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| | Re: Pictures from 4/6-4/7 Greenberg Show
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| The RailRacers(tm) track was a challenge until I brought the lamps in. After that it worked very well (thanks for all your help, jt)...except for the occasional driver that decided to race in reverse and backed the train into their lap. I had blocks (...) (23 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
| | | | Re: F7 is completed
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| (...) And Brad said at BricksWest that TLC would never produce 8 wide trains...;-) -John (...) (23 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | Re: F7 is completed
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| (...) Wow- did you model all those curves with basic bricks only? You did such a great job that it's hard to judge scale. It looks sooo smooth, I can't quite tell if this is the real thing or if it is only, say... 2 1/2 inches wide. -- Tony Hafner (...) (23 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | Re: F7 is completed
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| (...) About 9-10 days late but not bad, overall... Dunno about that color scheme though. (23 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | Re: NBLTC
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| (...) James Powell IIRC, and Kevin Wilson has issued some British stock as well. (23 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk)
| | | | Re: NELUG at 04/06 - 04/07 Greenberg show (Plus some bonus footage).
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| (...) fire and across the street from the rides? Sweet! -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com www.pnltc.org (23 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains)
| | | | F7 is completed
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| Finally, after scrounging Brinklink and similar sites for the right parts, I've finally worked up the courage (or foolhardiness, you decide later) to reveal my masterpiece to the world. This is a likeness of a General Motors EMD F-unit. In any (...) (23 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | Re: Nice Work, Jake!
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| (...) "Soo that's the way it is in that family" ;-) (...) Figmund Sreud would have a field day with you, James-- a 6 wide id with an 8 wide super ego;-) In any event, nice cars:-) -John (...) (23 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | Re: Train-on-a-train Car
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| (...) Your last sentence there states the problem exactly- the chain links simply aren't the right length for even stud spacing in many cases. Think about it... the links fit over gear teeth, and why would the circumference of integral-stud-diameter (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.pt)
| | | | Re: NBLTC
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| (...) Andy, The 37 took several trial builds to get the cab windows to look 'right', although I would agree that they could be 'righter'! I find that with a moving model such as a locomotive, the overall proportion and look tends to be more (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk)
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