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Hi, I'm pleased to announce my new loco MOC. It's a BB72000, a very common french locomotive. (URL) Of course it's a 8-wide loco :-) I used the 4 differents gray (light-gray, light-bluish-gray, dark-gray and dark-bluish-gray). As a curiosity, the (...) (19 years ago, 6-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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| | London Underground Battery Locomotive
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Hi all, I've finished the last of my LU trio. (URL) Full details here: (URL) David (19 years ago, 6-Nov-05, to lugnet.underground, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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| | Steve B. contact info change
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Steve Barile recently had to change his email address and can't currently post to LUGNET, so he asked me to forward his new email address. (...) (19 years ago, 6-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Ipswich Train Show 2005
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(...) Good question Mark and it has taken us 4 years to finnaly get a large percentage of them on side and not just classing us as "toys". But that doesn't mean we are accepted in the "train" fraternity?? In Queensland they (AMRA) (Australian Model (...) (19 years ago, 5-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Ipswich Train Show 2005
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(...) Looks good! Nice to see more Lego layouts at model railway shows! I see you're using curves spaced out with straights. We were at Birkenhead, UK with our 8mm scale small layout last weekend. What response do you get from model railway (...) (19 years ago, 5-Nov-05, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.trains)
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| | 'Stretchtop' rotary gondola
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Latest in my line of small cars is this covered gondola used to transport processed 'dryrock' phosphate... (URL) and criticisms are welcome, -HRH (19 years ago, 4-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Ipswich Train Show 2005
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(...) --SNIP-- The gallery is finally moderated and can be found here: (URL) are a couple of animations at (URL) well. Lookin good. Tim (19 years ago, 2-Nov-05, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: A very fast TGV
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(...) it seems to me that it's 300, at least for the "Duplex" version. This (URL) source> talk about 300 also for "Atlantique" and "Réseau" versions. Concerning the number of trailers, TGVs are mainly 8 cars configuration (about 200m lenght), and (...) (19 years ago, 2-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: A very fast TGV
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Hello, I would like to comment a bit on the speed calculation for the TGV. BTW a very impressive TGV release by Xavier Viallefont. In fact we should apply the scale factor to estimate the speed of Lego trains and compare to the "real world". To ease (...) (19 years ago, 2-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | LUCNY to show at the New York State Fairgrounds 11/5, 11/6
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LUCNY will be in attendance this weekend at the Central New York chapter of the National Historical Railroad Society’s 31st Annual Train Fair at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, New York. This venue contains 150,000 square feet (!) of (...) (19 years ago, 1-Nov-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: A very fast TGV
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(...) Oh yes, sorry :-) It's because I usually take the TGV PSE. (...) Oh don't forget to warn us of your new version. (...) Yes maybe one day :-) (19 years ago, 1-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: A very fast TGV
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(...) Thanks for the kind words. From looking at this site. (URL) can see that the TGV Atlantique has 10 cars, 3 1st class, 1 bar car, and 6 2nd class. I have looked at tons of pictures to try to get the right amount of cars. :P At over 10-ft long (...) (19 years ago, 1-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: A very fast TGV
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(...) On the video the train had 3 cars and 2 locos but the whole MOC was designed with 5 cars and 2 locos. The real TGV is always compound of 8 cars (and 2 locos) numbered 1 to 8, but usually between Paris and Lyon, there are 2 TGV trains fixed (...) (19 years ago, 31-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Fw: Re: Re: A very fast TGV
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(...) AFAIK he has 5 cars. Two for each extremity just behind the engine, and three shared trucks car, among them a "bar - restaurant" one. Erik "BrickErik" Amzallag created one car based on a real Technical car that was used to make measurements (a (...) (19 years ago, 31-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: A very fast TGV
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(...) As one of the biggest fans of the TGV, its great to see it going faster. :P I would like to know more about this MOC. How many cars do you have for it? Do you have more pictures of the train. How fast can you make the train go around the (...) (19 years ago, 31-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: A very fast TGV
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(...) Truely. I built a high speed train model some time back, but I never dared try that level of over voltage. Looks cool though, even if the sound of the electric motor shrieking like that made my teeth curl :) JB (19 years ago, 30-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | A very fast TGV
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Hi, Have you ever try to put 22 Volt in a regular 9V regular Lego train motor? Xavier Viallefond (BS galery here: (URL) was not affraid to make this experiment during our last Exhibition in Claix (France). As an electro-technician teacher he built (...) (19 years ago, 30-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Gottwald AMK 1000t mobile crane
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I Disagree. Many models *require* a high resolution pic to properly view all of the details. If hi-res and low-res are available that's fine, but I for one am tired of seeing great models and layouts ruined by low-res junk pics. "Ross Crawford" (...) (19 years ago, 30-Oct-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: NR-75 - The Ghan (The way it should have been done ;-) )
