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(...) I give you the Six Wide Santa. (...) Clever, yes, but it's hard to be original in Lego: (URL) (22 years ago, 25-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Good advice so far. (...) And here is where we differ. Flash introduces glare. If you can, use good lights, use a tripod and longer exposure times, etc, but avoid flashes. Some things flash makes better, some it makes worse. Conventional (...) (22 years ago, 25-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.publish)
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(...) As for the lighting, make sure your camera is on close-up mode (the flower icon, instead of the tree). That should help with the colors. And use a flash. --Bill. (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) However I think when it comes to making monorails stop and go, it's often better to not use the switches that LEGO makes, but instead to just use sloped bricks to cause the same effect. An inverse sloped brick placed with the studs facing away (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think unpowered would be a BIG mistake. All locomotives should come with a motor. (...) I don't see this as necessary. (...) I prefer regulator and track as separate pack, motor bundled with the locos. (...) Yes. But some locos should (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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In lugnet.trains, Jan-Albert van Ree writes: [snip] (...) Hello Jan-Albert, It seems to me that the noses of your model are much too long. Try making these only 3 studs deep (1 stud for the white section and 2 studs for the blue section). make the (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains)
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I've been looking for a nice new model since I finished my diesel and soon stumbled across some pictures of the German E44 electric engine. After a long evening of trying to model it correct in MLCAD I've given up. I can't seem to make it look (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains)
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My first MOC is finally done.... concerning monorail automation. I made an automated switch and stop/go with help of the RCX. Have a look on brickshelf when moderated and tell me what you think/ comments. (URL) Christmas. Guido (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains)
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I figured out the deep links: (URL) me know what you think. I think I'll add some runners beside the train wheels. Oh, and please excuse the odd lighting, christmas lights add an odd tint to everything. Leonard (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Right on, thats the way it was done in the 12v days, and for that matter even today (the Santa Fe and My Own Train series don't come with motors or lights). What we need in the shops is affordable train sets. Once little Johnny or Jilly has (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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