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(...) What we really need is robots to comb the surface and rake "random" patterns into the surface to help make it look nice. But I do think some sort of rail-based transport would be the way to get around up there once enough infrastructure is in (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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Hi all, A colleague and I have produced reproduction sticker sheets for some older Lego sets. These include stickers for some 12V train sets (7740 and 7725), a model team set (5540) and town set 6371. All stickers are on the same color backing as (...) (22 years ago, 11-Feb-03, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains)
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(...) What a great example of an oxymoron :-) Steve (22 years ago, 11-Feb-03, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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"Tony Hafner" <lego@NOSPAM.hafhead.com> wrote in message news:HA2uEy.ECC@lugnet.com... (...) trains (...) is (...) recognize. (...) That's Gomez Addams crashing his trains together. [ j o n ] -- | Lego - (URL) Shipyard - (URL) Moonbase - (URL) Store (...) (22 years ago, 11-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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Hello everyone, I just got back from the Lego Outlet at Discover Mills, (678)847-6078. They just received a huge shipment and I thought some of the folks here might be interested. They have received the Imperial Star Destroyer, the Black Seas (...) (22 years ago, 11-Feb-03, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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Very neat ! I love it! I have got to try my own version. Cheers Oliver Play Well. "Jason Krish" <ja.krish@shaw.ca> wrote in message news:HA0Ip3.LzH@lugnet.com... (...) (22 years ago, 11-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.harrypotter)
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(...) ... After some conversation with Ludo Soete, I created a geometric construction to prove that the 9V point curve can be created from the same circle radius as the 9V track, without any straight sections. I did this by modeling this Track (...) (22 years ago, 10-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) I've just added a new view showing the bushes and more of the mechanism. Re: level crosings, last surviving gated crossings in the UK are listed at www.signalbox.org/la...ssings.htm Some good photos too, particularly the beauty at Allington (...) (22 years ago, 10-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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<snap> (...) The windshield is a normal slope 6x3x1 transparent yellow slope used in the classic space set 918. (...) thanks for the comments Bert (22 years ago, 10-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) "Quite mad", eh? I saw your equation on the sidebar. The third picture is a little hard to discern, being so small, but it sure looks like something kind of nutty. Perhaps Michael Jackson would have been easier to recognize. And he is, after (...) (22 years ago, 10-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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I recall Brad Hamilton doing a very cool Ogel train for Bricktopia too. (...) (22 years ago, 9-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) It's been done... (URL) :-) (search the archives of .trains and you will find there are other ones as well!... some very cool ones too!) (...) (URL) as good of a fit, it's only got 2 of the three signature colors and not nearly as spacey (...) (22 years ago, 9-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle)
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You sir, are quite mad. And brilliant. Thats is sooooo cool. And it's so easy it's like "Duh" I anticipate the creation of more trains like this. Blacktron train, M-Tron train etc.. On another note, I now keep imagining a train that slowly goes back (...) (22 years ago, 9-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I have bad eyes but I thought these were not small train wheels but rather the same sort of wheels used in the Hogwarts Express. In that case only a single rail is required since they have flanges on both sides. (1) And further, and more (...) (22 years ago, 9-Feb-03, to lugnet.year.2003, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks, I guess I should have been a bit more patient. I didn't wait for the whole directory to load. I clicked on the first image since it was a thumbnail of the whole engine. The engine looks good. Is the inverted slope of the windshield (...) (22 years ago, 9-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Can you give deep links? This is a common request, if you have teasers or you're still working either wait till the folder is moderated or give deeper links.. thanks! (22 years ago, 9-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.harrypotter)
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(...) Chris, if you get into the folders, you'll find that the final step of the instuctions are large images of the finished model. I've collected these below for you: (URL) I like your tanker the most. With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (22 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I've been thinking, in reality, this would not be a bad idea at all. Suppose one day we Earthlings would set aside our silly endless disagreements, work together and start space explaration. Why on Earth...eh ...Moon would we allow cars to (...) (22 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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Good Day eh!! Here are some teaser pics of my first monorail and Harry Potter MOC: (URL) too sure if it will work, but hey... PLMKWYT Jason Krish NALUG (22 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.harrypotter)
