small ladders on that skyscraper, very cool. It took me a few minutes to figure out what the windows were made with. Looks cool. jt In lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, Mike Walsh writes: <snip> (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc)
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| | Re: 8 wide and 62 long!
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We plan on setting up a loop at the local coliseum and going around the outer concourse, so no there will be no curves in the layout! That means LEGO has 2 radii ~14" and 1000' :) SteveB (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Pictures from NCLTC Layout at the So. Junction Model Train Show
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This weekend the North Carolina LEGO Train Club (NCLTC) displayed our layout at the Southern Jumction Model Train Show. We were a little short handed but all worked out well in the end - our layout was a hit with the crowd, which was unfortunately a (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: A new GP30
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(...) Dan Siskind of the GMLTC came up with the idea of using the pirate's hook. Although there aren't any pics on the net that I'm aware exemplifying Dan's technique, he first used it IIRC on a UP Dash 9 (8 wide:-) that sits in Conan's basement. (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Ambassador train for the PNLTC layout at LEGOLAND
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(...) 6 wide does seem best right now for roving rolling stock... (...) This is good unless we have to ship it to the UK or someplace horrid. Being in Canada the groups would have to be instructed on exactly how to fill out a Customs form so as not (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Looks great. Nice hoppers, both original and MOC. And I like the MOC engine also. I wish I had the space to leave a layout set up. And very nice macro's of the minifigs. I am jealous. That is a very nice camera. I might just have to go out and (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: A new GP30
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(...) As I said, it works quite well. The major hurdle is that the thinwalls take up quite a bit of height which may make it difficult to get some side details in the right place. (...) Every once in a while I look on BrickBay for them and can't (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Lar, Thanks. I don't know if you remember, but I have been mulling over the idea of doing a GP30 since you suggested it some time ago. (Back when I made my 6 wide SD40-2.) At the time, we had the same discussion about railings too. That was (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: PNLTC's LEGOLAND photo gallery is up (finally)
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(...) Ben, That is a fantastic car! I hope you don't mind that I took inspiration from your model to build a whole fleet of convertibles, all slight variations on the same basic design. I posted some building instructions for one model on (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi Kevin, Just wanted to say I like your layout. Nice choice for hopper colour - the red ones look very neat! And the definition of the pictures is just great! Good camera... :-) So what will you be doing to all those gray 12V rails now? (the ones (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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Hi all, I finally got around to posting the pictures of my last layout. (URL) was having fun trying out the macro mode closeups with my digital: (URL) a look and let me know what you think. Kevin (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Ambassador train for the PNLTC layout at LEGOLAND
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Larry, I did see a picture of you car and a few of the others in this shot: (URL) I don't see the NGLTC one, it must have been before the GFLTC car. jt (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) I don't believe any formal specs have been laid down. Dan did say in the post at the top of this string to stay within certain boundaries and to go for ruggedness rather than fanciness. The MichLTC car uses a drop center wagon plate (no (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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I went with those thin technic wheels, they work fine, & really take no technic construction to build them into it, & the fit into the 3x3 space!. I built the ends of my model with plates to get a more appropirate angle to the hoods (works really (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks! This is nice work. As others have said, the rounded cab top is so GP30 characteristic... between that and the humped ventilator you've nailed the look of the engine. Very good use of SNOT and halfstud offset techniques in this model. (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Are there any build specs for the Ambassador cars? 6 wide? 8 wide? How high? etc... This would be both good for groups that want to build cars and who want to ensure there are clearances for the cars on their layouts. Dean (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Chris, Whoops, part of my reply to you was included in my reply to Josh. The crown gear wheel hub combo is a very attractive prospect, and I continue to wonder about it. The yellow finger hinge arms are from my 4563. I used up my entire (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Josh, Yeah, the little fan should be bigger, but a 2x2 round plate doesn't really fit because the crown gears stick out past their 3x3 holes. I am thinking about alternatives (The minifig scale X-wing has those 3x3 round engines. To bad (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Ambassador train for the PNLTC layout at LEGOLAND
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(...) One thing I thought of after posting this, now that we have some club or another having a show most every month, maybe we could send ALL the ambassador cars directly from one club to the next instead of each club sending their own in and (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: A new GP30
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Chris, Excellent work! Are you sure we don't share part of the same brain ;) I have a mockup of a gp30 cab that is suprising close to yours. Those round top bricks practicaly scream GP30 (at least to me). Secondly, I've been trying to use crown (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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