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Sir, I wish to take issue with the caption of two images in Russell Clark's otherwise excellent presentation, "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends". On page 23 (of 27), a compound image is captioned "Thomas by unknown modeler[sic] (UK)". The model (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jul-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | BR 140 Version 2
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Hi Jan-Albert, Ben and Stefan! For sure you are right, the body of the engine has to be lowered. Today, after a long working day, this was my first thing to do! Thank you for your comments! Maybe I would not have noticed this important fact. But now (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jul-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: U.C. Berkeley's South Hall - MOC
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Wow. I've been to Berkeley several times (my fiance is an Old Blue), and I'm really impressed. Go Bears! :) (from a supportive Gator) -Anne (...) -- For SCO to attack IBM using IP (\`--/') _ _______ .-r-. is somewhat like trying to eat >.~.\ `` ` (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jul-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.edu)
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| | U.C. Berkeley's South Hall - MOC
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Greetings, After to a year of interspersed building and three train shows I finally got around to posting some pics. of my recreation of South Hall from U.C. Berkeley. (URL) was inspired to build South Hall for several reasons: 1. it's red (and I've (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jul-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.edu) !!
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| | Re: Small switch yard engine
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You didn't specify if you wanted steam or diesel, but I have a small, if not exactly a switching, steamengine. (URL) can pull quite a bit. Hth. -Stefan- (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jul-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Small switch yard engine
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I'm looking for a BI or an LDraw file of a small switching yard train engine. I'm too lazy to build my own for my layout and am hoping I could build someone else's model. =) Can anyone please help me? Thanks -AHui (21 years ago, 30-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Thats not a Znap bridge (was LOVE the train shed)
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(...) OK I should point out that bridge was built by Wayne Hussey, not me! And if you click on the pic you'll get more info, including the fact that it carries 2 tracks, separated by 4 studs, so yes, it's plenty wide enough for 2 8-wide trains! (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: tank cars
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(...) Casey, Really nice improvements to the corrugated tanker design to reduce the width of the model and attach the wheels. I'm amazed that you were able to acquire so many of these new curved/sloped elements! Really nice build. later, James (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: BR 140 Engine
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(...) Awesome work! However, I have to agree with Ben the model would be a lot better if you managed to get the engine more "over" the bogies instead of on top of... Small tip : with homemade decals, after cutting them, color the side same color as (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Thats not a Znap bridge (was LOVE the train shed)
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(...) Ok, that's a big bridge...but the string isn't Lego...and can it handle (2) 8-wides? (lol)... Scott Lyttle (21 years ago, 30-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) [[SNIP]] (...) Hi Casey, I really love the corrugated design! And similar to James shovel roof design I thought this would be unbuildable in real live... I think these bricks you used are even harder to get in the needed amounts than the (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: BR 140 Engine
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(...) as usual your model sets a high standard in 8+wide building style, and you invented lots of very nifty building details. The roof details are really cool and the SNOTted front without any gaps looks very smooth and nice (I really prefer it (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Typical german red hopper car
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Ah Ha! I knew someone would make use of colored axles! SNOT-o-riffic car! -Stefan- (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: BR 140 Engine
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Cool engine. Nice color, and the use of snot to make everything stud-less and curved works really nice. Are the motors getting sideframes, or is that how they're supposed to look? Looks like there's too much space under the engine. Is that just the (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | LEGO Roadshow 2003- Dallas Event Notes
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The first stop on the LEGO Make and Create Roadshow happened this past weekend in Dallas, TX. TexLUG and MSLTC participated and put on a great display. The show seemed a great success. All participants from the clubs had great time and enjoyed the (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jun-03, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org.msltc, lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Typical german red hopper car
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Hi train friends, two weeks ago - or so, I've build a typical german red hopper car. This one is a model of one from the Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR). (URL) has real working sliders to open! After I shot the pics I made some changes to achieve a better (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | BR 140 Engine
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Hi train friends, last weekend I've finished my green BR 140 electric engine. See some pics in my brickshelf gallery: (URL) the bricks roll Dirk (21 years ago, 30-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains)
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I've posted the pictures I took at the LEGO Make and Create Roadshow in Dallas, Texas this past weekend, where TEXLUG and MSLTC teamed up. We had a lot of fun, and we have a lot of stories to tell, like MOC accidents and theft of property at the (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jun-03, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.loc.us.tx, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.msltc)
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| | Re: Thats not a Znap bridge (was LOVE the train shed)
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(...) WOOOWWWW!! A ZNAP cable stay!!! Adr. (21 years ago, 30-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Motorized Switch Machine
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(...) That looks good. I used the double-elastic band on my drive mechanism too. It gives you a fair amount of power but with good over-run protection. I drove the switching slider directly with a gear rack, but after seeing a pneumatic model I (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains)
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