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(...) Indeed, the front is very well done! I love the orange triangular bib. (...) Yet, stacked very well with good texture and relief. (...) Regardless, a really nice 8-wide with lots of nice little details. Great model! later, James Mathis (19 years ago, 8-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks a lot. Yes, that was quite difficult to design. Of course there was several versions and in fact one day I had to rebuild the loco entirely to remove 2 plates in height because I found it to high. The middle of the loco is ashamedly (...) (19 years ago, 8-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I forgot something crucial! The above prices include a train motor ($25), speed controller ($42), 2x curve track boxes ($26), and 1x straight track box ($13). Maybe it makes a differnce to us LEGO Train fans to not buy all these running gear (...) (19 years ago, 8-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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In lugnet.trains, Ben Fleskes wrote: (snip) (...) Regarding signatures - You might want to ask Tommy at brickengraver.com about that...he can engrave your signature on a brick, and I think that could be a nice touch! Overall,I am really impressed (...) (19 years ago, 8-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) To jump in with a "me too", I think that having your signature somewhere is an excellent idea. Your SF cars say designed by James Mathis, not by Brick Built Trains. Tim (19 years ago, 8-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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In lugnet.trains, James Mathis wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> (...) First - excellent work James. Your well of creativity runs deep. Good Questions. I think there is a market for $500 - $1000 LEGO train sets. But at that point, I think you additional (...) (19 years ago, 8-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Thanks. There are four Australian units in my BS gallery so I'm not sure which one you mean. As for the ldraw, that model is one of the few I've designed as a shell only (I usually make them fully buildable from the start) so I can send it to (...) (19 years ago, 8-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Very nice. Both this and the Australian unit are great models. Would you consider sharing the DAT file? (19 years ago, 7-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) That is a very impressive loco and very detailed. The front end is cleverly done, and I expect it would be difficult to do in 6 wide :) Congrats. (19 years ago, 7-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains)
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I would appreciate your feedback to help me with a decision. Not for sale...yet...an announcement and decision to be made. Inspired by the upcoming (URL) New Mexico Rail Runner> (scroll to the bottom of the page to see an artist's illustration of (...) (19 years ago, 7-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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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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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 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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(...) 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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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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(...) --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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(...) 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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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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