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I think it would also be nice to collect as much as possible links to automated point MOC projects on a single reference page. With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (23 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Engine shed design
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(...) I like the start of this. I put one set of 4x5 windows on my roundhouse, but they don't let much light in. (I meant it as a way for minifigs (and the viewing public) to see into the roundhouse, versus to let the light in. But I like your big (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: at what price does the 4561 become good for parts?
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(...) IMO the MOST COSTLY parts in the set are the following: 1) Train Regulator ($42) 2) Curved Track ($13) 3) Train Motor ($25) So at most pay up to $80. $70 is a better deal (train regulator + motor only). Why? What is my logic? Simple, you can (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: GMLTC Update
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Absolutely. We love to run guest trains. -john (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: GMLTC Update
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(...) I'm gonna see if I can be there for this one, too see that train layout! If I can is allright if I show up with a few trains too? I'll probly only be able to be there one day, cause I'd be there with family. (23 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: PNLTC Centralia Meeting Pictures Up
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(...) Lar, The pic says that it was some sort of a gift exchange. My opinion is that it was probably like a game where you bring "inexpensive" lego set, and then you draw a name out of the hat... ...then that person gets to choose a set from the (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: PNLTC Centralia Meeting Pictures Up
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(...) Can you tell more about that? What makes it a "dirty brickster" exchange? (23 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: at what price does the 4561 become good for parts?
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"John Morgan" <aeonapolloRemove@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Gz13q3.Mxy@lugnet.com... (...) You can find it at many Target stores for $99 which isn't a bad price but I think many of us have gotten spoiled because we have picked up cheap over (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | at what price does the 4561 become good for parts?
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Certainly not $140, but what price? (23 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | PNLTC Centralia Meeting Pictures Up
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Back in May we decided it would be a lot of fun to all get together as a club and have fun! So we met halfway between our two geographical centers of Portland and Seattle in Centralia, Washington. The library let us use their community room and we (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Another Galloping Goose MOC coming soon
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(...) Sounds great. Please share pics! My #4 will be in service at the GATS GR show this weekend. (23 years ago, 9-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Another Galloping Goose MOC coming soon
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Well, I've wanted to do a Galloping Goose for a while, but hadn't gotten to it. Steve Chuck has done a kit (which I own) that is very nice, based on the passenger version #4. But that's not my favorite Goose. Working up his kit has helped me through (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Rail Racer Screamer has a body
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Actually the second car hasn't been finished yet, I'm working on it now. The front is pretty much cosmetic and really serves no function. As for my modified engine I'm a bit disapointed. I set up the Rail Racer layout this evening so that I can get (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Rail Racer Screamer has a body
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Just how does that front piece constitute as the second car? I know you can push your second car, but that looks pretty rigidly attached to me... -Rob - who also has his screamer built (but not skinned) "James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Santa Fe Car Sets #10022 and #10025
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(...) Steve wouldn't do something like that. He'd actually go change the DAT file, submit it to the parts admin at ldraw.org for posting on the Parts Tracker, and let nature take its course from there. Eventually, the updated file would be released (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | GMLTC Update
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Two pieces of news. [1] Our Fargo show went very well. Pictures and recap can be found at (URL) I was not friendly to low bandwidth connections, my pardons. We are getting ready to revamp the website so I didn't spend a great deal of time with (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Santa Fe Car Sets #10022 and #10025
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(...) actually, partsref is Steve Bliss' project, and the keywords are built in to the ldraw dat file for that part. So to add a keyword "correctly", the dat needs to be modified... to add it without changing the dat, talk to Steve, maybe he can (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Rail Racer Screamer has a body
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I have put a body to the modified Rail Racer engine I have prepared for Brickfest, so it's ready to take on any chalenge put forth. Here is a shot of it: (URL) may notice that since it's in the modified class I'm allowed to use a few non-LEGO parts (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains)
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| | Matt's Roller Coaster is showing again!
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My roller coaster has been down in the basement for a few months undergoing upgrades and modifications, but it is now showing again! It is showing this weekend at the Beaverton Mall in Beaverton, Oregon, and you can see it Sunday the 7th from 11:00 (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jul-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.or.por) !
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| | Re: New Santa Fe Car Sets #10022 and #10025
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(...) ,,, I hope my sales rep wasn't newer than your's, if so, I doubt the new one would know more than yours knew! (23 years ago, 7-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: May I publish documentatino of the 4548?
