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(...) Your definition of "memorial" must be a lot more restricted than mine, because lots of towns and cities have memorials to the local men and boys who died in the "Great War"... --Bill. (23 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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(...) Proving therefore it's your numbering skills rather than my spotting skills that are at fault. :-) Steve (I once built an SD90MAC but it never got wheels) Lane (23 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Wow! What an amazing model. At first I didn't believe my eyes when I opened the little thumbnail at brickshelf. I wish I had that many tiles. But the downpart is, that using this many tiles you don't see a lot of studs anymore, which should be (...) (23 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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| | Re: Super Chiefs all gone?
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It already looks like 6 have been sold on Bricklink. Prices range from $55 to $150(!): (URL) A =+= Have you explored Arthur’s Seat yet? (URL) reasonable man adapts himself to suit his environment. An unreasonable man persists in attempting to adapt (...) (23 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Super Chiefs all gone?
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Sure sounds like it.. Wonder what the largest single order of them was before they brought in the 3 per order limit? How many did everyone order? I purchased 4.. -- Jason King LugNet #665 Deidre Rushton Brumby <drb@tasmail.com> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.trains)
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Now that the scans are back on brickshelf I has been browsing for the first time. My attention was taken by the 239 ideas book (its german but mainly pictures) There are some amazing images and models in ther, especially when you consider the (...) (23 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Super Chiefs all gone?
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Looks like we're through the limited edition run of Super Chiefs, at least originating in Europe. Yesterday it was listed as backordered, ship within 30 days but still with the limited edition description. Today it says Ship by 24 April, and the (...) (23 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.trains)
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great work John! It also looks like we know who cornered the market in gray roundtop bricks and 1x2x2 clear thinwalls ;) -c (...) (23 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Compression was one of the more challenging constraints. One of the most endearing traits of TLC official sets (to me) is their ability to suggest an actual structure without actually needing to model all of it in scale. (Their old passenger (...) (23 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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(...) Unfortunately, I have never been on a train, and even worse, they have threatened to remove funding for the three Amtrak lines still in service near Union Station here in KC. I have until July to catch a train ride before they potentially go (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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| | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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(...) There is still a lot of 2002 left, and "greatest", like beauty, is always in the eye of the beholder - but I sincerely appreciate the compliment! I really liked your Desert Express as well as the Riviera, so I had imagined them stopping at (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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(...) I tried to change this on "Edit Profile" but nothing seems to happen. Can anyone help? Anyway, it's markhchan@comcast.net, or try markchan@sprintmail.com My ISP (@home) got bought out by Comcast and switched domains this month. Thanks! Mark (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Cheers to Lego Shop At Home!
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I placed my order for a Super Chief via the website on a Thursday night and received it the following Monday. Cheers to Shop at Home for quick shipment! I had read about the wrong color parts so I knew that I would have to get the correct parts. (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Congratulations on the completion of such a magnificent model. I'm dazzled! (...) Good luck for this second part, Mark - I can't wait to see it done! Pedro (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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| | Re: NILTC Website?
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(...) I own the domain name. I will talk to you over email or through the club list for hosting specifics. Send me an email at tim@zacktron.com and I will set you up on the club mailing list. -Tim (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains.org.niltc)
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| | Re: NILTC Website?
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(...) Has the domain name been aquired yet? Do you need any help with either setting the site up or hosting? Only reason I ask is because I do this for a living :-) Along with email/scheduling administration for 3000+ people. Let me know. (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains.org.niltc)
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(...) The site is temporarily at (URL) and will move to (URL) hopefully soon. -Tim (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains.org.niltc)
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| | NILTC Website?
