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I have aquired a motor and battery box similiar to that in set # 116. I am going to try and recreate the engine and tender from this set. The motor has four train wheels attached, but only three have the rubber traction tires. I am looking for one (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: A4 British Locomotive
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(...) The problem is that Lego makes it *very* difficult to build things in proportion, lengthwise. The nose slope should actually be much shallower ("witch dresses" at the most for the bottom layer) but you'd end up having half the length of the (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: A4 British Locomotive
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(...) Ahh, I see what you mean now. Yep, i did build it flat on the top previously, but im not sure how i felt about the look of it. As of right now, i only have two pics to work from, and they are 3/4s views, and not side views. I think i decided (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: [HELP]: Info needed on train wagon chassis
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For a start I'd say the 182 battery train and many sets from that era. Mark H. (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: A4 British Locomotive
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(...) Well, I noticed that the top of the boiler in teh LDraw pic is horizontal, and the same height as the firebox top, and in the model as built the firebox is a plate higher than th eboiler top, and there is a step in the boiler top about halfway (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: A4 British Locomotive
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(...) Im not sure i get your drift when you say horizontal... The LDraw render of it is a preliminary idea of what i wanted to do, then the pics are what it is currently,except for the functionality of the wheels/drivers. If you didnt find the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: New MOC:TGV in Orange
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(...) You mean "Cowtown" as in Fort Worth, TX or somewhere else? Hey, Ft Worth is close to Ork lahoma, isn't it? Alan C Austin TX area (25 years ago, 8-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | [HELP]: Info needed on train wagon chassis
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Anybody knows what sets you could find this kind of black wagon chassis in, and when it was made? (URL) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New MOC:TGV in Orange
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They named a train after my home town? Wow. Does "grande vitesse" imply anything in French other than "very fast"? If it doesn't, I think Grand Rapids should get a refund on The Calder. Steve See (URL) for more on Calder. Maybe they'll someday learn (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Question about old train set
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(...) Yes the 3x3 (low sloped) corner yellow bricks did come in the 7740 (4 to a set). But I contacted the eBay seller of the bid (where there were 18 of these). He (living in Israel) works part time for TLG, and got these slopes in a special (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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