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(...) ... (...) Bonjour Philippe et Erik This technique incredibly rich !! 1. Use of the 1x1 Technic brick for SNOT orientation needed for the 0.4 stud gap by the plate. In fact not a plate but a 2x2 corner plate because the stud is a bit higher (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Philippe "frogleap" Label schreef: (...) Hi Philippe, First of all: great model! About the roof: I had a try on the same loc some time ago (please don't laugh: (URL) and your assumptions on the roof are right; chimney just in front of the cab and 2 (...) (19 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Philippe, the model looks great, I even like the yellow and grey better then the blue one. Those windows kick booty. 6wide is fine by me, saves on brick and it'll fit on any layout. Although I would concider moving the handrails out a bit, (...) (19 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Looks like fans on the left end, and the exhaust in the middle. You have taken such care on details, Philippe-- why squish it to 6 wide? From the proto pics, it appears the the body "wants" to be 8 wide, and the nose 5 wide. There are quite (...) (19 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hello, Thank you to all contributors for the feed-back. (...) Chris, well... the top is quite desert :) Because I have no idea from the pictures I could get what was happening up there. From the side drawing obtained from the web site I mentioned (...) (19 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Philippe, That window trick is really clever. Thanks for showing it. Well done. later, James Mathis (19 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) [snip] (...) That is great. I like the view from the minifig perspective, but I am left wondering, what is happening on top of the model :) (...) Thanks for the LDRAWing of that technique. It is a really neat technique. Also, I am glad you (...) (19 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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M>ltc will be displaying a layout at the Latrobe Valley Model Railway Assoc. Show in Morwell on the Queen's birthday long weekend. Details: Kernot Hall Princess drive Morwell Opening times: Sat/Sun: 10am-5pm Mon: 10am-4pm Hope to see you there! (...) (19 years ago, 29-May-05, to lugnet.trains.org.mltc, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Great work, nice to see you managed to do this in 6 wide! I did mine in 7 to get the cab to stick out a bit more. BTW these are ex-Dutch diesel engines (built in France though by Alsthom, guess the circle is complete!), there was only one blue (...) (19 years ago, 28-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello, Here is a french BB62400 in blue color that is normally used for freight trains and mostly in multiple units. Sorry for the colors, it should be classic blue, but looks like Maersk blue just because the image is too yellow. (URL) It is made (...) (19 years ago, 28-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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(...) Thanks, That's not to big a missing parts list. 8) I guess my only real grip is the lack of extra stickers. Mat (19 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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"Mike Walsh" <mike_walsh@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:IH48A5.11D5@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) should (...) [ ... snipped .. ] As promised, my review of 10170 has been posted! (URL) Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at (...) (19 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) As said on the other thread, there are no parts left over. If you bought two packs you would be able to make a three car intermodal from the pieces but not a four car. It seems a little cheap of Lego really. It only would have taken four extra (...) (19 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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"John Gerlach" <gmltc_j1@nospam.yahoo.com> wrote in message news:IH4ExI.2462@lugnet.com... (...) review! (...) It really isn't that much of a spoiler, I have multiples of just about all of the 9v line. Some more than others but there is only a (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Oh man, you should have warned us there would be *spoilers* of your review! ;-) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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"Mathew Clayson" <mathew_impact1@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:IH404G.1Gv7@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] There are no parts left once the two car set is built. LEGO graciously provided a set to ILTCO to be (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Tim, After building the 2 car set, what parts are left? I've ordered one set so far, just got a shipping notice. But if it's close to as fantastic as you beleive it is, I plan to buy 2 more. Too bad they didn't include enough numbers for 6 (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Just got 10170 and I have to say what a fantastic set. While the model itself is very good, the parts selection is absolutely fantastic. A wonderful collection of tiles and plates in various sizes and shapes, plus some train wheels, yellow panels (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: PROPOSAL for new track (was Re: New Lego Track!
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(...) LEGO had remote controlled locomotives back in 1968. Blow the whistle (included in the trainset) and the train went forward. Blow the whistle, the train stops. Soon a new version was introduced, which also supported the train going backwards. (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Start with a Dremel! Mat (19 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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