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I've constructed the 9V point centerline geometry through trial and error. What I came up wasn't very intuitive, so it's probably wrong. (I don't think there's an LDraw representation of the point yet, although it looks like Ludo Soete is working on (...) (22 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Heh, the best of both worlds. That's pretty darn cool, Tony. Dan (22 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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Than you Harvey. I am quite fond of the UP as well. I'm currently working on a couple UP GP40's. Stay tuned.... Robert (22 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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I like the stairs at the ends best. Cool. (...) Thanks Stefan! (22 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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It's easy to add new road plate. 1. In the Registry copy the piece which is similar to what you want. 2. Give it a new name. 3. Copy the picture to "Paint" 4. Edit the picture in "Paint". 5. Then copy the picture back into the new piece. It is a bit (...) (22 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) A bit of infection has spread to the trains header page, ((URL) check it out. (Thanks Tony, for setting up the pic for me!) (22 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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You, Tony, are a sick man. I just hope it's contagious ;) --Josh (22 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) The engine looks interesting, but the pictures are too small to get a good look. Thanks for sharing, Chris (22 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Your SW9 MOC is amazing, even beating out many 8 wide designs in the same category. Many moons ago, I built a similar cow-and-calf design (solid red of course, as that was the only color I had in quantity) But armour yellow looks best on these (...) (22 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Frank (22 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) start track designer go to help->help topics open "how to" "design custom pieces" voila! Esger (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Long live Jack Stone! Over head tram in red (2x noses)! (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) When I was down at Legoland, I remember seeing the Coaster and thinking that would be a really neat train to do. This is much nicer than what I could have done, though. Great set. If I ever get around to doing the Seattle area's Sounder, I'll (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) parts with their studs hacked off to allow plates to fit on top. Did this box appear at a toy show recently? I thought they showed basically finished products at these, where this looks to be in very early stages. -- Tony Hafner (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Is there an 'update' feature in which we can import more pieces? I'm looking for the different road plates like the ones that came iwth the firestation and police station sets. Adding these to my Track Designer layout would make things more like the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Any chance of you posting a 100% sized, hi-res image of that brick printed with the astronaut holding an open-box wrench? Actually, you don't have to post it, you could email it to me. Pretty please...?! -- Hop-Frog (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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Tony, this is quite possibly the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. It's inspiring me to go forward with my own scifi train ideas. Build on! Mark (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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Robert Powell wrote in message ... (...) I (...) I've found a better material for clear stickers. The clear labels still look cloudy because of the adhesive, but if you can find a product called "Window Decals" it is self adhesive but still (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You got peanut butter on my chocolate! Truly a shotgun marriage of which you can be proud. (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) You have a good memory- I don't remember saying that, but it does sound like something I would have said. Wow- that must have been some time in... late 2000? I joined PNLTC in August of that year, and picked up my first 9v train soon after. -- (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks- I actually thought I'd get a flogging from the Train folks (except the Germans, perhaps, who seem to thrive on this sort of thing). But the response to this has been totally overwhelming. -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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This beauty put me on the fast track right back to my childhood. Awesome Tony....truly awesome. Cheers, -G (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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No, they just lunch the opposite way of driving.... nature will do the rest :-) just as a kite. Kyle McDonald <Kyle.McDonald@Sun.COM> wrote in message news:3E42F74A.405070...Sun.COM... (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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Cool.... not build a station for the moonbase project and you will have something realllllyyyy cool! S Tony Hafner <lego@NOSPAM.hafhead.com> wrote in message news:H9wuLK.LJ0@lugnet.com... (...) 