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Ray Silva wrote in message ... (...) Gosh, a horse-drawn coral! Do they bring the corals up to the surface for this, or do they fit the horses with scuba gear? <g,d & r> Kevin ---...--- Farmhouse kit: (URL) TOWN PLANNING information: (URL) Lego (...) (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) In lugnet.trains, Josh Baakko wrote: Josh, If you have time you should come by to check out the layout and hang out. If that is allowed under current SCLTC bylaws. Paul (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I really like the 2148 truck, I bought a bunch of those they were available, and ended up keeping 7, and that's quite a bit on my limited budget. It would be nice to see the 3442 truck return as well. That was a nice one too. Only kept 4 of (...) (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) (URL) packs of two. TWS Garrison (20 years ago, 23-May-04, to lugnet.trains)
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Can't wait to see it guys! Hope you look better then that SCLTC one... Josh (20 years ago, 23-May-04, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi Elroy Brilliant! I love the way the sides of the van roll down to form the stage. Very authentic looking and a great addition to the Adventurers theme. Yeah, definitely love this MOC. Chris (20 years ago, 23-May-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.western, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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Introducing Slippery Boyle, Traveling Salesman, and his beautiful assistant Edwina! (URL) Slippery and Edwina travel the West, selling snake-oils and cure-alls to small-town folk who are easily parted with their money. Like all good Medicine Men, (...) (20 years ago, 23-May-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.western, lugnet.adventurers, FTX) !
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(...) Yellow truck is coming back??? That's rocking! It's a cute little set. Not sure I'd vote it a huge must have back classic, but it's good news nonetheless. Thanks for sharing! (20 years ago, 23-May-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Posted by, I believe the chairman of Freelug, somewhere in lugnet.trains. We confirmed it, so these sets will be available. The 10156 from june, 10157 and 10158 from july (SAH). Grtz, Marck (20 years ago, 23-May-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Looks like 10158 is a close re-release of 2148 Legoland Truck that came out a few years ago. The 10156 and 10157 are the train cars from a 4511 set. I believe these are going to be sold individually so people don't need to get needless train (...) (20 years ago, 23-May-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | The SPLTC Recreates the Old West
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The Southern Pacific LEGO® Train Club (SPLTC) is pleased to announce our upcoming appearance at the 89th National Orange Show at the Orange Fairgrounds in San Bernardino, California. Our club members have busy designing and building a new layout to (...) (20 years ago, 23-May-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sbe, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.bak) !!
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(...) Impressive model. That's huge. That must have been quite the LDraw model too. I'd hate to try rendering that one. :-) It looks great, very true to scale. Not meaning to railroad the thead, but my eye caught another thread on your De Bouwsteen (...) (20 years ago, 23-May-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) (URL) exist, and the most recent release was last year in the Technology Resource Kit for the DACTA line, but the last Train set that appears to have included one is the 4552 Cargo Crain from 1995. You can buy them through Bricklink here: (URL) (20 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.trains)
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I bought a Sante Fe set with just one engine and 5 cars. Similarly I got a steam engine with one each of the caboose, passenger car, etc. Both these sets struggle to run on tracks with just the one engine. So, borrowing from the N Scale World, I (...) (20 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | SCLTC at Brentwood Science Community Fair
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SCLTC will present a condensed exhibit at the first annual Brentwood Science Community Fair in Brentwood, California. Featured items include the Crystal Towers Hotel with 8 operating elevators, the SCLTC Building, Hangar 50-52, a 10 foot (...) (20 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.us.lugola, FTX) !!
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| | A Call for Sessions at BrickFest™ DC 2004
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A Call for Sessions at BrickFest™ DC 2004 One of the key parts of activities at BrickFest™ is a chance to share your knowledge and experiences, and learn from each other. So, once again we would like to offer an invitation to all individuals, Groups (...) (20 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.people, lugnet.org, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.events, FTX) !!
