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Joepie! They arrived today, two 10025s!!! Well, you know all the details by now. I'm just very happy (and proud to own a real James Mathis!). Jeroen (22 years ago, 20-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Dark Red in trains (was ...Dark Red LMS 4F 0-6-0 Freight Locomotive)
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(...) I know what you mean, but you can use it to your advantage. The Star Wars <set:7134> A-Wing fighter is a good example. The original is a grubby white with maroon panels. The Lego version has red panels, but the use of light grey gives an (...) (22 years ago, 20-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) "I don't see anybody else here..." Hiya. Just teasing the (US-of-)AFOLs. Jason J Railton (22 years ago, 20-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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I can do that tomorrow morning. Anyone else want to see these in a different color? SteveB (...) (22 years ago, 20-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Think you can whip one up with orange instead of that dreadful garnet and black? :) (...) Lightfoot Jonathan M Johnson (URL) (22 years ago, 20-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi all, I just posted pics of an interesting vehicle I am hoping to build. It is a special rail-mounted vehicle for picking up and moving the giant radio antennas of the Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope in New Mexico. The pics are at (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 20-Aug-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) hehehe... Good one!!! but it's not a Lar-ism, as much as I'd like to take credit. Selective Compression is a well known scale MR term that dates back, oh, to the 1940s and the days of Frank Ellison and John Allen... You're spot on though. (...) (22 years ago, 20-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Burlington Northern never had a shiny aluminium (or stainless steel) streamliner. You're thinking of predecessor road Chicago, Burlington and Quincy (merged with Great Northern and Northern Pacific to form BN in 1971(?)), which had many (...) (22 years ago, 20-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Streamlining (was Re: New MOC: Dark Red LMS 4F 0-6-0 Freight Locomotive)
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(...) Right. At 70 MPH, (a typical top speed for a fast freight such as TOFC or doublestacks that are on a manifest or symbol freight) in the US, and at typical horsepower to weight ratios, the drag from the doublestacks or trailers far exeeds the (...) (22 years ago, 20-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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hi Ludo, I've opened 8 out of 12 points so far, I'll check the nrs. for you. Will take a few days, I have to reopen them... But I have to disappoint you a bit: I allready found 2 different nrs. for the 'same' main track, and also the point tongue (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Dark Red in trains (was ...Dark Red LMS 4F 0-6-0 Freight Locomotive)
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(...) For that matter, some of the old colors can play the same tricks. I have a standard red MOC that I wanted to have a dark gray stripe. When I actually used dark gray, the colors were really hard to look at (kinda like red and green together). (...) (22 years ago, 20-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Confused.... you aren't talking to me, are you? Chris(topher) Masi (22 years ago, 20-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yep, that is the one. To make certain that we were talking about the same thing I Googled it. (URL) there it is. Also, I was wrong. According to this page the Zephyr was stainless steel, not aluminum. Thanks for the reminder. Chris (22 years ago, 20-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Soory about the repeted posts... (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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How about a MOT in Violet... (URL) from the small McDonald Happy Meal sets and I think 8011 JangoFet's (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Maybe not exactly the right hue... (URL) buy several of these color packs! SteveB PNLTC (22 years ago, 19-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks I didnt follow any real life engine for this design. I basicly started with two sets of 5561. (URL) And was able to build most of the engine. All though the first rendintion looked more like something out of the 50's. And slowly grew (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Esben Kolind's Danish LEGO Trains
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I've been enjoying looking at Esben's trains. New-to-me models. I have really enjoyed browsing these trains. There are some really clever construction ideas and little details: SNOT stairs: (URL) mid-car fold-up-and-away stairs: (URL) bike room and (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains) !
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(...) are you thinking of the pionneer zephyr in the 1930's? dan (22 years ago, 19-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Dark Red in trains (was ...Dark Red LMS 4F 0-6-0 Freight Locomotive)
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Funny you posted this. I just swapped out the blue-voilet for dark red on my Royal Hudson. What I find interesting is how many of the new colors play all kinds of tricks on your eyes. The dark red stripe on my model looks rather brown. Sorry no pics (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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