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(...) Oh dear. They're meant to be clear but don't let me stop you drooling over the concept ;) (...) Given my recent love of Russian/Soviet stock I've been exposed to a whole new world of locomotive design. The styling is typically quite different (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Very tasty, Tim. Some of my drool, however, may have been from the thought of silver macaronis and half-rounds... :-) Though I am well versed in American locos, I am virtually ignorant when it comes to foreign protos, and it is fun to see (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hi all, While searching my favourite Russian train site the other day I came across (URL) this beautiful photograph> of an ultra-modern Russian railbus connected to a much older EMU. I loved the juxtaposition of these two trains: new with old, (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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Dear Ben, (...) I fear that is the case :( Fortunately my interests lie mostly in diesels and electrics so my steam will remain virtual. (...) It is so obvious now that I know it's there. I will definitely add it in the updated version. I already (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Dear Tim, thanks for your nice replay. And I agrre: the 7750 wheel sets are really a pain to get via Bricklink and all other market places. I own a few of them but never enough... And the price aims only at one direction: always up. (...) (...) (19 years ago, 28-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains)
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--SNIP-- Dear Ben, Thank you for your comments. As I mentioned in the first post, your models were quite a learning (thieving ;)) point for me. (...) I would love to see it made real too and was going to try it until I discovered that the wheels (...) (19 years ago, 28-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Dear Tim, you did an excellent job on your Russion L-Class! I enjoyed it a lot to surf through your gallery and compare that with the real stem engines you have linked. I would love to see that design done in real bricks. Concerning the wheel (...) (19 years ago, 28-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Nah! Inside every 6-wide is an 8-wide or bigger waiting to get out! :-) Does the Russian loco have the same wheel arrangement as my British 9F? (URL) Mark (19 years ago, 27-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Hey, I saw that on BrickShelf yesterday. It looks just as good today. I'd like to see it in person. Chris (19 years ago, 27-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi All, Well it’s that time again. We are delighted to announce that ILTCO has been invited to display at the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) annual National Train Show (NTS) again! This year the NMRA 2006 NTS will be held in (...) (19 years ago, 27-Dec-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.pa, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org) !!
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(...) 8 wides are wide 6 wides too. You're just in denial ;) Legoswami (19 years ago, 27-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Thanks very much John. I agree that is a great compliment. I'll post another brickbuilt one soon just to prove I own bricks. (...) I said improve it, not enlarge it! You do realise that those emails which appear uninvited in your inbox aren't (...) (19 years ago, 26-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I really appreciate all of the fine MOCs and renders you've been producing, Tim! You are becoming a regular James Mathis. I can't imagine higher praise:-) (...) :-) (Nah, it goes without saying;-) JOHN (19 years ago, 26-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Meh. I think you should stop putting his stuff on the sidebar altogether. We all know he churns one out every month or so anyway.... (URL) Anyway, nice work. As I said in chat, your inspiration from Ben really shows. Legoswami (19 years ago, 26-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hi all, This is my first attempt at a steamer, a Russian (URL) class> locomotive. Not exactly sure how much of it will work but I borrowed liberally from Ben Beneke's work figuring he would have got it working. (2 URLs) BS Gallery> Please let me (...) (19 years ago, 26-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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(...) [...] (...) Chris (19 years ago, 26-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I cannot speak for anyone else, but I haven't been speculating about the demise of the 9v line because of what Jake said at BrickFest. I cannot pretend to remember exactly what he said, but it could probably be interpreted two ways. (1) The 9v (...) (19 years ago, 26-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi John, I hope you had a nice christmas time with some nice ABS presents aimed at you and Ross? I myself was lucky enough to get a 2000 brick bucket (free from gray bricks) and a Potter set. In fact I still have no fun with the colors from (...) (19 years ago, 26-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Merry (9,10,11,12,13 and 14-wide) Christmas!
