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(...) pictures elsewhere and posted them to your gallery? I have seen this 125 set and pictures before well before I had tried to model one. Beautiful set in the Virgin livery. later, James Mathis (23 years ago, 19-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Looking for a picture of a bridge
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I'm hoping someone in .trains can help me out before I try out 1000steine and brave the mostly German forums over there. Anyone have a link to these photos? --Calum ---...--- I'm trying to find a set of photos on BrickShelf and I haven't had very (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Building Instructions Portal Updates and FAQs
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Continuing to work on the Building Instruction Portal, I have fixed a few bugs, added a few features, and planned a few more. I have included a few details on these updates towards the bottom of this post, if you are interested. Thanks to everyone (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.trains, lugnet.space, lugnet.cad, lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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| | SCLTC Meet July 28th
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The SCLTC will hold a club meeting July 28th in downtown Los Angeles around 12:30 pm near Union Station. The full meeting itself will be held at Philippe restaurant (www.philippe.com) located on 1001 North Alameda St, close to Union Station. A tour (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | FAO James Mathis
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Here are the pics I have of the 125 in Virgin livery that someone made (apologies to whom it may concern). They're not great images and you can't see the profile of the nose, but the livery is excellent and the coaches have a realistic look to them. (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Swiss SBB wine freight car
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Nice models, I was just surfing through the new items on brickshelf when i saw this. I feel that these are some of the models that capture the feal and solidity of the prototype realy well and got the details just right. tim (23 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | "Acht"tung, Baby!" (was:Re: Swiss SBB wine freight car)
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(...) Ausgezeichnet, Dirk! This is a really handsome car you have created, along with some others you have posted recently! I love the textures and attention to detail-- really nice:-) I also like it when you give us links to the prototypes, so we (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi, me again, on sunday I've built an swiss SBB wine freight car. The idea is from the 2001/2002 Märklin catalogue (page 505). See here for a picture of the Märklin catalogue: (URL) version is black instead of gray, because I needed more than 200 (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains) !
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| | Re: Modular Engine Shed: 99% Bulk
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James, I really like this. It really shows off what you can do with a couple handfuls of traditional Lego bricks. It is also a good example of the type of non-juniorized Train theme buildings that I would love to see Lego produce again. With a few (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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the pics are here: (URL) 4-4-0 is the same model I posted a while back to lugnet.cad.dat.models the flatcar is basicly a drop-bed flatcar with my ute on the top. (23 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Modular Engine Shed: 99% Bulk
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In an effort to get back to reality, I've tried for a bulk brick building effort. This construction is still only CAD-based, but it is constrained to the readily available assortment of bulk pack elements, excepting a few parts. Even so, I haven't (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Who's cars are these?
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Sorry for the long delay... I do have more pics and I will update www.lgauge.com soon to include them. (...) <snip> (23 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | GMLTC in Moorhead, MN, June 27th-30th
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Calling all LEGO Train fans in the Fargo/Moorhead area! The Greater Midwest LEGO Train Club will be at the 25th annual Scandinavian Hjemkomst Festival June 27th - 30th. Come out and meet some of the members of 'the most disorganized LEGO train club (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Virtual Southwestern-style Train Station
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James, I really love your roof idea. I live in southern California, so I see this style of construction all the time. I just wish it were actually possible to get enough of those curved slope piece in real life to achieve what you've done in virtual (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Track Bed Ideas
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Thanks for the information. I will have to do some experimenting. - John Eric "Christopher Tracey" <ctracey@enviroweb.org> wrote in message news:3D0D29CB.403050...web.org... (...) rectangular (...) a (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Track Bed Ideas
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John Eric Voltin wrote: > How do you handle curved track? I don't believe that such a rectangular > arrangement will work with curved track. I considered using tiles, but a > large supply of gray tiles would be hard to get. Any thoughts? this fuzzy (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New site
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It is actually an IC4 - 4 cars EMU - IC3 is a 3 car DMU The difference is also, that IR4 has the "red part" from door to door on next car, while IC3 only have red doors (not in between). See the trains here: (URL) type of trains are in use in (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Pics: 3 more buildings
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In lugnet.build.arch, Bruce Hietbrink writes: Is there anything holding in the (...) Now there is:-) After looking at James' solution, I came up with a variation here: (URL) only thing that isn't obvious is that the element directly under the upside (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jun-02, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Track Bed Ideas
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How do you handle curved track? I don't believe that such a rectangular arrangement will work with curved track. I considered using tiles, but a large supply of gray tiles would be hard to get. Any thoughts? - John Eric "Christopher Tracey" (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Pics: 3 more buildings
