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Here's the lower half. Starting from the left, MichLTC >>CUT>>WamaLTC above, Community Yard below>>IndyLUG/CILTC. (URL) If you have any questions, let me know. It's really busy on the lower half! I am eager to see your results. Looks great so far! (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hello LUGNET members, With just a few days left and unless someone else has made a map of the participating groups for the NMRA Cincinnati show I was going to. I continued my super-micro scale of part of COLTC’s display and made a MLCAD render with (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jul-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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| | Re: Why is inner rail smooth on Duplo track?
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(...) The old Lego track (12V and 4.5V) was like this too. tim (19 years ago, 4-Jul-05, to lugnet.duplo, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Why is inner rail smooth on Duplo track?
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Is it to prevent the toothed drive wheels from skipping? The outer wheel turns more times than the inner as is goes around the curve. Ralph (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jul-05, to lugnet.duplo, lugnet.trains)
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My son has spend his allowance on a couple of the new Thomas sets (Percy and James). James comes with one piece of curved track (along with others including a switch). I've noticed that all the Duplo track that's come with these sets has a ribbed (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jul-05, to lugnet.duplo, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: New MOC: British Class 37 diesel loco with articulated bogies
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(...) Unfortunately, the front and rear windows are in the right place (without quarter-stud offset bricks being available), and moving them would make the upper body too long for the scale! This is the compromise of detail with measurements of less (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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| | Re: New MOC: British Class 37 diesel loco with articulated bogies
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--SNIP-- (...) I meant the side windows are too short. The front/rear look very nice. (...) So that's how you did it. Nice technique. (...) I think you could move the front window forward one brick (apply to rear in reverse) and extend the side (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: New MOC: British Class 37 diesel loco with articulated bogies
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(...) With the windscreens, did you mean that the side windows are too short or the front and rear windows too narrow? Cab windows are always the hardest part to model. I needed a piece for the front and rear windscreens that would give the division (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk, FTX)
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| | Re: New MOC: British Class 37 diesel loco with articulated bogies
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In lugnet.trains, Mark Bellis wrote: SNIP (...) Ah, I finally get to see your bogies. :-D Great design. Smart door design too. I'd steal it were it not for the fact that I like to have interiors in my models. Well done, thanks for sharing. Legoswami (19 years ago, 3-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: New MOC: British Class 37 diesel loco with articulated bogies
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(...) Hi Mark, I like your articulation trick and really like some of the side greebling. The drivers cab windscreen seems a little short to me though. It looks like the whole thing should extend one more stud towards the front (or rear) of the (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | New MOC: British Class 37 diesel loco with articulated bogies
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Here's my latest 8mm scale train MOC, a British Class 37 diesel loco in railfreight grey livery with red stripe, as carried by 37674 and others in 1988. (URL) The model has opening doors and removable roof sections, for closing the doors and putting (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Re: The Upper Chattahoochee rides again
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(...) For an older MOC, I think they looked pretty good, reminds me of a GP15 (URL) My first train MOC was a 88ton switcher about 15 years ago. Although it could be greatly improved, I'm hesitant to change it. Mat (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | The Upper Chattahoochee rides again
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Back when I got into LEGO railroading I built my first MOC set of engines, they were part of my Upper Chattahoochee railway. I didn't have a lot of parts and not a lot of experience building trains. (URL) They looked like this> Well one of the great (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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| | NMRA show in 1 week!!
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In exactly 7 days, no less than 70 AFOLs will begin construction on the ILTCO layout at the National Train Show of the National Model Railroad Association. The NTS will be held in the Cinergy center in Cincinnati, OH. Address: 525 Elm Street, (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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| | Re: Seekiung SuperChief B-Car directions
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(...) You might also consider Thomas GrapeApe Burger's B-Unit: (URL) Mathis (19 years ago, 29-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | img2sticker: Convert images into .ldr stickers
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Dear all, Following up from my (URL) teaser> the other day, I've 'completed' my software to convert image files into ldraw files for use in sticker making and written a little tutorial about getting it to work. (2 URLs) Here> is where you can (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Grape Ape Designs (was Re: Coolest Brickshelf account)
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(...) Indeed! Thanks, Thomas. I recall you CAD work from ages ago. I think one of the earliest renderings I saw of yours was this (URL) Thalys set based on red train nose parts>. I have eyed with great interest many of your other model renderings, (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.space, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Coolest Brickshelf account
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"Thomas Burger" <tburger34@spam.no.a...lphia.net> wrote in news:IIto4I.13AB@lugnet.com: (...) :P Thanks for the great work, Thomas! Koyan (19 years ago, 29-Jun-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Seekiung SuperChief B-Car directions
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(...) Beautiful. Thanks, Martin! (: (19 years ago, 29-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Coolest Brickshelf account
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(...) that "grapeape" guy has alot of interesting stuff in his gallery as well. wait grapeape is me. :) i finished the container grab part a few weeks ago to (19 years ago, 29-Jun-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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