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Happy Christmas to everyone from lugnet.trains Tim (Haven't actually built the 13 and 14 wide yet ;) ) (19 years ago, 25-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm a traditionalist ;) (sort of) Tim (19 years ago, 25-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You got no farbvergnugen, Ben??? ;-) Very clever render, Ben! Frohe Weihnachten! JOHN (19 years ago, 25-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) :-) Yes, it does. Merry Christmas to you, brother! JOHN (19 years ago, 25-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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I just wanted to point you to (URL) to show you my Xmas train setup. You can also see a video of my train here -> (URL) you can see the engine pulling the train in 2004 -> (URL) love feedback. This is the first time I show any of my creations here. (...) (19 years ago, 24-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Merry (7-wide) Christmas too!
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I wish all(*) train fans a Merry Christmas! (URL) Leg Godt! (URL) P.s.: and I do not care about length nor width (but c...r)..... my oldgrey Homepage: (URL) (19 years ago, 24-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Merry 8 and wider Christmas! (URL) (19 years ago, 24-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains)
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...the title says it all... :) Best wishes, Gianluca ___...___ Yahoo! Mail: gratis 1GB per i messaggi e allegati da 10MB (URL) (19 years ago, 24-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm sure they're selling well considering that my dad, who never buys online, bought from Shop At Home for my little brother. -Orion (19 years ago, 23-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains)
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Or were they just understocked? (URL) was poking around for fun, and I noticed that a lot of the train sets were sold out. Chris (19 years ago, 23-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | BrickTopia - Airport Train/Monorail Station
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I've added a new train and monorail station to the BrickTopia Airport. Click on the picture below to see it: (URL) Also, the monorail has been upgraded to a new, all-glass model (again, click on the image to see more): (URL) Finally, I've cleaned up (...) (19 years ago, 23-Dec-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, FTX) !!
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(...) It doesn't look like the track has metal rails. So, I wonder if these are some of the battery-powered remote-controled trains that LEGO announced at BrickFest. I remember seeing a green train; although, I cannot say if it was that train, in (...) (19 years ago, 23-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.it.itlug, lugnet.parts)
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(...) Both pics provided by somebody in Hungary. Weird. ROSCO (19 years ago, 23-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.it.itlug, lugnet.parts)
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(...) There's also a passenger train (URL) a tiny pic I'm not sure what to think. Tim (19 years ago, 23-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.it.itlug, lugnet.parts)
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How do you guys make great renders like that? Do you have any suggestions or POV settings that I could try to improve my renders? Any tips on camera position, lights, etc? Your renderings are awesome! If anyone knows of any websites that have good (...) (19 years ago, 23-Dec-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes, it is really strange. I suppose it is true, but if I were the moderator of the BrickLink catalog, I would wait something more than a little picture. Luca (19 years ago, 22-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Strange the BL admins approved it with such a minimal pic - unless they have more info, which isn't forthcoming yet. ROSCO (19 years ago, 22-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.it.itlug, lugnet.parts)
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(...) Ohhh, looks interesting... Nothing on brickshelf yet :( (19 years ago, 22-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.it.itlug, lugnet.parts)
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Hi! Just found on BrickLink (URL) we going to have a green Train Front like the ones from 4551? (URL) true, it would be really interesting... Bye (and merry Christmas) :-) Luca (19 years ago, 22-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.it.itlug, lugnet.parts)
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| | NELUG 12/2005 Greenberg train layout.
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The following is a link to a story that appears on our website. The one omission to the story was the fact that we consistantly had about 80% more folks around our layout than any other at the show. I think this has become common for most LEGO (...) (19 years ago, 22-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Re: UPDATE to the Alaskan GP38, was:A present for my Dad and a 6 wide tank car.
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(...) Hello everyone, I just want to let everyone know that LEGO has released two sets that let me finish the GP38 done in the Alaska RR colors. 8666 comes with 6 of the new 1x1 slopes in Yellow. 8668 comes with two of the 4x4 hood wedge part in (...) (19 years ago, 21-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 4512 Cargo Train, Dk Grey or Dk Bley?
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(...) If you are seriously looking for the cargo train, I may be able to help you out. I can get an answer for you today. I tried to send you an e-mail last night but your e-mail bounced back. CDC (19 years ago, 21-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains)
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