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Growing tired of the same old red routine I used in building my locomotives, I decided to try this one using the classic black and gray motif... (URL) made a host of other improvements to this model, not least of which is an overall lengthening of (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Mountain/Quarry
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I've had to build several mountains for my Tolkien project and have gone back and forth on BURPs/LURPs. I wasn't thrilled with this cliff: (URL) it was basically just a Burp pile. On my next mountain I tried to completely hide the BURPs (though they (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Mountain/Quarry
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(...) Whoops, good catch. 24x24 is what I mean. Sorry about that! I actually miscounted, I used 2 of these. One with the corner replaced (tacked together with plates) and one with it omitted.. The one with it omitted was used just behind the (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Mountain/Quarry
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(...) Hmm, where are you folks finding 32x32s with missing corner? I have a box full of 24x24s with missing corner, but no 32x32s... :-) :-) :-) I really need to do some sculpted stuff, if for nothing else, just to use up all those huge bricks :-) (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Mountain/Quarry
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(...) I don't completely cover them; just about 1/2 covered or so. It lets me get a consistent background color by using piles of grey or dk grey burps. I find that it does take quite a few bricks, but because the burps are the structural layer, I (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: MichLUG Table Specs
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(...) I agree, we must be doing something wrong. After I wrote that, I had to check with Eric K., and he verified that it was correct. The "nearly two hours" includes bringing all our stuff into the hall, and we probably wasted some time chatting (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Mountain/Quarry
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(...) One entrance/portal has angled wings (something that you don't see much in LEGO models) and the other has straight wings but an angled portal. The angle is 45 degrees and it's almost an integral distance, there is a little bending at the top (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Mountain/Quarry
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(...) Nice work; I'm especially impressed by the angled tunnel entrance, those are always my particular demon. So much so that I've sworn against them 3 shows running now... :) Looks to be about 45 bricks of vertical or so? My only significant (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | livejournal lego trains community
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i didn't see an existing lego trains community on livejournal.com, so i went ahead and created one. if you are a livejournal user, and would like to join the community, come on over. this is not meant as a replacement for lugnet in any way, simply a (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Mountain/Quarry
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(...) Spencer in out GATS show in jan. we will have Larrys mountain,paul J.s mountain/church, something from Jason and maybe a drop with a bridge from Amy so we may have 4 different elevations....Chris (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: MichLUG Table Specs
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(...) You guys may be doing something wrong. Since we use a mix of 30x30 and 30x60 we probably have somewhere near the same number of intertable seams that you do using 40x40s... and it would not take us anywhere NEAR 2 hours to make a table setup (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Mountain/Quarry
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(...) I have dreamed of doing something like this for a long time, but I'll have to collect a lot more bricks before that ever happens. Thanks for sharing. It looks great. Play well. Tim Strutt (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: ATSF warbonnet doodlebug spotted
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(...) My ATSF doodlebug was at the Livonia show of course. But that's not why I posted... Cletus Romano has done am ATSF Doodlebug and he's got the oldstyle nose down quite nicely... (URL) three variants of doodlebugs in warbonnet. Any more out (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Mountain/Quarry
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(...) It will accomodate some 8 wides but the design goal was to clear the bullet with pantographs up at a normal operating height. It will not accomodate long wheelbase 8 wides as the inside clearances are not as large as the outside ones. The (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Mountain/Quarry
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(...) I had a plan, I wanted it to take up a certain space and have tunnel portals at certain points. I laid the track down on the baseplates (one plate off the baseplates, actually, using tiles and a few turntables in strategic spots) and just (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | MichLTC train/town display at local NMRC show, Livonia MI
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The Michigan Lego Train Club displayed in Livonia this past Sunday. While this was an extremely small layout for us because of limited setup time, I think we had a very strong display with a lot of great detail. Many of the buildings have already (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Re: Mountain/Quarry
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(...) Larry, why does it scare me when you actually run short on a particular part? - Perhaps it has something to do with that TRU stockroom-sized cache of Lego you have in your house :-) Good work on the mountain. I agree more dark gray would have (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Mountain/Quarry (and more on church)
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(...) (OFF TOPIC SIDENOTE) My dad used a similar technique a couple years ago for a Meccano church he built. The model eventually was lit from within and displayed in the lobby of the church upon which it was based. The stained glass added greatly (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Mountain/Quarry (and more on church)
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(...) That tank truck (water?) looks nice too. (...) ROSCO (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Several new MOCs...
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(...) (URL)Greenbrier: (URL) to mention some features of my Greenbrier. It has variable ashpan and firebox glow, a working headlight of course, and motorized drivers. All the lights and the motor are connected to the 9V train motor, so as the engine (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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