70's. (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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Hi, I am no train person but this is some amazing stuff! Beautiful renderings from Jeroen and supurb model and photo's. And ofcourse, being an LDraw person, I would like to see (have) the LDraw file of the Hudson. Is this possible? Thanks! Jaco (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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(...) I've been wanting to see this since you wrote you had bought some trains, I can't seem to find the message right now, it was something like (regarding space trains): I hope you are ready beacuse they are comming! It was worth the wait and I (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) What? How dare you say such ugly words! That was really nice looking. I really like what you did. Make more! Scott (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) SNIP (...) yup, I saw your M.O.C., & immedeately posted my thought, & right after I posted, I looked at lugnet news, & there was the other Choc./PB reference--DOH! oh well, it's funny that within a half hour the same thought crossed both minds (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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DISCLAIMER: Tony, I do not usually comment on people's MOCs, because 1) I have little time on the Internet, 2) Everybody's MOCs are so DAMNED impressive and 3) My fingers would become arthritic and enfeebled from posting a message telling each (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Heehee! I take it you didn't see this: (URL) was posted less than half an hour before your post- I think you missed it in passing. -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Exploriens was the last of the really cool space themes, and I loved it from the moment I spotted it because it looks just like round 2 of classic space. (...) That engine was crying out for that treatment. I think I might have built one (very (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I find all of the "busier" themes (in both parts selection and color scheme) to be a lot harder to capture. I look forward to seeing that. -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com PS- If you remember, could you please send me a mail when you post that? (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thank you, sir! -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks! I wasn't sure at first whether that door treatment would work on this model, but I really like how it turned out. -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, heck- that comment alone made my day. Heehee! (...) www.hafhead.com (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) That's the best combination since Reese's combined chocolate & peanut butter. The train totally successfully shows the classic space theme elements. Great job! Jeff (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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I just have this to say. "You got chocolate in my peanut butter!" :) Jeff (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think not. This is a great train! I love the simplicity and small details of the cars, like the launcher and consloe and the airlock doors on the engine. Good job! Joe Meno (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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That is very cool. Like Allister said, even though I wasn't around to get any, this still brings back nostalgic feelings. (what of? My explorian sets? :) ) But anyway, I really like the way you 'space-a-fied' that train engine. The high speed train (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yeah, perhaps an email coach. A nuclear power car? Or even an alien autopsy car! The possibilities are... disturbing. Thanks! -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thank you- that means I've succeeded! (...) Of course! I do plan to add more cars, but I'll need some more grey running gear first. I only have 2 more wheelsets, and that means I can currently only do one more car at a max length of 16 studs. (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks! (...) No, this one has an improved flux capacitor that works at much lower speeds. -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Tony, That has to be one of the coolest things I've ever seen. You captured the spirit of CS so very well. Nice launcher/flat bed. Excellent engine... boy ain't that blue, grey, and trans yellow so nice together. I laughed outloud at the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Now this I like. And I thought I was the only one to combine Space and Trains (I got photos of an Ice Planet train waiting to be scanned in) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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a rocket? on a train? then we'd have to call it the Saddam Hussein Memorial Rocket Train Car :-D -paul (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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Oh cool! Neat airlock doors. Not complex, but they look very nice. The trans-yellow roof is nifty. -Stefan- (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) ~Grand Admiral (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Naaaa... that would mean we would not have seen this neato keeno thing! It needs more cars, but.... spotlighted! Thanks for sharing. (hopefully done giggling now) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) But does the train have to go 88 MPH to launch it?? ;) -Kyle (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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O sweet. It brings a nostalgic teer to my eye even though I've never seen it before. You just know it needs a rocket launcher a la (URL) for research purposes of course. Allister (...) Perish the thought! (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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That is really cool! :) I like the little ship that lauches from the flatbed car. -Anne (...) -- It might look like I'm doing (\`--/') _ _______ .-r-. nothing, but at the cellular >.~.\ `` ` `,`,`. ,'_'~`. level, I'm really quite busy. (v_," ; `,-\ (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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SPACE! uh... TRAINS! aw, heck... (URL) been wanting to build something along these lines since the late 70's. Perhaps I should have just grown up instead. -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, lugnet.trains) !!
