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(...) partially connected studs as you have here is that the models tend to be very fragile. (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks John .like tim said I have seen your Brickshelf folder many atime and I'm allways inspired!.As for my latest it's by far my most detailed building I done and the colors are great to work with (as is the dk red/lt grey blg .I'm in the (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town)
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(...) I have just posted two ldraw-pictures on Brickshelf which I hope will explain the construction of the windows. Thanks for the interest and all kind remarks about my model Mattias (URL) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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"John" <John@TCLTC.org> wrote in message news:H5sDBL.Lyz@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) and (...) What I actually said was "I have a pile of Yoda rust colored bricks on my table waiting to be made into Annie and Clarabel". ;-) I too have (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) layout in (...) The Museum is in the former Great Western Railway (GWR*) works in Swindon, where many Steam locomotives were built in the heydays of steam, for more information have a look at the STEAM museum website, (URL) BR days the works (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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Thanks Robert. The roof is made of clear thinwalls, as available from S@H. There are 16 packs' worth in it = 400 clear elements. Some time ago, I noticed how the thinwalls have a tendency to curve, and I immediately thought of a station roof. It (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I did remove the seperate b-box to the light in order to decrease the weight, that seems to have helped a bit. I also discovered that the first driver wouldn't line up correctly and was binding, so I took out the connecting gear and it moves a (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@nbi.dk> wrote in message news:H5sEt8.3I0@lugnet.com... (...) Are (...) Once I read some information about the X2000 (and X2001, then never version, but runs under the X2000 name). The engine does not tilt, only the (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Stephan, Looks great. Have you made any changes to the operating machinery on the steamer? There seemed to be intermittent problems at the last show? Did you narrow that down to mechanical or electrical or whatever. I imagine you could borrow some (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi all! Finally got around to posting pics of my Greenbrier, Streamliners, and flat cars, plus some shots of my whole "narrow-gaugish" train so far. Shorty Flat Cars (designed to go with my Porter): (URL) Instructions: (URL) train: (URL) (their own (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.announce.moc) !
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(...) Some time ago I posited a rule of thumb... "Every show layout needs a Thomas"... I'm wondering if it's time to extend it? :-) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) include this little beauty <drool>: (URL) James' dark red Fowler and Caerphilly Castle Loco. But really it all looks great, and nice venue, too:-) -John (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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(...) You know, the actual faces on Annie and Claribel are pretty simplistic-- just black marks for their faces and nothing more (no relief as for Thomas). I was going to create some detailed ones and print them out on clear stickers. I'll have to (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It certainly is. (although I would like some close-ups of the windows - I am not sure I understand the explanation of how they were made) (...) It is a part of the tilt mechanism. They are actually hydraulic cylinders for tilting the cars. If (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yup, they are brown. I built them as a last minute thing for our GATS show. I just used what was available at the time. I had enough kids at the show recognize them to make it worth just keeping them the way they are. For me its just the (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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"Simon Bennett" <simon.bennett@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:H5sBu3.HoK@lugnet.com... (...) That was Chris Dee's. It is truly excellent, and Chris will be LDraw-ing it in the near future (eh, Chris... :-) ) Huw (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:H5s0F8.90M@lugnet.com... (...) I think I can say that a good time was had by all. It was my first participation in such an event, and I loved it. I can't wait for the next one! (...) (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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Just to follow up on this, we made the local press see, (URL) this free advertisiong and Lego didn't even send us some catalogues. We lost count of the number we could have given out. Mark (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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(...) enough Yoda brown (which is almost dead-on correct for color matching them) to build mine. As far as I know, the 1x1, 1x6, and 1x8 burnt orange brick didn't even come out until the recently released Privet Drive set. So start pounding the (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yea, yea! You may have posted yours first, but I bet I built mine first! :p (URL) LEGO Reference (URL) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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