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(...) Thanks for the info. I've a problem with my London Underground train which uses these wheels and the high friction at a recent show sapped loads of power. We could only run the one motor on one track due to this and it mkes a hell of a (...) (20 years ago, 25-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains)
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It is impressive. At first I thought, "that's a good train, for a non-train builder". Then I saw the robot mode and said "ooo!". My eyes focused on the joints that glued it together because that's the hard part of transformation. You generally need (...) (20 years ago, 25-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Adrian Drake wrote: (stuff) Steam in general doesn't do much for me, and the proportions of the cab and boiler are way way off... so really it's not much of a train, taken as a train. I'll leave the comments on how good it is (...) (20 years ago, 25-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) SPOILER BELOW Wow! That's scary. Its both a great train, and a great robot. I saw it on Brickshelf first and clicked to see the train and boy! was I surprised. Congratulations on a wonderful model. I think you should have made both camps very (...) (20 years ago, 25-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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I'm rather proud of this creation. I worked very hard to make the locomotive look as cool as possible. Many thanks to Shaun Sullivan, whose designs were my inspiration. (2 URLs) Enjoy!> Adrian (URL) (20 years ago, 25-Mar-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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(...) I did make the changes to my MOC's page. I guess I should have hit F7 before posting. But then again its not like I am righting j/k, writing a term paper here. ;) Dave www.GPLR.org (20 years ago, 24-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Not exactly following you here... do you mean that they should have been shorter or do you mean they should have been clustered more closely together? If it was the former, well, I don't like modding ABS, although now in retrospect I realise I (...) (20 years ago, 24-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Looks like you did a good job matching the prototype. In pic 42, it looks like the tubing could have been a little shorter to pull the details closer to the roof. I like the use of car roof pieces for the windows. Is it my imagination or do (...) (20 years ago, 23-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Indian Railways WAP-5 Class (ABB-Adtranz design): (URL) (Click for gallery, post mod) Real world images: (URL) Sloppy job on the red stripes. Cut the stripe stickers that go around the slope bricks freehand. I also should have raised the top one by (...) (20 years ago, 23-Mar-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.in, FTX) !
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(...) Man, I knew something was off... Just didn't hit me at first glance. *Hides head in shame* Legoswami (20 years ago, 23-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) In order: Yes, Yes and Yes. Hope that helps! More seriously, these poles (1) come in all heights, depending on the application. Telegraph poles, especially older ones, tend to be quite low, you could reach the wires with a stepladder, and (...) (20 years ago, 23-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I have a nother question, are these poles tall enough? (keeping with the scale of the 1x1's) Should I make them taller or shorter? Dave www.GPLR.org (20 years ago, 23-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Try the blue pill. Er, the blue ones. I think they have more friction, IIRC. BTW I personally think that the 1x1 round is a fine scale. I was being the devil's advocate. Minifigs have fat heads anyway! (20 years ago, 22-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) For that scale I am sure there are some LEGO Pen elliments that would work. But IMHO I think the 1x1 rounds are the right scale for Mini-Figs. Dave (20 years ago, 22-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think that technic piston heads would have the correct scale. They're only slightly smaller than fig heads, which is basically the preferred scale, as Larry mentioned. No idea how you would stack them with valid connection points though..... (...) (20 years ago, 22-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That would work although it would alow for the whole top to spin around. Those half pegs dont have much of a friction hold. Dave www.GPLR.org (20 years ago, 22-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Or use a technic half peg to get a stud on which to place the top. (...) (20 years ago, 22-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thats a great part, I hadnt thought about using that. Although you would have to get creative at the top. You would have to invert the whole top section. Dave www.GPLR.org (20 years ago, 21-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains)
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Great to hear about the successful test. The dynamic nature of trains is often overlooked. Ocationally there are great looking MOCs posted but don't always run well in the real world; backwards thru points and the like. Your close coupling design (...) (20 years ago, 21-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Looks very good. I was about to add the following: Too bad LEGO hasn't made (URL) in brown. But LEGO has in the Destroyer Droid. It wouldn't solve the scale issue (although, I don't think that there is one), but the pole would be smooth. Chris (20 years ago, 20-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains)
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