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Hi all, Has anyone got an LDraw model of a simple circle train track, like this: (URL) then in 9V? Thanks. Jaco (19 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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(URL) was fooling around with my bricks today and I thought it up. If it can be done-- It's what I've always been looking for: Some way in which I can integrate train axles into the technic system.... and thereby motorise stuff, apart from other (...) (19 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: NY Subway train
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(...) Thanks Tim, I've liked many of your train creations, they're consistently well done! Calum (19 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Small town building reference
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(...) Sounds like a good fun contest idea. Maybe when the current town contest ends, and there are more "cities" (as discussed earlier) in photos online. We could do a new contest like this. I am thinking an added twist though: We choose from a list (...) (19 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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| | Re: NY Subway train
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Hi Tim, Nice. I really like the rubber band chain as well. I was actually planning to build an LDRAW model of an NYC subway car this week, but at a vaguely Miniland scale (I've never been to a Legoland park, so I'm not entirely sure). I like the (...) (19 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Small town building reference
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(...) Yep- I was behind the wheel. ...of the van, not the rolling meat. -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (19 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: AFX Lego Racing
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(...) These AFX motors are HO scale. (URL) Scale slot cars are 1/64 scale electrically-powered cars. Speeds can reach up to 30 mph, which is over 1000 mph scale speed. With the lego body and running the stock 16volts the speed is significantly less (...) (19 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Small town building reference
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(...) well ya actuly. i did like most people do when there bored i googled myself. I found out that not only was there a HARTIGAN'S Ice cream parlor but it was in northern illinois. about 3 weeks later i happened upon it on my way to a date so i (...) (19 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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(...) Great Idea and pictures. Is the name of the Ice cream parlor a coincidence? (19 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) (I could have sworn that I posted this reply yesterday but I can't find it so I'm posting it again. Maybe I just forgot to hit submit or something. Weird.) Very nice work. Great idea. But you forgot one newsgroup: lugnet.build.arch. I added it (...) (19 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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(...) I took a few of buildings while in San Francisco, although most are of the Golden Gate bridge and other random stuff: (URL) ignore all the rest :) (19 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: AFX Lego Racing
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(...) Were the race cars lego bodies on scalectrics chassis? (19 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | NY Subway train
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Hi all, Just a little MOC from me, a New York City subway train (class (URL) R40M>). I'm hoping to do underground trains of the world cities so this is sort of a number two of a series (after Moscow). (2 URLs) BS gallery> I tried to keep the design (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: Small town building reference
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(...) I believe the Weiner mobile comment was actually an inside joke stemming back to a field trip to the Lego store while I was in Seattle. However since I’m horrible with names I could be wrong. Either way I got a chuckle out of it. ondrew (19 years ago, 18-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, Ondrew! This should be a very useful resource. I often take pictures of buildings around town (Baltimore) for LEGO purposes, and your example has inspired me to post the ones I have and take some more. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Assuming you're serious: (2 URLs) Weinermobile Gallery> (after moderation) Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (19 years ago, 18-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Nice. I love the tall 2nd floor windows in this shot: (URL) Jonathan (19 years ago, 18-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Good reference, Ondrew. I took some pictures of downtown Kalamazoo, which would fit a similar purpose. They are here: (URL) -Jason (19 years ago, 18-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: New Trains and BBB Wheels? (was: Re: Still more)
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(...) No idea about the torque, but personally I doubt it could have been improoved (would empty the batteries too fast). The speed of the new trains is more or less the same as now: a Metroliner waggon at full speed of the IR train derailed. (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) This is excellent! And just in time for your contest, too. Oh, and one more thing- can you get a picture of an Oscar Meyer Weinermobile? (2 URLs) Tony Hafner (URL) www.hafhead.com> (19 years ago, 18-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Hey, this is a great idea! I think it would be great if people from different cities around the world were able to do something like this. Also, maybe Kevin could sidebar them on the town homepage. We could create an inspirational resource for (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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In lugnet.trains, Ondrew Hartigan wrote: Thanks for making that available. I have some proto info in this folder and its subfolders (URL) (there is no f=2 and f=1 is Kevin's own...) The "Chicago area buildings" are probably 1/2 Gaylord and Co... but (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: AFX Lego Racing