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(...) Yup:-) (...) Actually, it does just rest in there; I built this shed years ago before I was clever enough to figure out how to mount it. Now, I'm still not clever enough, except to study James Mathis' work here: (URL) and mount it adapting (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jun-02, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Pics: 3 more buildings
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Hey John, You're right, those train engines do steal the show. :) Nothing against the building, they're just some of the most amazing models I've seen. On the red building, I really like the round window above the entryway. I'll have to try that (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jun-02, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains)
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| | Pics: 3 more buildings
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The updating continues. 1. I'm not sure what I did, but I noticed that I had deleted pics of my SOL green building. There some new pics of that. 2. I reshot a few of my tan building. 3. I took some new ones of my engine shed. I thought that it would (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jun-02, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains)
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| | Captain Blackhole of the Blackstar
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Pictures here: (URL) is a shot of the captain, his crew, his (stolen) droids, his treasure and the T3000 supercomputer he "appropriated" from the "grain hauler" he looted a few years back. blackskull1, blackskull2 and blackskull3 are pictures of (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jun-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Virtual Southwestern-style Train Station
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(...) You know, if you ever want to move to Minneapolis I'm sure we could find room for you in our little group... What do you think about the occasional -40 degree temperatures in the middle of January? ;-) JohnG, GMLTC (23 years ago, 15-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ha. But, I can't really build this, and I'm small-town compared to you Big-time Builders. All you makers of huge-o-mongous layouts, sculptures, and scenery. Yeah, all you Train Club folks, you're Big-Town Players! I really admire your (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Chris, thanks for the reply and link. that is exactly what I am looking to do. I found your study of ballast as well. (URL) didn't know it was called ballast....(townie factor) Thanks for the compliments & thanks again for pointing me in (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Track Bed Ideas
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(...) Hi Jonathan... (URL) the track by one plate. i tend to use 1x8 plates on the track ends and then add 2 1x2 plates in the center of the track section span. fill in with very light gray and lt gray pieces from the mosiac set, placing them in a (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Virtual Southwestern-style Train Station
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Sorry, forgot to put the link to the new images. (URL) tower idea is there, as well. later, James Mathis (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) If only the part was available in massive quantities. (...) Thanks for the link to photos. I've now posted some revisions to the station. I've also rendered images of the modules that could be compiled to make a variety of building layouts (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello, Due to 3 break in's last summer, I felt it was time for me to move. I had to dismantle my Urban Landscape and elevated subway (URL) box it up while I lived in smaller (but safer)apartments. I am now ready to start building a new town and have (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New site
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I've seen the pictures in Sonnichs brickshelf site but this shows the layout is quite magnificent, pass on the congrats I was interested in (URL) assume this is a danish IC3, I have a soft spot for these and would like to medel one sometime. In HO (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Deutsche Reichsbahn Freight Car G10
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(...) Hello Dirk, as already meantioned in the 1000steine set: this waggon (and its steering system) are brillant! In my eyes the best oldfashioned waggon-MOC I have ever seen. (No, I will not go into 8-wide now....) Leg Godt! Ben (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Interlocking lever frame (was: Working Signal Box and Signals)
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(...) 8?) Or maybe New York subway... ROSCO (23 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Deutsche Reichsbahn Freight Car G10
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(...) later, James Mathis (23 years ago, 13-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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You should move your page to www.ozbricks.com It is free and 50 megs. They want Lego content. Your page is shutting down due to heavy traffic. -- Bob Fay THE SHOP (URL) Meier" <dirk.meier@surfeu.de> wrote in message news:Gxnrvt.Ato@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Deutsche Reichsbahn Freight Car G10
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Hi train heads, I've just finished my new freight car. It's a Deutsche Reichsbahn G10 type. I could buy 4 LEGO® Studio Sets 1352 for only 40 Euro. And so I got enough 1x4 and 1x6 yellow tiles. I've used 130 snot (lamp) bricks!!! See (URL) freight (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | New site
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Hi! A friend of mine opened his new page: www.sitecenter.dk/le...ljernbane/ Earlier he had these pictures: (URL) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Now that is a beauty! Esp. love that roof style, well done! Your station reminds me much of one I was at about a month ago in Southern CA, the Fullerton train station. Found a link for some pics: (URL) one note: photos are iPIX, so they could take (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Interlocking lever frame (was: Working Signal Box and Signals)
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(...) What, you mean like this? (URL) half-wondered if it was possible when I wrote the original post, but when I saw your reply, I knew I'd have to have a go. It's drawn in MLCAD, but it works, the locking table has been built and added on to my (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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| | Kadee Couplers & Legos
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Jeff Christner once had a webpage up talking about how he used Kadee couplers to do train switching on his layout. That webpage is no longer up but after talking to him I have reposted the information so all to see just in case you missed it. here (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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