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LEGO has provided ILTCO with some new images of the 2006 Trains. Check them out in the ILTCO Gallery: The new images start after the box images. (URL) Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring.com (URL) - North Carolina LEGO Train Club (URL) - Carolina (...) (19 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Hogwarts Express train - collaboration with James Mathis
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(...) Pedant On As far as I can tell from looking at pics of the web of the Hogwarts Express the coaches are painted in the standard BR maroon livery of the '60s. In which case the twin yellow pinstripes actually have a black line between them, (...) (19 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Hogwarts Express train - collaboration with James Mathis
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(...) The profile of the coaches used in the film (BR Mk1) is actually pretty much a constant large radius curve down the whole side. Newer designs of British coaches have a different profile with a far sharper curve at the bottom. (URL) This (...) (19 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | SALUG at Supertrain 2006
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Greetings, SALUG (Southern Alberta Lego User's Group) attended Supertrain, the groups forth time at this train show in Calgary, Alberta. Attendance for the two days was about 14,000. Pictures (and video) can be seen at: (URL) of the show include: (...) (19 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.ca.salug, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, lugnet.disney)
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| | Re: Hogwarts Express train - collaboration with James Mathis
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(...) lol Thanks; you know what I've been going through;-) But I have to say that, from the looks of your beaut, it is definitely worth it! Actually, I am in the middle of recoloring my Milwaukee Road Hiawatha train in dark red, and Ross is working (...) (19 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Replacement Wire
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(...) Ted, Thanks for the suggestion. The train track is going around the ceiling in my son's room, so I think I want to have a single regulator on the track. Plus, I think I have a pretty good idea what several trains one one loop will look like (...) (19 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Hogwarts Express train - collaboration with James Mathis
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(...) Good luck with that... (URL) don't forget there are other colours out there: (URL) I love this shot that Huw took: (URL) went for an actual 'Castle' class. That's what 'Hogwart's Castle' is supposed to be, but they couldn't get a Castle for (...) (19 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Hogwarts Express train - collaboration with James Mathis
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(...) I only worked from two pics of the Hornby set and one picture of the real loco in its standard livery. I'm really, really bad at finding prototype pictures so your advice is very valuable. (...) Very nice design. I look forward to seeing it (...) (19 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Hogwarts Express train - collaboration with James Mathis
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(...) Nice effort, Tim and James. This is especially interesting to me (and Ross) because we (in the sense that I acquire the needed bricks and he assembles them;-) have studied the Hogwarts Express at length, from finding pics and schematics online (...) (19 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Hogwarts Express train - collaboration with James Mathis
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(...) Hey look - on that same page is Larry's (URL) Center Flat Car with Transformer>, in the same colors even. Cool! -Matt :) (19 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Tim and James- It's just gorgeous! I want one under my Christmas tree (and on top of our next SCLTC layout)! -Ted SCLTC (19 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Hogwarts Express train - collaboration with James Mathis
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(...) There is nothing new under the sun. I just discovered the following, without looking for it. So it seems to be destiny that I should share it: (URL) Pony-ear-SNOTted macaroni boiler from 1966> That page also shows some micro-scale trains, one (...) (19 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Replacement Wire
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(...) Tom- You can use almost any convenient type of wire wire to run your 9-volt trains. Stranded 16 or 18 gauge might be optimum and can often be had particularly in the form of paired speaker wire or lamp cord. At SCLTC, we use the 4-conductor (...) (19 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Central Florida Brick Day - March 4, 2006!
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Once again it time for Central Florida Brick Day! This year it’s on Saturday, March 4th. The day starts at the Plant City Train Show in its new venue at Hillsborough Community College in Plant City, Florida with a display by the Greater Florida LEGO (...) (19 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.gflug, lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl, lugnet.loc.us.fl.tam)
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| | Re: Hogwarts Express train - collaboration with James Mathis
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(...) That sounds really neat. Can't wait to see it. (...) For a mathematician my skill at counting was sorely lacking. There's always the next version. Tim (19 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Hogwarts Express train - collaboration with James Mathis
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(...) Sorry, I think you misunderstood what I meant (either that or I am misunderstanding you) My thinking was that the sides would be much the same as you have them, but the whole panel would be slightly off the vertical, so the coach is maybe half (...) (19 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Hogwarts Express train - collaboration with James Mathis
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(...) The original version James sent me had a full curve sloping in at the bottom and top. The prototype cars seemed to me to only curve in at the bottom and I wanted to keep the window design as it was so I just did the bottom half. (...) The (...) (19 years ago, 20-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Replacement Wire
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(...) Ondrew, Thank you for the info. I'll use your suggestion. Tom (19 years ago, 20-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Hogwarts Express train - collaboration with James Mathis
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Nice, I have been considering the use of the new 1x3 curved slopes for the tumblehome of coaches too but as usual I am far too slow! The difference with my idea was that the whole side would slope in slightly towards the top, how it would mate with (...) (19 years ago, 20-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Hogwarts Express train - collaboration with James Mathis
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(...) It was funny to see your post as I had James' boiler design sitting in my inbox from a couple of weeks ago. It's also similar to an idea I considered for my Russian L class steamer but decided against for the reason that it would be too hard (...) (19 years ago, 20-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: A Steamer with a Boiler that actually is Round