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I have wrote an email to TLC, not lets wait a moment for them. My page is not ready anyway... BR S Steve Barile <sebarile@sstanamera.com> wrote in message news:GyqHC9.K1H@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Santa Fe Car Sets #10022 and #10025
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(...) This is way too crossposted. Jude XFUT .trains (23 years ago, 6-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Santa Fe Car Sets #10022 and #10025
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(...) (Nope. Search brick- round). (...) Da nada:-) (...) You could. The person to contact would be Dan Boger. It's called that because the element literary resembles the macaroni pasta shape. (Which BTW is the backbone of the American culinary (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Santa Fe Car Sets #10022 and #10025
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(...) So *that's* what it looks like... Thanks, John! Should I e-mail somebody at partsref to place the keyword macaroni? BTW, why is it called that way? (as a sidenote, I called it a "rounded-corner brick" - go figure) Pedro (23 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Santa Fe Car Sets #10022 and #10025
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(...) Here's its link in the parts ref: (URL) searching Bricklink, it would be a brick modified IIRC. HTH John (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Santa Fe Car Sets #10022 and #10025
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(...) Ok, I admit my ignorance on this... What is the *official* name of the macaroni? I ran a search on Lugnet and there was no match... what is it??? Pedro (intrigued... to say the least) (23 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Santa Fe Car Sets #10022 and #10025
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(...) My bet-- the current unavailability of the clear macaroni in the 100022. -John (23 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Santa Fe Car Sets #10022 and #10025
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I've heard from a very reliable source that 10025 WILL be available next week, but that 10022 will be Sept/Oct. I wonder why 10022 is delayed so much over 10025? (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Sun ONE Internet Technical Support, Sun Microsystems | iPlanet (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Santa Fe Car Sets #10022 and #10025
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(...) I just hope my sales rep new more than yours but...If I have to wait until September...at least it gives me something to look forward to after summer. Bert Waters (23 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | BI Portal site re-launches!
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Well after many many long nights, I have finished the all new BI Portal site. It adds many new features and now creates a solid foundation for growth. The new site is basically a live beta, so if you find any errors, problems or confusing parts, (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad) !
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| | Re: May I publish documentatino of the 4548?
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I would publish it. The inards of the RCX, both schemeatic and micro-code, where published within weeks of the RCX release. Now there are volumes published about the it with TLG encouragement. BTW the 4548 is a head slapping simple circuit. SteveB (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | SFSC cars, did Lego copied my idea :-)
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hi, when looking at the new cars I just could think Lego took my version of a SFSC-car and just half-sized it :-) To be serious, here is "my" first car for the SFSC, 4 more to come... have a nice week-end adrian (URL) (23 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: PNLTC to show at Beaverton Mall, Oregon
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(...) This is so cool-- way to go, guys! I can hardly wait for pics of the set up. -John (I boldly added trains.org, because I think this topic of "permanent" residence is an interesting one. We at the GMLTC nearly secured a *great* space in a (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | PNLTC to show at Beaverton Mall, Oregon
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The Pacific Northwest Lego Train Club is pleased to announce an ongoing exhibit at the Beaverton Mall in Beaverton, Oregon (just west of Portland). We have secured an empty space to use as a "clubhouse" through the summer. We will have two public (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains)
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| | New Cars added to WWII Train ...
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Hi all, I've uploaded a few new train cars to my WWII train. As soon as they're available for public consumption, you can see: (1) A Tanker Car based on Steve Barile's great design, showcasing a snot walkway atop the tank, (2) A generic freight (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Santa Fe Car Sets #10022 and #10025
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(...) I would have expected TLC to do them in the same color as the 8448 supercar wheel hubs, silver champion etc. (23 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Santa Fe Car Sets #10022 and #10025
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(...) And every model you've seen is incorrectly modeling the prototype... ;-) (URL) the page that John Neal dug up that I referred to in my post) No stripes on the prototype. This has been discussed before. I agree that models *can* look good with (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Santa Fe Car Sets #10022 and #10025
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(...) I had just come to the same conclusion regarding the mis-labelled images for the Dining Car and Mail Car - comparing to the images at the well-referenced "Fallen Flags" page - (URL) would be strange too if one of the alternative models needs (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Santa Fe Car Sets #10022 and #10025
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(...) That's what I assumed. First time I saw it is in the printed curved wings of the Green Goblin's flyer <set:1374>. I got a handful of bricks in it from the RLD backstage visit to LLW, left over from their Virgin Atlantic 747-400 cockpit model. (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Santa Fe Car Sets #10022 and #10025
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(...) I like these, and I like the idea of having optional builds with each set. Rumours were that we'd see a B-kit before anything else, but these are a nice surprise. I do wonder about the mass appeal of these though - clearly they're aimed at (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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