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| | Featherbeds
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Hello .castlers and other connoisseurs of fine home furnishings, I have made the beds. Not earth-shattering news, of course, but it's something at least...and it's a good use for the down from (URL) the ducks we've been discussing recently.> I've (...) (20 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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This is your chance to get creative, without breaking the Lego budget. It's my pleasure to let you know about the Micro Contest and Display! I'm calling out to ALL builders . . . The ideas are endless, but here is a bit of food for thought... (...) (20 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town) !!
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| | Re: A little math cioncerning ships, containers and Minifigs
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(...) From my model railroading I know all about selective compressing and there's usually a certain breaking point where it looses it's effect and becomes silly. IMHO the 4-w container is at least close to that if you use it together with minifigs (...) (20 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Brick Built Beasts volume 1
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Hi Bruce, This is an excellent resource! I'll definitely be using it in the future. Thanks for taking all the time and effort to pull all these links together. Looking forward to volume 2. I should mention that the dog which was attributed to me is (...) (20 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | LUCNY to display at Day Out With Thomas, Utica, NY June 18-27, 2004
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(URL) The Lego Users of Central New York (LUCNY)> will be setting up and operating a 12 foot by 40 foot display of Lego Trains in Utica, NY, during the Day Out With Thomas the Tank Engine event. (URL) A Day out With Thomas> is sponsored by the (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.lucny, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.ny, lugnet.loc.us.ny.uti, FTX)
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| | Re: Brick Built Beasts volume 1
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(...) Thank you for being, as Lar put it, the most prolific animal maker since that other guy. Now if only I can prod you to illustrate Revelations for some additions to volume II. Bruce (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Brick Built Beasts volume 1
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(...) Please go ahead and do so. My main motivation was to help people looking for ideas to detail their layouts. Bruce (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) are based on a design by (...) Thanks. I'll include this in the updated list, as well as a link to your MOCpages. (...) Actually they look a little too construction site-y. . . scratches head . reads Tim's post . Aha! Quack quack. I'll put (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for the link. He'll be there (probably grouped with other monsters). Bruce (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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Hi, Bruce. Just wanted to add my thanks for this great resource. Often times when I've needed to create new brick animals for The Brick Testament, I first want to see what others have come up with before me. Finding such examples has sometimes been (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) I agree, GREAT resource. I hope it gets linked from lots of places. Unless you object I will try to remember to link to it from the header of .trains. Funny thing.. if you look at the different animal categories, it seems Rev Smith has a (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Brick Built Beasts volume 1
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(...) Doh! Thanks Tim. What a difference one digit makes, eh? Peace and ducks, Professor Whateverly (URL) (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: A little math cioncerning ships, containers and Minifigs
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(...) I have, both from the air, and up close, (and in articles in TRAINS) and I agree. (...) I just don't have enough brick(1) to do very many of them and I'd rather go for a huge pile of smaller containers that I CAN do, and 2 or 3 ships instead (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: A little math cioncerning ships, containers and Minifigs
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(...) I can see both sides of this, but I'm more swayed by 'selective compression', as Larry mentioned. For example-- Jeff VW set up his harbour cranes at a few of our train shows-- (URL) the 'standard' 4x8xwhatever freight containers. The cranes (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.trains)
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| | LEGO S@H Metroliner Discount Offer
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ILTCO is pleased to extend an opportunity to the LUGNET community to take advantage of an offer previosuly extended to ILTCO members to purchase the LEGO Metroloiner at a substantial discount. LEGO Shop-at-Home North America is offering a special (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: A little math cioncerning ships, containers and Minifigs
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(...) While on one side I'd say that you're right here, on the other hand some things in proper proportions can get a point across much better. (URL) you've ever seen a real terminal, you'll know it's really overwhelming. I think using 4*6 or 4*8 (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Brick Built Beasts volume 1
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(...) Wow a very helpful resource. I will be looking at this more in the future to try and add more animals to our layouts. Thanks! (...) Even better, I know there are some great beast/monsters out there, so having them linked in a single place is (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) some good examples. Thanks! George (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) I agree with Larry here (...) Larry introduced me to this term/concept and this is what I had in mind. The container size is the key. The model seems to have 5 rows of 2-wide containers and you would want 4-wide which IIRC is what the train (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Brick Built Beasts volume 1
