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(...) For scale building I have used mostly books with drawings for British trains, and I found the Model Railroader Cyclopedias for US steam and diesel engines, but I'm not sure if there are books for mainland European trains. Does anyone know if (...) (19 years ago, 6-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Normally Lego models have selective compression. Very few people build to scale. Look at MiniLand at Legoland, the Santa Fe Train Cars etc. David (19 years ago, 6-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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Thank you for all the recommendations. I found a 2005 Marklin hardcover catalog on eBay and ordered that. -- Bryan "Bryan Kinkel" <helpdesk@loseyourmind.com> wrote in message news:IM74BE.1Jx3@lugnet.com... (...) (19 years ago, 6-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Brilliant! I've done an Art-Deco stlye office building (The Offset Building, so called because of extensive use of jumper plates) seen at some UK train displays. I'd really like to do more Art-Deco. A good respurce is (URL) (19 years ago, 6-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Jim has a good eye for design realism. I had the pleasure of meeting him on August 13 during the Downtown Detroit Historic Theatre Tours, where I was a guide and he a visitor. Jim did a wonderful job on building Detroit's famous 1928 Fisher (...) (19 years ago, 5-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Very nice building, Jim. Glad to know someone is on the case of bringing more art deco architecture to LEGO towns. :) Hope to see more! (...) WOW! Your Fisher building is incredible! Holy moley! Absolutely inspirational. I'm dumbfounded both by the (...) (19 years ago, 5-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Jeremiah VanderMark. ~Kevoh (19 years ago, 4-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) The only problem is that LGB is officially narrow-gauge, however several of their models are normal gauge, making for bad scale. And they do loads of selective compression (specially length-wise) , so I'd grab a good drawing of the real thing (...) (19 years ago, 3-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I like LGB catalogues. They contain American & European trains. The pictures tend to be big so good to work from. David (19 years ago, 3-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(URL) Just found it in one of the BF galleries (note that it was placed by Tim David in his folder after resize for the .trains sidebar much later) So.... who came up with this wonderful (not to mention hilarious) idea anyway? Legoswami (19 years ago, 3-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !
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(...) Thanks for spelling corrections, makes them easier to Google! Tim (19 years ago, 3-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Fulgurex and Lemaco. I also recommend Micro-Metakit, Weinert and Stangel as the producers of highest quality models. -- shaggie. (19 years ago, 3-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, I was so impressed with the details I almost didn't notice you'd SWITCHED THE ENGINE UNDERNEATH THEM! And there was me thinking the lights were a bit of a fiddle... You should know by now you're not allowed to use non-Lego or custom (...) (19 years ago, 3-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton wrote: <snip> (...) Spinning fans? Okay: (URL) Detail of Fans (Sorry no video, but they do rotate when the train moves): (URL) And as a bonus - working 4 cylinder engine: (URL) And working lights: (URL) (The two (...) (19 years ago, 3-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Just a reminder, NWBrickCon Pre-Registration ENDS soon!!!
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I needed to tell someone about when to Pre-register for NWBrickCon. And then I saw that it was Sept 7th! So no more waiting, register today (URL) NWBrickCon Site> (19 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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(...) Hornby is entirely British, while Lima used to be the other big player in the British market before they went bust (and were bought by Hornby) The others in the British market are Bachmann Branchline and Heljan. Jan-Albert has mentioned the (...) (19 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Fleischmann, Marklin, Roco (or whatever they're called after the restart) & Lima are some of the biggest. (19 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hornby and Lima are the big ones I've heard of. (19 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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When attending train events, I often pick up the thick Lionel and MTW catalogs to use for inspiration. These catalogs mainly contain American engines and rolling stock. Which is great. But... What if I want to see European engines & stock? Who are (...) (19 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Awesome. I'm getting inspired to get back in on this action. (19 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.trains)
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