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(...) thinking that scene was "so hot"...well it was hot enough for a 10 year old(1) before cable. jt 1) dang did I just age myself there? (20 years ago, 26-Jan-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) ;-) (...) You'd have to admit though that doing it's front windscreeen will be TRICKY. While mentally designing it I've been thinking of using some 1 x 6 arch bricks placed upside down; but that's half the job. Then you have to figure out how (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I'm looking forward to your redesign of the APT. Glad I could give you some inspiration (for once), usually it's the other way around :-) (...) See, had I only had the bricks, I would have built it that way exactly! It's far more stable and it (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Hey, Lar, he's saying we are old! :-P Tim With regards the blue tiger, I have to say that stylistically it just doesn't float my boat, my preferences are things like this angular German (URL) DB 185> or the more rounded Swiss (URL) BLS 465>. (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Meh... I think its because you guys are old school. Which is not to say I don't like any of the old stuff; For example, I LOVE hood units from ALCo, EMD- but I like the new Diesels (and the schemes) as well. Its a relief from some of the (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Billie Jo, Bobby Jo and Betty Jo just as I remember them, freshening up in an open water tower: (URL) (20 years ago, 26-Jan-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains) !
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(...) hm..that reminds me...I need to dredge up that idea I had some time ago... Scott (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Very clever design, Esben! Well done. I may try to redesign my APT set as inspired by your ball-and-socket construction. I wonder if this (URL) socket piece> would work? Maybe is in this (URL) alternate construction of Esben's tilt design>. (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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I have been there many times... cousins in Jonesboro (south Atlanta for those in the know)... come to think of it... my cousin did have one of these in the backyard... I don't recall to well, my attension was stolen by the vermine skins hanging on (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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James, I knew down deep that you had a still in your backyard, just a ways past the outhouse! Although I live in a Yankee state, all my kin is from the Carolinas. Two of the characters pictured are modeled after my uncles Clarence & Junior Thanks to (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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