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(...) Ducks? hmmm, try (URL) here>! (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Brick Built Beasts volume 1
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(...) Snip Thanks, Bruce. This promises to be an excellent resource. I've already gathered a few ideas from it. The sheep design that I have been copying ((URL) as you have linked> and (URL) other> (URL) permutations>) are based on a design by Tom (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Brick Built Beasts volume 1
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(...) Hi Bruce, Good job with volume one, it's a great resource. I have a beasty for vol. 2. His name is BUB (Big Ugly Beast) and he was an entry in the CCContest. Here's the link --> (URL) Job! Josh (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Brick Built Beasts volume 1
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(...) Thank you for being one of the biggest contributors. I especially like your donkey and your deer. (...) weeks ago, so I don't know how I missed that. Now that I see Jojo's stuff I remember that as well. Is that a goose or a swan (not that it's (...) (20 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: A little math concerning ships, containers and Minifigs
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(...) Actually, they probably should be 2.1 wide or something. In fact I hope to see some of these at BrickFest DC in the Micro Scale exhibit... wouldn't a microscale dockyard and train container loadout facility be cool? (20 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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Great resource, thanks for putting it together! Just a few additions you may want to consider: Jason J. Railton's horse: (URL) Koehler's geese: (URL) Pigeons: (URL) (20 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Brick Built Beasts volume 1
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(...) And obviously there was a lot of effort that went into compiling all those links. Well done. Regards, Allan B. (20 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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I think we should build 3-wide trains to fit these new 2-wide containers... ;-) JohnG, GMLTC fut .trains, just to rile John Neal... (20 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Brick Built Beasts volume 1
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Hi all, I have compiled an article with links to animal MOCs at approximately minifig scale by a large number of AFOLS, which can be found on Classic-Castle.com's how-to page: (URL) was compiled initially to help add details to castle layouts, but (...) (20 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town) !!
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| | Re: A little math cioncerning ships, containers and Minifigs
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(...) (snip) (...) Well, that's sharp and all, but I think building to scale really misses the point. That container's 8 wide! I prefer my scenes more packed with detail rather than doing one 10 foot long ship so that I can fit my to scale (...) (20 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.boats, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: New Dark Grey Track in HP Train 10132?
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(...) To answer my own question, I saw this on the Lego club website: (URL) company rep (sink21) says that "All new track (track produced as of January 2004), like all LEGO elements will be in the new colors." :-( How long will the stock of old dark (...) (20 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Custom signalman (LED mod!)
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(...) really into modding to create non-existant parts but these add another dimension. *Goes away to think about how to put a self contained light in this* (URL) Tim (20 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) lugnet.parts.modifications - nice idea that. I'd certainly be able to contribute ;) Nice work Rob! Can't wait to see your minifig miner's helmet complete with white LED. Or shouldn't I be giving you such naughty ideas ;) JB ... dremel well ... (20 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Just give me a 1x1 round transparent plate with embedded light source, on off switch, and replaceable battery, and make sure it fits on a stud from the bottom and into a 1x1 round from the top and I'll make my own. :-) That's not TOO much to (...) (20 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Track Designer Registry
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"Cary Clark" <cclark2@nScP.rArM.com> wrote in message news:HxwtDp.uw0@lugnet.com... (...) that (...) in a (...) exactly (...) better (...) program, then (...) in it's current Alpha state is a better track layout tool than TrackDesigner is. But that (...) (20 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) necessary... I realized this when making my "modern" one. You make one of these "old time" ones from Lego pieces, and I'll make it light up... :) (20 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: NGLTC display at Dawsonville LEGO Outlet store Memorial day weekend
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Hey, I won't be able to make it that weekend :( I have plans. I guess I will have to see the pictures. How big will the layout be? Erik Bush Build Well (20 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.ga)
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(...) I think it's cool. And spot on for a modern lantern or torch or flashlight (as you like) Old time ones have wire handles so they can be swung overhead when necessary... (URL) (20 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.trains)
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This guy was fun to make. Well, anything I make where I get to use my Dremel is fun... I'm happy with the "lantern" I came up with. I'd like to see some of your designs as well! (URL) -bm www.brickmodder.net (20 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.trains) !