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Are there any plans to set up a NILTC website in the forseable future? (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains.org.niltc)
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| | Re: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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(...) announce It was sure worth the time! (...) real (...) The winner I guess? The roof is something special, but I find the detailed walls with the big windows something amazing too. (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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| | Re: Pics: 8 wide Super Chief cars
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(...) And shudder you should! Although on my personal layout I only utilize a curve-straight-curve...raight-etc turns, on the uncompleted GMLTC layout the curves are tight (essentially the line is currently a dog bone) and my cars *literary* made (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New MOCs, some entries for the TOWN Contest
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(...) Thanks! UP #3537 is actually a SD40-2: (URL) the SD40 has 12 wheels and my model has only 8. That would make it more like a GP40: (URL) I should just renumber my loco? ;-) TJ (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New MOCs, some entries for the TOWN Contest
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(...) Thanks! I just let my imagination go and had fun. I hadn't built anything like that in years, and I enjoyed doing it. (...) That was just a last minute addition! I put 1x16 Technic beams under the tracks and then connected 1x4 plates to the (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Pics: 8 wide Super Chief cars
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(...) though? :-) (URL) shudder to think what these beauties look like on curves though. Nice work, thanks for sharing. And that PA of yours looks sweet too. :-) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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Mark, Perfect station! Awesome. Brings back a flood of memories for me. This is the place that I fell in love with trains. 3 and 4 years old I was, took the Amtrak from Union Station to Texas when I was 3. Then, at age 4, took Amtrak's Chief (not (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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| | Pics: 8 wide Super Chief cars
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The GMLTC just had a show in La Crosse, Wisconsin this past weekend, and I finished some Super Chief cars to run at the show. I also completed 2 B units (but forgot to photograph them up closely, but hey, they're just boring B units anyway;-) I'll (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains) !
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Mark, Is your e-mail address markhchan@home.com? I tried to send you mail and it bounced... SteveB (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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| | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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(...) Congratulations, Mark! You have created a very pleasing and innovative MOC here! Well done! Among your original techniques I noticed and enjoyed the most is your method of compression. I know that when constructing large buildings in the (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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(...) <snip> (...) The only word that comes to mind is "stunning!" Great details, great shape, great building techniques, great 'feel' for the real thing. Now, all you need is a vendor selling Kansas City BBQ, and it would be perfect! JohnG, GMLTC - (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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(...) I'm very impressed with the level of detail and the cleanness of the non-90-degree construction. The roof is very cool, and threatens the uniquness of my "macro structures" building technique :-) Very nicely done! Amy (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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| | Re: Mountain Town - A train module experiment
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(...) MichLTC experience so far has tended to see us use up every last second of setup time plus tinker with it during the show. :-) So ya. (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Thanks for that! I have to confess that in this case a picture is worth 1000 words though, your explanation makes a lot more sense when viewed with the constructon detail pics. What a neat technique! Can you see the underside of the tiles that (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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| | Re: Mountain Town - A train module experiment
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(...) But you can have a different layout every time - ours is pretty much fixed in place... Modular has its advantages *and* dis-advantages, just like 'plywood' does! One good piece of news from this show - we didn't have any locomotives hit the (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Mountain Town - A train module experiment
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Wow, 2 hours is great! It normally takes us around 6-7 hours to step up. jt ---...--- James J. Trobaugh (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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(...) Droool.... Very nice! I think this is better than miniland b/c it is built with the same amt of detail in a much smaller scale. Congrats on a great model. Jonathan (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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| | Re: Mountain Town - A train module experiment
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(...) Setup Friday was around 2 hours, that included building a new rack for transporting modules, and setting up a 'play area' for kids to build and run trains. Saturday morning we spent another hour working on the electrics for the layout, Conan (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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(...) Mark, I am completely amazed at how your project turned out. Simply beautiful. I'd love to see this in person to "look under the hood" and learn from your techniques. Also, have you thought about contacting the promotion department of the NLUS (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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| | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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(...) B unit.... cars are unpowered and a B unit is (in real life, although you may not power your model) a locomotive in its own right. Hope that helps. (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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Hi Mark, absolutly stunning! Probably the greatest MOC of 2002? I really love this station, even if it is located in the US, my Riviera Express is looking for a stop at this fantastic station ;-) The SNOT roof is suberb build, thanks for the details (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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| | Re: New MOCs, some entries for the TOWN Contest
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(...) Nice GP40 T.J, slighly stubby looking but looks great :-). Steve (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Mark- Simply spectacular! -Ted Michon SCLTC Irvine, CA (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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(...) I just posted some construction pics on the roof. I haven't used LDraw, and probably won't take the model apart too much to photograph it, but I will try and get some other photos up to show some of the techniques. (...) Thanks! (...) I look (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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(...) Thanks for the comments! I posted some pictures in a construction folder that should give a good idea on how to build the roofs. (URL) think of it as a vertical wall of bricks, except that every 1 and 2/3 of a brick in height, you add a layer (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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| | Re: New MOCs, some entries for the TOWN Contest
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(...) These had a sort of "Wild west meets Carneval" feel to them. Nice. (...) Nice Warrens, but believe it or not, I'm diggin' that plate girder approach bridge even more! (...) Great work! looks great on the bridge too. (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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Beautiful! Just beautiful! -- Bob Fay THE SHOP (URL) Chan" <markhchan@home.com> wrote in message news:Gt58xn.F8M@lugnet.com... (...) announce (...) real (...) Chan (...) largest (...) build (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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| | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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I haven't been on this list for that long now, but this is a simply amazing model. The detail is magnificent and the roof is superb. I only wish I had half the talent required to build this masterpiece. I know it would probably be quite a bit to ask (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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(...) Thank you for the compliment! Miniland is IMO the highest standard of detailed construction, although they get to use things we mortals could never get our hands on, even with BrickLink. (like several hundred of those 4 scoop white ice cream (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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| | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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(...) Um... I'm speechless. Almost. :-) This minifig scale building rivals the detail and look of some of Miniland's finest. IIRC the KC US is still standing, not too far away from Crown Center, and is now a museum. The real station is kind of at a (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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| | New MOCs, some entries for the TOWN Contest
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I've been pretty busy lately. The following represents about two months of work and it's all stuff I built for the recent TEXLUG meeting. For the 2002 TOWN contest: D Large buildings (URL) Row Buildings 3 small connected office buildings. N Bridges (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic, lugnet.org.us.texlug) !
