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(...) Yes, I experimented a bit with doing just that, but it's quite hard since the slope of the wings does not fit anything else (at least no slopes in my collection :-) (...) Thanks, it is indeed a very futuristic train (also nowadays) (...) (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Esben Kolind wrote: Thanks for sharing what is a very novel idea. I am not sure I like the wings used the way you used them, did you consider trying to recess them into the body? They stick out and look like a little wind would (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Kind of long but here is some more info on the bridge. (...) I do have counter-weights. They are slung under the table. We can get by this at ngltc because our water tables are lower than the other tables. Here is a picture of the (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I don't normally hang around .trains, but on my way over to .cad.ray I noticed this post. I really, really like the way you built that roof - it's very sleek and (IMO) stylish. :) I like the all-glass roof too. BTW, those weighted bricks are (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) (no pun intended). Do you have counter-weights hidden under the piers? And we *need* to see some pictures of the lifting mechanism! How much does it sag when a train crosses the bridge? I'm guessing the magnets are to help keep the two (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Beautiful! :-) I love it. It's just as I'd like to have built mine, months ago. How do trains behave in it? (does it hold with heavy trains passing through?) Is there any chance of seeing the lifting mechanism in detail? I'd like to know if (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi there, Ever since buying the Make & Create: Wild Collection (4101) I've had the idea of using the dragon fly wings as train windows. Also my brother Egil challenged me to build a train front using the large dark grey curved bricks he got me from (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.town) !
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Here is my latest. It is a fully automated train bridge. (Sorry the photos are not the best. It is hard to take pictures in my basement.) It is fully automated. Meaning we will be able to run the rcx and the bridge will happen periodically during a (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics) !
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(...) This has been discussed before but I would say that there is no firm conclusion yet. While I am a proponent of cleaning LEGO elements if they get to the point of being visibly dirty or sticky, I'm in the "don't clean rails unless you really (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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Snippage (...) I have to disagree about 7 wide. Its a good compromise between 6 and 8 wide. You can still use some 6 wide elements (centered with jumper plates) while building a bigger beefier train. Its also a lot of fun and a challenge. Working (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) You're definitely on the right ... track. I can get ... on ... board ... with that notion. Ugh, I'm terrible ;) (...) Cleverer? I'd take exception, but I'm currently in my thinking-man pose contemplating complex and elegantly functional wheel (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello, I just got a new train set and I was playing with it last night. I put in a couple of old straight rail pieces that are probably 5 yrs old with the new rail pieces. I had noticed that the old track feels rough to the touch like there is a (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton wrote: snip (...) Huh?! You got a picture or somethin'? James "I'm not from Missouri, but you have to show me anyway" Wilson Dallas, TX (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, FTX)
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote: (blather blather blather... as if analysing the *height of a minifig* gets you anywhere... analyse the WIDTH, I say... then you get 12 wide as the right answer (0) ) Scale, schmale. I build 6 wide trains for the (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Unfortunately, I know that all too well. Being unemployed for over a year now puts a serious crimp into the LEGO purchases... :-( JohnG, GMLTC anyone looking to hire an experience software developer (and part-time LEGO fanatic)?? (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) That would entail a bigger house. Bigger house means bigger mortgage. Bigger mortgage means less money for LEGO purchases! Geesh! You should know better JohnG! :) Dave K (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Build a bigger layout!!! Geeze, I wish all questions were that easy to answer... ;-) JohnG, GMLTC (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote: <snip> (...) I would honestly do 8 wide if a) I had the pieces--8 wide takes up soooo many more pieces and b) if LEGO track geometry was better!! I mean, those curves!! Grr!! I have a 6 wide model of the GESD70ACe, (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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In lugnet.trains, Aaron Sneary wrote: Snip Snip (...) Sounds like a good idea for a competition at Brickfest etc. Giving verbal or written directions for anything is a good test of language and logic skills (and good practice.) "You put the (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.space)
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(...) I can imagine that not only is it tough for the first person to write everything down in words, it's also a real challenge for the teammate to visualize what the other person is describing! Congrats on your wish come true, Aaron! -Bryan (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.space)
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