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| | Re: Moonbase: Nailing down Moonway and Rail Standard
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(...) That's not quite what I meant. I was saying that you can't have a single line of track that has sections that follow the current official layout standard and other sections that follow the proposed idea of riding down the seams between (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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| | NGLTC display at Dawsonville LEGO Outlet store Memorial day weekend
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The North Georgia LEGO Train Club (NGLTC) will be presenting their annual train display on Saturday May 29th at the Dawsonville Georgia LEGO Outlet store at the North Georgia Premium Outlet Mall. The layout will be setup in front of the store from (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ga) !
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| | Re: Moonbase: Nailing down Moonway and Rail Standard
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You got me thinking and, they *can* work alongside each other : ) Check it out : (URL) just to prove that I really spend way too much time in front of a computer screen, I made some low polygon, mockup, moonbase elements in MLcad to try out ideas (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Track Designer Registry
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In lugnet.trains, David Laswell wrote: ... (...) TrackDraw in its current state addresses all of the features you mentioned in a prior post: more than 4 connection points, 'true' rendering (baseplates exactly stitch), etc. I don't doubt though that (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Sets 10157 and 10158
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If I read this correctly, Lego will be offering stand-alone versions of the cars from the 4511 High Speed Train set. Interesting. Can anyone shed any more light on this? Bryan "Pascal BRUGIER" <pascal@brugier.com> wrote in message (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Volunteer needed for container swap BFDC2004
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(...) Jeff, are you gonna just stand there and be nominated like that?! Avoid work like the plague! Because if you don't, I'm gonna nominate you to organize rtlToronto16, 17 and train7. :) Calum (20 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Track Designer Registry
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(...) I was trying to find a comprehensive list of TrackDraw features (one that didn't require slogging through 300+ posts in a Yahoo group), and I ran across this post. In all this time, has noone else figured out that you can copy/paste elements (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Moonbase: Nailing down Moonway and Rail Standard
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(...) I don't have a copy of TrackDraw yet (I only recently downloaded Track Designer), but I'm pretty sure it's less a problem with the design program and more a problem with the actual track geometry. The Monorail track was designed with the (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Moonbase: Nailing down Moonway and Rail Standard
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(...) The advantage to that design is that the area between modules should already have 8-stud/9-brick clearance, so as long as the train isn't too high, it should be able to pass through safely without any major modifications to existing modules. (...) (20 years ago, 17-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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| | Volunteer needed for container swap BFDC2004
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I nominate Jeff VW... -Rob (20 years ago, 17-May-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Sets 10157 and 10158
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Hello, Here, in France, I have today confirmation by LEGO of two news trains sets : 10157 ans 10158. The name of 10157 is : Hight Speed Locomotice The name of 10158 is : Hight Speed Train Car. Normally it's same, Locomotive and Train Car of the (...) (20 years ago, 17-May-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New train set Harry Potter 10132
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(...) I heard somewhere that after the universal colors are set the tracks wouldnt change in color. (20 years ago, 17-May-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New train set Harry Potter 10132
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(...) Didier - This is interesting news, thanks for posting. This is just a friendly reminder to please follow up any discussions of the color change itself, frustrations, etc, to lugnet.color. Figured I'd get this one in early :-) XFUT --> .color (...) (20 years ago, 17-May-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.color)
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| | New train set Harry Potter 10132
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I'm sorry to announce to the AFOL train community that the new Harry Potter train set ref 10132 contents rail tracks in the new dark grey colour. Maybe is it just for the European market. Anyway train wheels are black ! (20 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Problem with lego pneumatic parts
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(...) Presumably that was Ben Fleskes... (see (URL) Interesting....they make custom plastic parts. (...) I have been very pleased with the wheels Ben commissioned and it's in part a testimony to the molder he chose (and in part to his engineering (...) (20 years ago, 15-May-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Moonbase: Nailing down Moonway and Rail Standard
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I believe this pic that I made a while back will help people visualize what Lenny is talking about : (URL) beleive that this idea maximizes the real estate available... (...) (20 years ago, 15-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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| | 2nd Annual Midwest Lego Train Show ........call for participation........