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I find myself looking for adjectives to describe this model. Simply outstanding! Any detail you could give on the roof construction would be greatly appreciated. I am always looking for ways to build roofs without slopes. TIA, Robert Powell (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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| | MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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After 3 years of planning and 6 months of building, I am pleased to announce the completion of the main section of Union Station, modeled after the real building in Kansas City, MO. This is also my entry for the 2002 Town Building Contest C (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan) !!
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| | Re: Request For Comment -WILTC
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(...) Erik, The drive to Milwaukee isn't bad at all as I stated in my message to Tim. I will plan on attending those when I can. I'm in the middle of planning my marriage (which is in July) and time is a commodity right now. But, I'm also planning (...) (23 years ago, 17-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Request For Comment -WILTC
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(...) Well, I guess misenterpreted the LUGNET map for NILTC. It looked like it was centered in Chicago. The drive from Madison to Milwaukee isn't bad compared to I-90 to Chicago. Nothing like $2 in tolls each way. Yeesh! Anyway, if the meetings are (...) (23 years ago, 17-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Request For Comment -WILTC
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(...) Hi, I've just joined the NILTC (I think I joined...) I'm one of those Milwaukee area folks Tim mentioned. I just got here, and they are just getting some momentum after their start. Is Milwaukee a long haul? I have not been to Madison yet for (...) (23 years ago, 17-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Request For Comment -WILTC
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(...) The NILTC often meets in Milwaukee (and at other times in Crystal Lake, IL), we have three members in southern Wisconsin. So, please, join in! And if you want to start your own club, feel free :-) Once we have done enough shows in the area, I (...) (23 years ago, 17-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Request For Comment -WILTC
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This is a general request to see if there would be enough interest in creating a Wisconsin LEGO Train Club (WILTC) in the Central/Southern Wisconsin area. I am located in Madison which makes getting to either NILTC or GMLTC a bit of a haul. If you (...) (23 years ago, 17-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Mountain Town - A train module experiment
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When we setup for the jackson street roundhouse, unload and setup ran about 3-4 hours with 8 people. Mostly a lot of standing around however because it was our first time putting it together. -john3 (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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| | Oh no! It's the poster guy again!
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Yes boys and girls, it is I. At (URL) you will find the 10020 poster (with stickers/decals and sadly with grey wheels (it's a LGEO thing)) and at (URL) a first "rough" of a 10020 advert... Have a nice weekend. (I know I will cos it's my birthday and (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Mountain Town - A train module experiment
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(I messed with the thread to point it to .org and make other NGs less noisy) (...) Well, we just happen to have a show this weekend-- I'll time it and get back to you:-) -John (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: International LegoTrain Auctions
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(...) I figured out why my search results have changed. ebay changed the way their system does a search. Go to Smart Search, then select the Advanced Search tab. In the lower right there is a box that is checked by default that searches English (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Train motor repair-9v
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I used a clean rag with some CRC brand CO2 solvent sprayed on it. It's safe with plastics and is used to clean electronics etc. It leaves no residue.... Some other Lugnetters have suggested Methylated Spirits ... Whatever you use, test it on a (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: sfsc b-unit, here is mine
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(...) Hi Matt, thanks! Building 2 copies of my b-unit will take 4 copies of set 10020 + 2 additional copies of these panes trans-clear with porthole light gray. I too think that some of the parts you need you get only with set 10020 (light gray (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Mountain Town - A train module experiment
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(...) Thanks! (...) Yes, you're right. I ought to build some nice little trolley or something for that upper loop. That's a very good idea. The Metroliner was simply a 'train of convenience', if you know what I mean. It was handy when I was taking (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Mountain Town - A train module experiment
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(...) That IS cool. I can't wait to see what they come up with. I am looking forward to more great ideas on how to make interesting layouts w/o the loss of flexibility and huge brick requirement. (...) Yes, this is partly the case. However, in (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: MOC Grain Hopper
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"Steve Barile" <steve.e.barile@intel.com> wrote in message news:Gszprw.5zp@lugnet.com... (...) Not at all. It took some work to get the gaps in the ends and top to be minimized. Dean (...) the (...) order, (...) Kevin (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Trains Talk From Brickswest Slides Posted?