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(...) I gotta hand it to you, the renders look great! Thanks for sharring! I'll also have to thank the good people of Jchat for their inputs and beneficial modifications to the overall design. Thanks to teh ~ROSCOhead for doing 'THE GHAN' Decals, (...) (19 years ago, 30-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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| | DB425 - yet another raytraced train
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Hi all, A while back I asked here about identifying a certain train that I'd seen in Koeln. It seems I may have had the wrong picture (it was tiny) but the answers certainly helped me find the train I was after: a DB 425 EMU. I started this project (...) (19 years ago, 29-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.de, FTX)
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| | Re: Gottwald AMK 1000t mobile crane
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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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| | Re: NR-75 - The Ghan (The way it should have been done ;-) )
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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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| | Re: Technic fig scale Swiss tram
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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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| | Technic fig scale Swiss tram
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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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| | Re: NR-75 - The Ghan (The way it should have been done ;-) )
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(...) Sorry to you both I didn't know what was happening and I thought it sounded rather "course" obviously stuck my foot in it please delete last posting Cheers To All Peter (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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(...) Hi Peter, Thanks for the defense but don't worry about the heading. It was a joke between Samarth and myself. I was actually the other end of the 24hr build challenge and we've been having a mini scale war off Lugnet for a while. Of course the (...) (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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--SNIP-- (...) To be fair to Swami, that was more my fault than his. I was rushing his renders and didn't have time to learn Lsynth to add the flextube. Thanks too for the compliments but my version took a lot longer than 24hrs to design and was (...) (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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(...) Hi me Peter again I forgot to add in my last post also that I find the "Post Heading" very offensive "NR-75 The Ghan (The way it should have been done)" Now I know you smiled at the end of it but I feel that Tim Gould posted the original Ghan (...) (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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(...) Hi All I have to put my 20 cents worth in here as I have built the 6 wide NR 75 with many thanks to Tim for his help with prototyping issues and use of his instructions. 8 wide looks awfull but that is only my opinion far too out of scale no (...) (19 years ago, 16-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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This is a great model. I may build it if I can find the parts: I have a suggestion. Put your name in the file as the author. If I build this I would want to be able to tell someone who designed the engine. I would probably forget whose model it is (...) (19 years ago, 16-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Palisade Villa GBC (the start of one, anyways...)
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So I was trying to incorporate my first favourite thing to do with LEGO bricks--working with RCX's and building robots--and my second favourite thing to do with my LEGO collection--building and operating a train layout. I've been trying for a while (...) (19 years ago, 16-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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(...) Looks quite good, although it's always hard to judge a model purely on a POVRAY/LDRAW picture (ie get off your lazy *&^ and start building ;) ) About height, the model indeed looks a bit "stretched" although I'm not familiar with the original. (...) (19 years ago, 16-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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(...) If you said 6-wide represents an 8ft wide coach body, a minifig is 41mm / 48mm x 8ft = 6'10" tall and 16mm / 48mm x 8ft = 2'8" wide at the waist (standard minifig with hair but no rucksack). If 6-wide represents a 10ft wide body for American (...) (19 years ago, 16-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: NR-75 - The Ghan (The way it should have been done ;-) )
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(...) Nice work Swami and better late than never :P. I don't know what happened to the logo but something went wrong... As for minifigs, everyone knows they are tall and broad, not short. That's why trains should be six-wide. Sheesh!!! Tim (19 years ago, 16-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: NR-75 - The Ghan (The way it should have been done ;-) )
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(...) Thank you Community Member Richie Dulin for spotlighting my post! Your warm services to the embracing community are much appreciated, as always. (...) Alas, CM Richie my greatest apologies to you if you find the renders below community (...) (19 years ago, 16-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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(...) Excellent work! Spotlighted. Thanks for sharing. The Ghan logos do seem to have lost something in the rendering - have you built in real life? Cheers Richie Dulin (19 years ago, 16-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | NR-75 - The Ghan (The way it should have been done ;-) )
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As most of you know, it was my end of the 24 Hour Build Challenge deal to build a Ghan in 8 wide. So here it is: (URL) Gallery after mod: (URL) (Ignore the Playboy bunny on the side. It's a trick of the light and Tim R0x0r for teh renderz.) I'm (...) (19 years ago, 15-Oct-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au, FTX) !
