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  time-lapse
 
I'm taking a 2000-frame (80 seconds) time-lapse movie today of the PNLTC layout at the Oregon Convention Center. What's a good way to take a whole bunch of frames and string them together into an MPEG movie? The source images, once I get them off my (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.animation)
 
  Re: ps2 hopper
 
(...) Looks great, I may have to sort of copy that design for trains to display on SCLTC's layout. I don't have many 6 wide designs in my head yet (since I transfered to 8...). Josh (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: posting setup
 
(...) Doh! Typo...funny one at that. -Tim (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: posting setup
 
(...) No love for the 1.5-wides? Aww. Engineer Max (oh the resemblance: (URL) "watch 6-wide Thomass get rammed by bulky 8-wide cars." (URL) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: posting setup
 
(...) Portland actually. Steve says: "Yours are too small." --Todd (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
 
  PNLTC at Oregon Convention Center - setup day
 
Here are a few PNLTC photos from yesterday, setup day[1] at the Oregon Convention Center: (URL) in town for the weekend to see the show and take some photos, etc. --Todd [1] setup began at 8:30 a.m. and was mostly completed by 1pm. Jeremy Rear's (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
 
  Re: Lifetime of incandescent 9v LEGO lights?
 
Todd, I only recently discovered the 9V "Light & Sound" system and have been thinking about that question myself. I've been acquiring used 9V lights recently and some bulbs do seem dimmer than others. But I don't know what the life expectancy is. It (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: BoxCar - v2
 
(...) (URL) Spears MichLUG - (URL) MOCpage - (URL) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.inst, lugnet.org.us.michlug)
 
  Re: 9V Curved Track
 
(...) hard to complete it. I hope it will pass the certification proces well. With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Tram of Strasbourg motorized and real...
 
Marc Schickele wrote: [ (URL) ] Really nice. It is annoying that the friction is so much higher with the small train wheels. (...) Have you considered trying to pick up power from the tracks? Play well, Jacob (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: ps2 hopper
 
Awesome design. Especially the way you did the roofwalk, very nice. -Stefan- (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: 9V Curved Track
 
(...) ... (...) It's the 'normal' part that trips me up! Consider these parts: (URL) a geometry point of view, these are pretty similar. But (according to MLCad) the center of the macaroni is the circle center; the center of the 2x2 'L' is the (...) (21 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Another Metroliner question...
 
I was wondering how much longer the Metroliner will be available at S@H. Mike McKee wrote after BrickWest that it was discounted in February: (URL) hasn't been in the S@H catalog for a few issues. There were only a few Metroliners in stock at the (...) (21 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Meetings / Events
 
Well I'm here in Holland Mich, but it seems like everyone is busy with other things. Oh well. If you're ever in Eastern Mass, post something to NELUG and I'm sure we'll be able to get a meeting together fairly quickly. Jonathan (...) (21 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.org.us.michlug)
 
  Re: "lego" hicube boxcar
 
(...) Thank you for the instructions. Have you (or anyone else) built (physical bricks) a train car with the coupler and bogie linked by a chain as shown in the instructions? If so, what problem did it solve? (...) (21 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: ps2 hopper
 
hey man it looks great. It's really nice to see people building prototypes and it looks as if this would be a great canadite to be streched into an 8 wide=). ondrew (...) (21 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
 
  ps2 hopper
 
here is my best try at the most common covered hopper in america. the pullman standard ps2 hopper (URL) am also going to do it in several other colors. perhaps 3 or 4 colors. maybe in green, red, and some other colors (21 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: 9V Curved Track
 
(...) The 'zero' point is normaly at the center of the part with the y=0 point at the base of the studs. A regular plate has then a Y value of y=0 (stud position) to Y=8 (bottom of the plate) (...) Whats the purpose for this data? (...) Thanks Cary (...) (21 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: "lego" hicube boxcar
 
(...) Yes, *very* nice style! later, James Mathis (...) (21 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: "lego" hicube boxcar
 
(...) ok, added to the BI portal. now that the instructions are there, can someone build one? i think that would be a great model addition to a LEGO train show. the only thing is the 4brick long bars in yellow. but if you cut a antenna or a ski pole (...) (21 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)


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