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2nd Annual Midwest Lego Train Show NILTC is pleased to announce that we will be holding the 2nd Annual Midwest Lego Train Show in Wheaton, IL December 4-5th. This show was proven to be a great success last year smashing all previous attendance (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.org.us.lrgoaa, lugnet.org.us.gmlug, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Call for Group Train Layout at BrickFest™ 2004
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Call for Group Train Layout at BrickFest™ 2004 Once again we would like to extend an invitation to all individuals, LEGO® train clubs or clubs that organize other displays with trains in them to set up a display at BrickFest™. For those of you who (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, FTX) !
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| | Re: NGLTC club house at Discover Mills Mall this summer
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(...) We (BayLUG/BayLTC) have talked to malls in our area and run into a brick wall when they say we need to have $1,000,000 in liability insurance. Since we're not incorporated or anything, there's no entity to buy such insurance. We've looked into (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.ga, lugnet.org)
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| | Re: Moonbase: Nailing down Moonway and Rail Standard
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"Purple Dave" <purpledave@maskofdestiny.com> wrote in message news:HxKx9u.1sG7@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) without (...) [ ... snipped ... ] Have any of the Moonbase folks tried using TrackDraw[1] for moonbase design yet? I don't know (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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| | Less then 3 months till BrickFest
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BrickFest, the largest AFOL event in North America, is three months away. Registration for the event opened over a week ago, with many people already registering and planning to attend the Fest. (URL) year marks the 5 anniversary of BrickFest. From (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.people, lugnet.org, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.events) !!
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| | Re: BLTG Brisbane miniature train show - my pics and comments
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(...) Absolutely fantastic photos, not only is the display getting better but so is the photography. Some really great shots Aaron, Well done. Great effort. These are going on the BLTG web site. Impressed Gary (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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Hi all, on the 1, 2, 3, May the Brisbane Lego Train Group participated in the Brisnane miniature train show, at the RNA showgrounds. Firstly for the lugnet.loc.au readers this is the second post re this (thank you Peter), but for others enjoy. Again (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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Hello, We are being given the opportunity to let Jake (and Richard) know which parts we'd like to see in bulk. (URL) I wanted to take a moment and raise the awareness of the color Dark Tan: I think, dark tan is the color of the ramps in this set: (...) (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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"Jon Palmer" <jon@zemi.net> wrote in message news:HxH8C6.16I2@lugnet.com... (...) Why don't when we put these things together, just keep the train tracks away from the moonway tracks? It's not often roads run flush with rails IRL anyway. -- Markham (...) (20 years ago, 12-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) It really makes sense as far as clearance goes, but all of the discussions on how to do a Moonbase-compatible container kept pushing to make it really long so they could serve double-duty as corridor modules, and using Space Train to haul them (...) (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Shay Chassis (Uni Joint Mods for Trains)
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(...) One idea for rubber tires is slices of bike tyre inner tube. Dunno how well it would hold though, and it would raise the height slightly. But it doesn't require a mod ;) ROSCO (Is a mod to a non-LEGO part such a bad thing anyway????) (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: NGLTC club house at Discover Mills Mall this summer
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"James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message news:HxK52I.13y8@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) store (...) The two mall shows we (NCLTC) have done have both been sponsored by Tom's Train Station, a serious model railroading store (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.ga)
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| | Re: A 'small' video of my home layout
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(...) How did you attach the video camera to the train car to stop it falling off, also how much higher than a normal train was it - it would be nice to see it going through a tunnel : ) Nice setup with the RCX etc - when you use an RCX, do you have (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: NGLTC club house at Discover Mills Mall this summer
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"James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message news:HxK52I.13y8@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) store (...) The two mall shows we (NCLTC) have done have both been sponsored by Tom's Train Station, a serious model railroading store (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.ga)
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| | That wascally wabbit!