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(...) AAaaargh!! Let me be VERY clear on this - I *DID* like the car modification. Those were nice. It's just my typing/thinking that suck eggs. Seriously, that was a brain-fart, the cars look nice. (...) Not pointless - just less active ;-). -- (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Trains and BBB Wheels? (was: Re: Still more)
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(...) I think the process you're describing is referred to as 'clutching'... ...at straws... ;-) Jason Railton (19 years ago, 18-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) your welcome tim. it's nice to know that someone other than myself will get some good use out of them. ondrew (19 years ago, 18-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Yes I see your point, without seeing them in action the modification is kinda pointless. Sorry about the video format, I was in a habit of using mpeg compression for video (because my Brother is always on me about how great his Mac is), but (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sorry. A lot going on. I tried to look at it earlier, but none of the videos would work on my Mac, so... I didn't like the car modification. (19 years ago, 18-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains)
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I thought it was very cool. My son loves watching the movie over and over. - John "pe668" <pe668@beer.com> wrote in message news:It9Mv6.20Jz@lugnet.com... (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(Bump) I thought this would have generated a lot more interest. The movie was kinda cool. It's not everyday you see a Lego race car, loose control at high speed, exit the race track and get hit head-on by the Hogwarts Express. So I'll bump this (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Mindstorm Crane
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(...) There are a number of modes of operation triggered from the remote control. 1 - Select 1,2 or 3 and it picks up the crate from spot 1,2 or 3. Select 1,2 or 3 again at it puts it down at spot 1,2 or 3. It will not allow you to tripple stack or (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Very funky..... Is it a preprogrammed sequence or is it in some way intelligent about what it moves where. Do you mind if I copy a few ideas? :D Thank you for sharing. (19 years ago, 18-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) --SNIP-- (...) Thanks for posting these Ondrew. It almost tempts me to try building some US style buildings. I find it really hard to find pictures of regular buildings online so I'm glad you've decided to add some. Tim (19 years ago, 18-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | BayLUG/BayLTC train shows: Sep 2005 San Jose GW&ATS and Dec-Jan Palo Alto museum show
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I recently put up my pictures of BayLTC's latest shows on my Flickr and Brickshelf accounts, and posted about them on my blog. Great Western & Atlantic Train Show - San Jose, CA - September 24-25, 2005 (2 URLs) Blog entry> (URL) Flickr> (URL) (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: New Trains and BBB Wheels? (was: Re: Still more)
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(...) Yep, I can only dream that the adjusted the gear ratio in the new motors. The current 9v train motors run way to fast, I'd gladdly trade that for a bit more torque. But even at differnt speeds, the BBB wheels have less traction, allowing them (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hey all, Over the last month or so I’ve started taking pictures of all of the interesting buildings in my suburban Chicago area. I'm taking these photos for several reasons but most importantly I’ve taken them for you, the community. My hope is that (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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Wonderful! The skating pond is so simple yet so effective. All the details throughout the scene are wonderful. Did you drill holes in the 1x1 transperent rounds to make the Xmas light strings? I didn't get a chance to do one this year but you have (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.us.delvalug)
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(...) Funny how oceans apart we come up with the same ideas. I stopped using light sensors for the RCX and laterly use an isolated track to stop trains at two stations. The third ouput being used for a level crossing. I really like the loader idea, (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains)
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Well with the amount of positive feedback I got from the very popular Robots group, I thought I would share this here too. Afterall it does involve trains, and well there is even train loading on the front door here (nice one by the way) So if you (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: what happened to the Ultimate Train Builders Set and Train Factory Palette?
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(...) To clarify - 2005 was never the promised or proposed date. We've been working hard on figuring out the best approach to the process of both the UTB set and the Train Factory palette. We're still looking at 2006. Sorry for the lack of updates (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jan-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Really, in 2005? I didn't get the feeling it would be that soon. I also didn't come away from the speech with any feeling about time frame. Sooner would be better of course. Chris (19 years ago, 15-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains)
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