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Thanks everybody for your appreciation. As was pointed out the black 1x1x2/3 slopes currently exist only in the (URL) 4418 Dino Pod>, which contains three of them. So that would be a lot of Dino Pods! In my defense I can say that I sort of expect (...) (19 years ago, 20-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Hogwarts Express train - collaboration with James Mathis
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(...) Heh, why did I have this feeling when I was working on my 4 studs wide macaroni boiler, that I had to hurry up or else I'd be beaten to it by somebody else? ... I like the wagons the best, with their curved undersides; that's what English (...) (19 years ago, 20-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Hogwarts Express train - collaboration with James Mathis
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(...) As usual, I knew I'd forget stuff. PPS. Now cross-posted to .harrypotter and .announce.moc PPPS. I'd like to thanks James for asking me to work on this PPPPS. Now Martin Nilsson knows why I was teasing him about macaronis PPPPPS. And the (...) (19 years ago, 20-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.harrypotter, FTX)
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| | Hogwarts Express train - collaboration with James Mathis
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Hi all, A couple of weeks ago James contacted me and asked if I'd be interested in working on a preliminary design of a Hogwarts engine he had made. It was good timing since I was getting rather bored with no new projects so I started. Firstly I (...) (19 years ago, 20-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: A Steamer with a Boiler that actually is Round
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In lugnet.trains, Martin Nilsson wrote: SNIPPY Not bad! The whole thing is quite unassuming from the outside, but the internals are packed with good SNOTtery and function! Reminds me a lot of my own (URL) WDM-2>. I like how you did the buffers on (...) (19 years ago, 20-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: A Steamer with a Boiler that actually is Round
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(...) Sorry This was ment for the Swedish speaking group lugnet.loc.se /Mattias (19 years ago, 20-Feb-06, to lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Hej Martin Grattis till ännu en tjusig model. Kul med folk som bygger med svenska förebilder. Jag har studerat dina dat-filer och det verkar som du har stor erfarenhet att bygga med riktigt Lego också - stämmer det? Hoppas att du snart kan (...) (19 years ago, 20-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Train Station
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That loco is particularly well done, a great rendition of the original! Good work! (19 years ago, 20-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: A Steamer with a Boiler that actually is Round
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(...) This is a very nice effort, Martin! I would love to see it in real life! The macaroni boiler looks fantastic; Ross actually built one with macaronis as well and it turned out looking nice: (URL) Although I believe his was only macaronis on (...) (19 years ago, 20-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) WOW; excellent model, very well done! I've had a chance to see the real thing recently and your version definately does it justice. And it's nice to read how your MOC builds on where others went before you, the way this community keeps (...) (19 years ago, 19-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains)
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I like the Space Symbol on the side and the train is cool too : ) (...) (19 years ago, 19-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Replacement Wire
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(...) it's perfectly safe to use and model railroaders used it quite a bit in the 50's however i would suggest using braided wire instead of solid core. from what i'm told braided wire has less DC voltage loss "or was it less resistance" over a (...) (19 years ago, 19-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Replacement Wire
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Hi, Does anyone know if phone or thermostat wire is a suitable or (more importantly) safe replacement for the 9v train wire? If not, anyone know what I can use? I am running 45 feet of track in a loop and I want to run additional wires from the (...) (19 years ago, 19-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: A Steamer with a Boiler that actually is Round
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(...) --SNIP-- (URL) Macaroni love> ;) Although not the first use of macaroni the combination of the curve bricks and macaroni to make 'circles' with studs at the top is quite neat. What I really like about this MOC is the 1x1x2/3 slopes at the top (...) (19 years ago, 19-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | A Steamer with a Boiler that actually is Round
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A Steamer with a Boiler that actually is Round ===...=== (URL) Macaroni bricks seem like a good choice for modelling the boiler of a steamer, except that it isn't obvious how to fasten the domes and stuff that are supposed to be on top of it. The (...) (19 years ago, 19-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.se, FTX)
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| | Re: McCoy's 7893 Airlplane Train Conversion
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(...) Yes: (URL) don't know that those two parts will work with anything but each other, curve-wise.) N.B.: The tail piece top and bottom are held together with screws; I don't know if those are separable. (19 years ago, 19-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Train Station
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Well heres a train station I built about 2 months ago and now just posting it now. Been busy so I havent posted much lately. But heres my train station that is on my town (which is under development) and my first attempt at a 8-wide train. Here is (...) (19 years ago, 18-Feb-06, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: WAG-7 Class
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(...) I like it! You have captured the locomotive very well, and it has grown on me the more I have looked at it. I would be hard-pressed to call it "beautiful", though: the prototype feels to me as something of a freak-showish monster: An electric (...) (19 years ago, 18-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | Re: Railcar slash Woodlouse
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(...) Hi Martin, That is exactly what I meant and I think it's a big improvment. One more suggestion ;) Did you look at changing the curved edges to a 1x1x2/3 slope? That might work even better although it might be worse. I can't believe you've (...) (19 years ago, 17-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: McCoy's 7893 Airlplane Train Conversion
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Warren, Have you tried it with the doors? Not to mention using the tops with the door cut-out would require less copies of the set. SteveB (...) (19 years ago, 17-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains)
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