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(...) Hi Ross, sorry about the picture size, I did not even think about this problem. I will look at resizing them. Sorry everyone. My father in law is a machinist, so he fixed the Bushing issue. He also made a metal shaft that fit the size of the (...) (19 years ago, 27-Oct-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Red train front question
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Thanks for the information, Larry. This is a neat and useful part. And pricey on BrickLink. And one can only wish LEGO made the part in Green or Brown... -- Bryan "Larry Pieniazek" <lar(at@at)miltontra...t.dot)com> wrote in message (...) (19 years ago, 27-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: NR-75 - The Ghan (The way it should have been done ;-) )
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(...) Well it looks great in render but a few small inaccuracies. The NR75 is actually named after Steve Irwin and has the name above the NR75 number. On the port side facing forward just back between the cab and the start of the Radiator canopy a (...) (19 years ago, 27-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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| | Re: Gottwald AMK 1000t mobile crane
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(...) Hi Jacub, that's a really nice crane! I especially like the support vehicles you built for it, really makes it complete. Is the jib held on with rubber bands? Nice simple idea! Did you drill out the centre of the 1/2 bushes so they rotate (...) (19 years ago, 27-Oct-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Well, I wasn't quite satisfied with that render, so I had another go. (URL)(click the pic) a (19 years ago, 27-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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| | Re: Turtle Creek Baldwin VO1000 switcher
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(...) Although I'm not convinced that the white stripe looks like lettering I do think it makes a disproportionate improvement to the model, definatly a worthwhile addition. Good to see it in some better photos too although strangely the dark red (...) (19 years ago, 26-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | MDT Plymouth Switcher in Burlinton livery (Red and Gray)
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Hi All, Here's another switcher... A little guy that initally rocked my world. As the story goes: I haven't built much in the last few months (work getting in the way etc...) so I decided to try this small simple switcher for a one nighter. Well the (...) (19 years ago, 26-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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| | Re: Turtle Creek Baldwin VO1000 switcher
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Update... Hi All, I added a 1/2 plate white pin strip to mimick the lettering of the original decal. (URL) More photos at MOC Pages: (URL) My Moc Page> SteveB (...) (19 years ago, 26-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Gottwald AMK 1000t mobile crane
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Here is a mini fig scale Gottwald AMK 1000t mobile crane. There was only one of these ever built. This Lego crane uses 2 micro motors, one running the main hook, and the second running the hold back line for the jib. The counter weight is made up of (...) (19 years ago, 26-Oct-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Red train front question
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(...) The part was changed during production. There are two versions of the instructions, at least for the crocodile and I think for the 4563 as well. To the best of my knowledge this part was not used in any other sets, ever. Too bad, really, as it (...) (19 years ago, 26-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Red train front question
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Can anyone shed some light on the red train front that came with 4563 Load & Haul Railroad and 4551 Crocodile engine? Peeron has two similar, but slightly different train fronts listed: Train front with what looks like a 4x3 opening (URL) front with (...) (19 years ago, 26-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: rtlToronto at the Toronto Christmas Train Show
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(...) Just so everyone knows I talked to Jeremy last night. First of all he is still alive, second he had figured out when the show was on. Apparently there is a site were we post stuff like that. Anyway, he's all excited and ready to go for this (...) (19 years ago, 24-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| | rtlToronto at the Toronto Christmas Train Show
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(Without the square brackets...) Hello everyone! rtlToronto has been invited back to the Toronto Christmas Train Show! For those that may be interested, the show will take place at the International Centre (located at 6900 Airport Road, Toronto, (...) (19 years ago, 24-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| | Two new British MOCs
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Hi all, 1 British Class 156 in Northern Livery Having recently gained myself a digital camera I finally took pictures of one of the few trains I've designed that don't have a full CAD version made. It's my rendition of a Northern Rail (the newest (...) (19 years ago, 23-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: Technic fig scale Swiss tram
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(...) There is a colour pic (URL) here> and a the only pic I have found of a trailer (URL) here> There are also some more pics (URL) here> I guess I need to make the links more obvious on the MOCPage. Tim (19 years ago, 22-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Very nice model! I first thought it wasn't LEGO but popping up the pictures I saw the studs. This model proves you can use any part for any MOC. The Minifig large windows are a nice solution and the benches looks very well also. Do you have a (...) (19 years ago, 22-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(URL) Those of you that regularly surf Brickshelf will have probably already seen the pics, I have now written a (URL) description> at MOCpages. Sorry for the poor quality photos, I was going to take them again but haven't yet had a chance. PLMKWYT (...) (19 years ago, 21-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.modelteam, FTX) !
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| | Reliable Switch Point Control with Pneumatics
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Here's a reliable scheme for controlling unmodified switch points with pneumatics. This scheme is for use on track that is raised up off the baseplate in modules. I have reduced the depth required below the track to a minimum of 9 plates in the (...) (19 years ago, 19-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc) !
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| | Re: Anyone working on monorail tracks?
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(...) What an excellent idea! It has completely flat sides, so no problems there. What sort of resolution do you want? (I think I can go up to 1200x1200 dpi without crashing the computer) Regarding the underside structure, the sides are completely (...) (19 years ago, 19-Oct-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.org.us.sandlug, lugnet.org.us.lugola)
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| | Re: GMLTC website appears to be Offline??