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| | Pictures of Trial of TCLTC Sleeper Scheme with Wider Track Bed
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(...) A couple of pictures of my evaluation of a wider TCLTC-style scheme, prior to my experiments with sleeper colours and mosaic shading: (URL) used this piece to test stuff like clearances for BBB wheeled locos, feasibility of a wider track bed, (...) (19 years ago, 15-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: TCLTC Sleepers with Wide Mosaic Track Bed
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(...) I've fed these ideas into my melting pot of track bed plans. I'm building 12-14 wide trackbeds for a new modular scenic layout. I began with the packs of grey and dark grey plates, one pack doing either one straight plus one curve or one (...) (19 years ago, 14-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: ILTCO 2006-2007 Officer Elections
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(...) I'd like to take this bit o' time to thanks you guys for doing a fantastic job in representing our hobby. I know it takes considerable effort and time, and, since it's pretty much volunteer, I thought I'd tell you how much I appreciate it! (...) (19 years ago, 14-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: ILTCO 2006-2007 Officer Elections
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Here are the ILTCO 2006-2007 Officer Election results: - Steve Barile - President - Mike Walsh - Senior Officer - James Trobaugh, Robin Werner and Larry Pieniazek - Officer This concludes the "ILTCO Officer Election for 2006-2007 term" process. (...) (19 years ago, 14-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Help needed on German trains
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(...) Dear all, Thank you everyone who has responded. I've begun building a 425 series and hope to have some pictures of it for you soon. I got so much information that I have begin adding to the German trains section of Brickwiki (...) (19 years ago, 14-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Help needed on German trains
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(...) EMU = Triebzug mit Elektromotor EMUs = Triebzüge mit Elektromotor (For DMU replace Elektro with Diesel) (...) Nahverkehrszüge or Regionalzüge (Also words like Nahverkehr, Regionalverkehr and Regionalbahn can help you finding more in German on (...) (19 years ago, 14-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Help needed on German trains
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Hi Tim, (...) the german word for the kind of car used in this train is "Doppelstockwagen". So (URL) find you a few more pictures. Cheers Jürgen "who likes to sit on the upper deck when going home for the weekend" (19 years ago, 13-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Help needed on German trains
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(...) Oh! Thank you. Really interesting. I hope I remember enough German pronounciation to do justice to them ;) I'll also add this link to BrickWiki's train terms and German trains articles. Tim (19 years ago, 13-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Help needed on German trains
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(...) Thanks Didier, I think it might be a 425. Perhaps someone could confirm this? Tim (19 years ago, 13-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Help needed on German trains
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Also, this site is an invaluable reference: (URL) I'm a native German speaker, and I have fond memories of my Dad and I building a little Marklin train layout. The German words are often hilarious in their pronunciation and number of syllables, and (...) (19 years ago, 13-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Help needed on German trains
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(...) Indeed, that's one of the best places to start your search. I believe it's belongs to the 423, 424, 425 and 426 series, you find links to their picture galleries on this page (most have a level of subdirectories beneath them): (URL) 445 series (...) (19 years ago, 13-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Help needed on German trains
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(...) Commuter trains tend to be referred to as S-Bahn (...) As Didier has mentioned, the (URL) European Railway Server> is probably the best place to look, especially as a starting point to find out what to search for. (...) I think it is a (URL) (...) (19 years ago, 13-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Help needed on German trains
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(...) Have you not been able to find what you are searching on the (URL) Railfaneurope website> (eventhough not german website) ? (...) Didier (19 years ago, 13-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Help needed on German trains