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Hi, I was wondering if the slides from the PNLTC talk on Saturday morning at BricksWest were up somewere? Thanks, Mark (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Track Designer Parts Library?
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(...) Trains is as good a place as any, and there was a thread in lugnet.cad as well... but the subgroup probably isn't ideal. TD files and LD files have no relationship whatever so you would not get updates to your TD registry by installing new LD (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
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| | MOC train cars and loco
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Hi everyone, Finally, I found the way to post pics and put them in sort of order. Here is some pics of my latest creations. Unfortunately, the quality of the pics aren't the best but they give you a good idea of what it is. Here are them all: (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: MOC Grain Hopper
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Nice job! I really like the rubberband idea. Thanks for sharing that one. Hope you don't mind me borrowing that one so I can finally finish mine. :) SteveB (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | MOC Grain Hopper
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At long last, after over a year of planning, I present to you all, for the first time, my version of the Grain Hopper! (sans decals [They are on order, Government of Canada Grain Hopper!]) (URL) had originally dismissed using the 1/4 curve pieces (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Train motor repair-9v
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What do you recommend for cleaning the track? (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Track Designer Parts Library?
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OK, so I have exhumed my copy of Track Designer, and find that I don't seem to have the latest parts library. Do I download the latest Ldraw library and expand it into my TD directory? Does anyone have a current (i.e. monorail & baseplates) library (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Town Building Contest: entries close midnight PST Sunday 17th March
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Last call for entries!!! The Town Building Contest closes on Sunday 17th March, at midnight Pacific Time. I'm eagerly awaiting all your breathtaking creations! Go to: (URL) read the rules and enter. I will post voter registration info and rules on (...) (23 years ago, 14-Mar-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Track Designer Registry
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(...) I don't think it is anything to worry about. We (well I am anyway) waiting for Matt and/or Leonardo to sort out the source code, then as a group we should decide what to do with it. Sourceforge sounds like a good idea, we just need to work out (...) (23 years ago, 14-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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| | My site is back from the dead!
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Some of you may have noticed that my site has been down for a couple of days. My web provider lost my entire site along with all the related goodies (mail accounts, server settings). I've restored all the website data, but from the "working" copy. (...) (23 years ago, 14-Mar-02, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle)
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wow great work, very good ideas. How about a tram (or streetcar as Americans call it) instead of the metroliner on the upper oval? That would be perfect! Kim Toll <kim.toll@intel.com> wrote in message news:GsxBpx.J1C@lugnet.com... (...) module. (...) (23 years ago, 14-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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(...) If I still have the source I can make the SF project and upload it (provided that I get permission). My first goal was to move away from GDI and use OpenGL to draw the track layout to make it possible to port to other platforms (I managed to (...) (23 years ago, 14-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Uh Oh! This thread got awfully quiet all of a sudden. I take it that means nobody wants to volunteer to create the SourceForge project... If so, I'll reluctantly volunteer to do it because I'd like to tinker with the source myself someday. I (...) (23 years ago, 14-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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"Scott A" <eh105jb@mx1.pair.com> wrote in message news:GsyM82.Eo@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) Yep, here it is: (URL) need to revisit this train now that train window glass is readily available and more importantly, 6x28 black wagon (...) (23 years ago, 14-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I agree. J2 and I both know this is actually starting to happen, since we're on so many other clubs' mailing lists. I won't name names as it's their perogative to announce it as they see fit, but a number of clubs ARE thinking about ways to be (...) (23 years ago, 14-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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(...) George (23 years ago, 14-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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(...) Whilst we are getting all esoteric about steam engines, I was reminded of a presentation I saw a week so ago which partly covered Brunel's “Atmospheric Railway”. Basically, IKB tried to built a steam powered railway without a “locomotive”… and (...) (23 years ago, 14-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Was there not a white one posted once? By Mike Walsh? Scott A (23 years ago, 14-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Are you kidding?? This is fanTASTIC! And the exact kind of layout I have been thinking about building. I was pleased to be able to