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(...) "OneMadOgre" is a moniker for club member John Kelly (J-3), so I'm not too worried. The GMLTC isn't too good at promoting ourselves, we're having too much fun building and displaying to worry about that stuff. We're currently working on (...) (19 years ago, 18-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: NR-75 - The Ghan (The way it should have been done ;-) )
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(...) W00t, Thanks a lot Al! It looks excellent! (Parts of quoted text have been modified for effect) Legoswami (19 years ago, 18-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: Palisade Villa GBC (the start of one, anyways...)
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(...) Actually, I ended up getting way more black ones from those boxes than brown, (besides brown ones are needed for the stairway ballisters in maxifig dollhouse buildings. Wink.) Janey "Red Brick" (19 years ago, 18-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Palisade Villa GBC (the start of one, anyways...)
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(...) That sounds like a great idea! Shhh!! He'll find out! Waittaminit... A few more videos uploaded--basically the bottom loop-- (URL) basically both the same--the first is smaller (30 meg) and shouldn't make you as dizzy watching it. Everything (...) (19 years ago, 18-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Palisade Villa GBC (the start of one, anyways...)
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(...) Hmm, lets drop some in when Dave's not looking and find out. Derek (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: NR-75 - The Ghan (The way it should have been done ;-) )
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(...) Very nice, but (URL) is the way it should've been rendered ;) Allister (19 years ago, 18-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: Palisade Villa GBC (the start of one, anyways...)
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(...) Or the brown heads everyone got in their Random Stuff Boxes? BTW Dave, VERY VERY cool. Calum (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Palisade Villa GBC (the start of one, anyways...)
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(...) Hmm, this made me wonder, would the smaller, almost round technic ball "thingys" (yes, that's their official name) work? (URL) what about solid black minifig heads? OR would they just congest the contraption? Janey "Curious Red Brick" (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| | Turtle Creek Baldwin VO1000 switcher
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Hi All, Well I have made yet another baby step in the Turtle Creek Branch Line project. Wouldn't you know it I built another train! Nothing to novel but a think a clean looking engine, unfortunately the pictures aren't that great. It's a Baldwin (...) (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Anyone working on monorail tracks?
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(...) Ooh. Well, that might be fun to model, in any case! (...) Do you have a scanner? If you do, you could scan it and send me the digital file - that would actually be better than an oblique photograph. I can then import the image file into (...) (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.org.us.sandlug, lugnet.org.us.lugola)
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| | Re: Palisade Villa GBC (the start of one, anyways...)
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(...) I think at the Hobby show, there'll be a grand total of 3... (...) I just want to make 'em look like they belong in a mine--some 'boulder-ish' looking thing... if TLC wants to make some grey balls, I'd be happy... (...) I have one basketball (...) (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Palisade Villa GBC (the start of one, anyways...)
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(...) We just did a train show last weekend. (pics & video to follow) We had a pretty small GBC (10 modules). While the GBC didn't have the detail, or refined appearance of the beautiful building and bridges in the rest of the layout, it was really (...) (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Palisade Villa GBC (the start of one, anyways...)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, C. L. GunningCook wrote: <snip> (...) Thanks for the very kind words, Janey! I think next to your 'San Fransisco' thing, it ain't gonna look like much, though... A good friend did some 'video compression' and managed to (...) (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: NR-75 - The Ghan (The way it should have been done ;-) )
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(...) Samarth Appologies for any misunderstanding Tim Emailed me about it :)) That is the best photo of the Ghan I have seen and I have seen them all that one as well a good shot of NR74 and NR75 in trail. There are only 3 locomotives that pull that (...) (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: NR-75 - The Ghan (The way it should have been done ;-) )
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(...) How wuuuude! :-P I was actually taking a break from real world building. In fact, this is my first displayed CAD model in over a year. It would've been impossible for me to pull this thing off in 24 hours if I was making it in the brick! (...) (...) (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: NR-75 - The Ghan (The way it should have been done ;-) )
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(...) ^^ What he said. (...) It's quite ok to think that 8 wide looks awful; that's just an opinion, but I must correct the second part of your statement. There are loads of ways you can make long bogies work: Sliding wheelsets, rubberband-bound (...) (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: NR-75 - The Ghan (The way it should have been done ;-) )
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(...) Scaling is sooo complicated. It's hard stuff for me to understand. So I skip all the fancy measurements (or rather use them only as guidelines) and use my eyes to judge how big a model should be or where so-and-so grille should be placed in (...) (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: NR-75 - The Ghan (The way it should have been done ;-) )
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(...) Gee, I'm sorry you found it offensive. As Tim has already explained, this is a bit of an inside joke, and I can see how the heading can come off as offensive to anyone not in the know. Apologies. Legoswami (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | GMLTC website appears to be Offline??
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(URL) site appears to be offline. Currently pointing to ....I dunno what. It's not too evil, at least, whatever it is pointing to now. Just someone trying to re-sell the domain is my guess. I did not stay to investigate. Any friendly links to (...) (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Palisade Villa GBC (the start of one, anyways...)
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(...) Dave, it's fantastic... wow, nice job!!! I'm very impressed... and slightly depressed (oh woe is me... I think I will forget about TRYING to get the cable cars working, hum) Giggle. Janey "Red Brick" (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: NR-75 - The Ghan (The way it should have been done ;-) )
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(...) No offense on my behalf. If you didn't know the history it's an easy mistake to make. Tim (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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