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Dear German speakers, I recently visited Koeln and saw some extrmely interesting EMUs there operating as commuter trains for the service. Unfortunately my train finding skills aren't so good and are even worse when I don't know the correct words in (...) (19 years ago, 13-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.de, FTX)
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| | set 4551 - "Crocodile Engine" alternate model instructions
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Hello all, My copy of the instruction booklet for set #4551 - "Crocodile Engine" contains five extra pages with full building instructions for one of the alternate models shown (image top left) on the box backside. I noticed that all instruction (...) (19 years ago, 13-Oct-05, to lugnet.db.scans, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: ALCo Roadswitcher
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(...) I initially planned on abandoning building with LEGO® ,due in part to their announcement of the new colors. (this was two years ago) Also, the demands of the railroad service took some getting used to. While browsing the bedroom closet one (...) (19 years ago, 12-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: ALCo Roadswitcher
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(...) Harvey, the ALCO looks great, nice and clean, and nocomplicated construction. Who needs instructions. I think I'll try one in WP Orange, grey and black. So why did you wait for bley? Was it a better match for the prototype? Mat (19 years ago, 12-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Michiana-LTC to display at the SJVRR Swap Meet - Sunday, October 16
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To all, The Michiana LEGO Train Club is pleased to display at the upcoming SJVRR Swap Meet on Sunday, October 16. Event Details: 10:00AM - 3:00PM CST Address: Elks lodge 3535 East McKinley Avenue South Bend, Indiana 46615 Admission: Individual $4 (...) (19 years ago, 12-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | ALCo Roadswitcher
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Greetings, After yet another CSX-induced absence from the LEGO® scene, I've dusted off my beloved ALCo locomotive and decided to upgrade it using the new 'bley' elements, as well as reshape the roof by using the rounded bricks found in the #8654 (...) (19 years ago, 11-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Indian EMU
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(...) I didn't know they existed :) (19 years ago, 10-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Indian EMU
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(...) It's a 1x4 vertical curve ((URL) part 6191>). I actually wanted to use that technique in my (URL) Russian EMU> but it didn't look right so I was happy to get to use it on this. Tim (19 years ago, 10-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Indian EMU
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Sorry to respond to my own post. Due to having enough feedback suggesting that a seven-wide version of this train would be much, much better, I went back and redesigned it. Here is the new wider version (2 URLs) front car> (URL) car> (URL) front (...) (19 years ago, 10-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Indian EMU
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(...) Very nice Tim. How did you do the corner of the roof at the front? It looks like the curve piece and the 2nd slope conflict. (19 years ago, 10-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Indian EMU
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(...) Sure, but you can't defy the laws of geometry, Captain! The shape of the loco is clearly a rectangle, so if you chose to limit yourself and create it 6 wide, then (as Lar pointed out) it needs to be a lot shorter. So short, in fact, that it (...) (19 years ago, 10-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Indian EMU
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(...) Since Samarth has outed himself elsewhere in the thread you know who it was with now. Basically Swami and I had been talking about building a train (this one for me and the Ghan in eight-wide for him) for a while so I suggested half-jokingly (...) (19 years ago, 10-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Indian EMU
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(...) If your other trains are eight-wide I'd say this should be a least nine-wide, possibly ten. (...) What I enjoy is trying to capture the look of something with the extra challenge imposed by limiting myself to six-wide (and typically built on a (...) (19 years ago, 10-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Indian EMU
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(...) Well, maybe precise was too exact a term:-) But I figure it like this: I assume a scale of 1:48 (which is "O" scale). O scale model railroad locos are 8 studs wide, but LEGO track gauge is wider than O scale track gauge. So in essence, LEGO (...) (19 years ago, 10-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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