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Interesting - I'm using Navigator 4.06 and I get a "Your browser is forbidden to access this page" error Is Steve limiting access to IE only? Paul Sinasohn, who would rather fight than switch (and is anyone else old enough to remember that slogan?) (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) His hyperlink didn't work:-) Click here> (URL) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Excuse my ignorance, but what do I do with this address? (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) week. (...) Worked on a modification to the roof-line: both above the front control cab and above the upperdeck windows. Pictures at above link. For the area above the front control cab, I wanted to try to get the gray color to "drop" down to (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) later, James Mathis (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think I'd use the 2x2 flag attached to one of those 1x2 plates with side rod and just have it sit on top of the sloped roof. Not very precise but conveys the notion. (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I couldn't get a look at it so can't answer now. (...) "dubbledekker" (...) Dutch (...) The Dutch railways operate two types of doubeldeckers. One type (for 'long' distances[1]) is pulled by the dutch loco which James build (1600 series- off (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Nice box cars, Steve. I like the doors and use of the tiles. It looks like the doors really slide open. Ashley (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) that if this is a modern reefer, there should be some sort of cooling unit built in. On the older reefers, there would be hatches in the roof for ice, those could be easily replicated on a flat roof, but I'm not so sure about a peaked one. On (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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I still like the door open trick. It makes me beleive that the doors really open and close! Keep using those decals. Compare the State of Maine box car and the Union Refrigerated cars; same design, but the State of Maine box car is a LEGO plain (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Nice. Very nice. Except for those pesky decals. :-) one nit... the grab irons (on the right side) are too close together. They should be spaced the spacing of a widely spaced ladder rung. (yes, I know that's the spacing of the minifig ladder, but (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ooops, sorry. Erhm...maybe it is this Dutch locomotive? (URL) down on the above web page to see a picture of Marklin's model of this Dutch locomotive. The European Railway Picture Gallery probably has some photos of this locomotive, but it (...) (25 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) that (...) shop (...) (25 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I really like the color scheme on these models. The detail with the Technic pieces on the trucks is A+ and different. Good. later, James (25 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That is my model of the "Starlight Express" Marklin paint job on a DB locomotive. (URL) used the 4559 Cargo Railway front-ends with matching bottom front ends from the ResQ hovercraft set. I actually don't really care for the pointy nose that (...) (25 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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What is that at the end of the train in that pic. It vaguely looks like an American "B" unit switcher (I'm sure it's not)???? BTW I had taken a trun at a double-decker as well at: steve.bar.home.att.net SteveB (...) (25 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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I built a new set of box cars. Love to get some feedback. steve.bar.home.att.net SteveB PNLTC (25 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Eric, Is this the Dutch train style you're modelling? (URL)I took pictures but they are still in the camera on an unfinished roll; (...) I'm looking forward to seeing your new train model. I'm fortunate enough to have two friends who have Sony (...) (25 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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James, We're really on the same track ;-) I've just build a first version of a Dutch double decker train a couple of weeks ago, which strikingly resembles your train, with very different colors, though. I took pictures but they are still in the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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We at the Northern Virginia Lego Train Club would really like to join the consortium of people trying to purchase Train Doors and Windows from TLG. Unfortunately, we do not have enough money, so we were wondering if there was anyone who wants to (...) (25 years ago, 3-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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