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Hi all, Quick little MOC: (URL) A couple more pics, including an exploded view to see construction: (URL) I wasn't sure where to post this, so I'm going with castles and trains, because I could imagine bunnies hopping through the hillsides of either (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Shay Chassis (Uni Joint Mods for Trains)
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(...) the (...) advertised (...) Maybe a plaster mold could be made to pour liquid metal into. I was actually thinking someone with a milling machine could step in for the challenge of producing a metal one. (...) and a (...) actually (...) I have a (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I experimented with using paper fasteners as pickups with the 12V railway a few years ago. I wrapped each one round a toggle joint and rested it on the conductor rails. This would probably be a bad idea for 9V track as scratching it would wear (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: NGLTC club house at Discover Mills Mall this summer
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(...) I think one thing that can be a big help is to have an advocate with in the mall, such as one of the stores. A big part of us getting our space is the support of the LEGO store in the mall. They have worked with the mall management to help us (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.ga)
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(...) Great idea. MichLUG/LTC pursued this leading up to christmas 2002 with no good result. Something we did that might help (even if it didn't help us) was that we prepared a "briefing book" or portfolio of past shows, which showed what we could (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.ga)
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| | Re: MOC - Toronto Transit Commission - Ride the Rocket
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(...) I've seen other people take a crack at it (in fact my own MTW-3001 is vaguely similar to a PCC) but you've nailed it in less space than most seem to take. Streetcar modelers need to go take a look, lots of great ideas in it! My only quibble is (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Moonbase: Nailing down Moonway and Rail Standard
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(...) Having short cars was one of the main ideas in the beginning, yeah. (...) You might just have a good point there. It would be nice to raise the race-track but then we have to worry about running into monorail. (URL) [ j o n ] (URL) zemi.net> (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Congrats!!! and yes, I'll join the long line of jealous people.... We have on numerous occasions discussed it in our club (COLTC), we just may have to act!! Do you think the mall management would be willing to write a letter that states the (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.ga)
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(...) Can you say Jealous? Congratulations, sounds like a wonderful opportunity. If MichLUG wasn't so spread out, I'd really be looking for a way to make this happen here. Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) MichLUG> (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.ga, FTX)
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(...) What are you begging for? :-) SERIOUSLY, congratulations. I hope I can see it this year! (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.ga)
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| | NGLTC club house at Discover Mills Mall this summer
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Once again the North Georgia LEGO Train club (NGLTC) will have a summer “club house” at the Discover Mills Outlet Mall in Gwinnett county Georgia. Like last year we will be occupying an empty store in the mall and filling it with our LEGO train (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.ga, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: COLTC to display at Dennison, Ohio's TrainFest from July 30 - August 1, 2004
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(...) We dug up some more info about this show, and want to announce an opportunity for fellow Lugnetters to possibly join displaying!! The event is going to be huge!! It is branded the "largest celebration of railroading in 2004". Having spoken (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Moonbase: Nailing down Moonway and Rail Standard
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(...) No official Moonbase standard should ever hinge upon customized pieces. If someone wants to make them for their own personal collection and use them to tweak the track layout for some reason, that's one thing, but requiring that people start (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: A 'small' video of my home layout
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(...) Nice first post :) I'm thinking that I'm going to paint my walls a sky blue, or maybe even bley ;), instead of that awful colour that the walls are now. As well, I'm trying to add landscaping. THat's the fun part. Thanks for the post! Take (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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