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That's not the same part as in the nose of the 4619. On second look though, you're about that part being too tall to be the one in the ICE. But it is a variant or complement to that nose piece in 4619. Look at the bottom, by the green stripe on this (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi all, For those who can't get enough of Shaun's beautiful Hudson engine; I have ooked up an other poster. It is somewhat more simpler but shows off more detail of this fine model. You can check it out on my website at: (URL) of the real model can (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish)
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Larry, I think you are right on about the modern era town idea. These could still exist in a modern setting and work well in a tran or town layout! It would (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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For a while I could not figure out if those red windshields on the cable car were 4 or 6 wide. Now I'm leaning towards 6 wide. Also, compare these to the light gray windshelds used on Lego train designer Jorn Thomsen's electric passenger car: (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) the top/back edge. It's already used the other way up in Zam Wessel's speeder <set:7133>. The train piece isn't as tall, and clearly you can build on top of it. Jason J Railton (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but in the upcoming 2003 sets, there appears to be a new window piece which could be useful for train builders. This set shows it (URL) on the cable car and I have noticed it in other colors on the.... (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Very cool Robert. The SW9 and calf are awesome and SD Coaster looks sweet too. B. (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Stunningly beautiful. These are great complements for the Blacksmith Shop. These work in that era and also can be used in more modern settings as well (town center buildings, or mixed in with others) Very nice work Jon! Spotlighted (like it (...) (22 years ago, 5-Feb-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) It's Avery 8665 clear label sheets. I guess you could call then stickers. (...) Yeah, I looked at Railfonts. I was trying to see if I could do it without buying any fonts but it didn't work out as well as I hoped. I'm off to Railfont's with my (...) (22 years ago, 5-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Both sets are great! I can't wait to play at Brickswest. Maybe I can get a bi-level and engine built that match these and we'll gang them up for a long train! SteveB (...) (22 years ago, 5-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes: (URL) even use the UP font for *their* font:-) JOHN (22 years ago, 5-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Are these decals or stickers? I thought you said they were self adhesive. I haven't found a source of printable decal paper. (...) I think UP uses a special font. J2 has sourced a set of RR fonts and I could swear that UP's font is included in (...) (22 years ago, 5-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You're thinking of MichLTC, and Peter Guenther. He made stained glass by printing onto a transparent material that sticks by static electricity (like colorforms(tm) do), and then positioning them onto transparent 1x4x3 panels. This material (...) (22 years ago, 5-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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I think I figured out the part that makes up the nose of the ICE train. It's a differently patterned version of the nose of this plane: (URL) Jack Stone! Gagh. -Stefan- (22 years ago, 5-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Cool switcher set. You packed alot of detail into it, especially for a 6-wide. I like the stairs at the ends best. Cool. -Stefan- (22 years ago, 5-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Thank you James! My biggest problem with the decals was finding the correct font and then sizing it correctly. I think I have the size about right, but I am still looking for the correct font. (22 years ago, 5-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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"Robert Powell" <rpowell@soundvet.com> wrote in message news:H9t1AM.7wK@lugnet.com... (...) The switcher and calf looks great. I like the decals. The hardest thing to get right is the scale proportions and think you got dead on. I cannot remember (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) We still have a couple of similar crossings operating in the Melbourne metro, I'll try to get some pics at some stage. There's also a few permanently shut (to road traffic) which were manually operated until they were closed down. The (...) (22 years ago, 5-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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Hello All, I just completed 2 new MOC's for BricksWest; a Union Pacific SW9 with calf and the San Diego Coaster that was designed by James Mathis. I made the UP decals using PhotoShop and clear label stock. I'm not terribly happy with them yet, so I (...) (22 years ago, 4-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains) !
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Thanks for sharing these pictures. (...) In lugnet.trains, Kecia Hansen writes: (...) I think it would have been good to have a model of the ICE, but since it's not a good copy the colour doesn't bother me. So long as this isn't a set with track and (...) (22 years ago, 4-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Thanks for sharing the 2003 pictures. It is good to see the product development. The display are staged (with the set numbers) to show what you get with each set. I wondered if there was any more information say telling you if there is a speed (...) (22 years ago, 4-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) <set:4565> is not in the 2003 catalog so it looks like it's being discontinued. Best regards, /Tobbe (URL) SPAM when e-mailing) (22 years ago, 4-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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James Powell wrote in message ... (...) track, (...) time (...) tonight!). Here's a further post :-) Well, that was *almost* enough train fun for me! I am still getting over being around people for the entire weekend (lone wolf type here). Once the (...) (22 years ago, 4-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Very cool! I really like the design of the gates. Quite impressive, all that fine engineering. -Stefan- (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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Now that's a bit of irony, those space sets. Imagine if they had chosen Colombia instead of Discovery... Regardless...SWEETNESS!!! Except for the continuing death of studs in Technic, this year's line rocks! Those sculptured noses, those boxcar (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.trains, lugnet.starwars)
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Pretty cool... I really like the new age marking 8-99 !!!...!!! I wonder how well the space shuttle will sell.... Frank Buiting <felsir@chello.nl> wrote in message news:H9qMuF.CFy@lugnet.com... (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.trains, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Weird, that the 4511 HST is now in white/green rather than previous images showing it in white/red colours... It's also dissapointing, that it only has one car. You really need two sets, to make a decent train... The freight train seems to be (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) oops, forgot to crosspost to trains and starwars. (22 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.trains, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.trains, lugnet.starwars)
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