see the support structure which you documented quite nicely. Congratulations on an outstanding train layout. I (...) (23 years ago, 14-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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Have you tried cleaning the track? My 9v was doing something very similar recently, Cleaning the track fixed the problem. It wasn't even that dirty, but it's working perfectly now. -- Jason King LugNet #665 Monte Engel <montengnospam@stellarnet.com> (...) (23 years ago, 14-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Okie Dokie. Its entered. I entered it under diorama. If you change your mind and decide it would be better in Town, well, that's your call and its fine by me. I also entered my cathedral in the Big Buildings catagory (which I hadn't done (...) (23 years ago, 14-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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Kim Toll wrote in message ... (...) module. (...) small (...) <snip> (...) Yes, definitely it would! There's no time limit on when things were built, just that they cannot have been entered in any previous contest. I'm just wondering whether it (...) (23 years ago, 14-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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I have an older #5300 train motor that became very sporadic in operation. My diagnosis is that the rubber O-ring tires that provide the traction are throwing out small amounts of rubber that is then being compressed/melted (by friction?) onto the (...) (23 years ago, 14-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes, I agree. This is one of my biggest disappointments. Part of it came from all the trade-offs I made during construction. When working under a deadline, you make the decisions that get you there faster! However, even taking that into (...) (23 years ago, 14-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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(...) I'd love to enter. However, I was afraid that this fell outside the rules of the contest since it was actually built about 1 year ago. Admittedly, I haven't read the rules very carefully. This was just my assumption. If I'm wrong, I'll (...) (23 years ago, 14-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Double Stack Container Cars (was Re: Modern Santa Fe Freight Diesel)
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(...) I definitely gathered inspiration from seeing other folks' container cars. In particular, Jake McKee showed me some design construction concepts. I've definitely drawn from several sources on this project. "Building together, building better" (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Kim Toll wrote in message ... (...) Mmmm, yummy Kim! Looks excellent! So are you going to enter it in the Town Building Contest? Kevin ---...--- TOWN Lego Building contest! (URL) Hospital 2396 piece kit! (URL) Lego parts store: (URL) Guild of (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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(...) Thanks Bruce, As with most projects, I thought about it for months before I did it. I'm sure the other PNLTC guys got tired of me talking about my ideas for a modular sculpted module! :) But when it came down to working on it, I probably spent (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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Wow, Kim- where to begin? What you have done is excellent-- very interesting to the eye. When a module or scene can draw your attention in as yours does, it is very effective and pleasing indeed. Trying to bridge the gap, so to speak, between (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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(...) the two-level effect. Probably my favorite detail is the canyon with the waterfall running through the middle. It made me think of Cornell's campus, which has this gorge running through the middle that is really pretty (though it's been ten (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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(...) Because you're having a premature senior moment? (ILTCO NG) (...) Thanks. Yes, I do need to make a few minor corrections based on our conversations, but haven't yet. -John (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | GMLTC layout in La Crosse, Wisconsin, this weekend
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The GMLTC will bring it's "in progress" layout to La Crosse, Wisconsin, this weekend, to display at the 21st annual La Crosse and Three Rivers Railroad Club's show. For those of you who saw us at the Jackson Street Roundhouse last month, you (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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The next update on my site is a page showing my Mountain Town train module. It is a fully brickscaped train module of a small town (or part of a small town). (URL) the town perspective, its the first complete, fully detailed town scene I've done. (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build) !!
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Hi everyone, Finally, I found the way to post pics and put them in sort of order. Here is some pics of my latest creations. Unfortunately, the quality of the pics aren't the best but they give you a good idea of what it is. Here are them all: (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Thanks to Thomas' recent post of a rendered Santa Fe "B" power unit, I have been reminded of his excellent efforts in trains of some 2 years ago! I encourage you to visit his BrickShelf gallery. (URL) certainly appreciate his effort and skill to (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) ?? Why do I remember this model and remember talking about windows and rear openings with you? I also remember telling you then that it was a cute model but to be produced you might want to work it up as a 6 wide. 0-4-0Ts tend to be quite (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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