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(...) Lift Bridge. I'm actually on my second version; the first was lifted by long chain-link chains and powered from the top of the towers. It only carried a single track, and the deck was quite light, and a little flimsy. I ran into difficulty (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: does datsville need jobs?i think i have the answer
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You may want to crib from the GMLTC car shop. That building has actual roof trusses. They aren't load bearing in that building, but they could be. Most of the building is my work, but Conan came up with the truss idea and it's a doozy. It's not as (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thomas, I have a building that is real (not cad) that is @230, by 41, by 9 (studs) :) Car factory, and it is also missing all interior, and a roof. I really cannot figure out how to make a roof for it, so it is going to be a open air factory, (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains)
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| | Railcar manufacturing facility (Was: does datsville need jobs?i think i have the answer)
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Thomas Burger: (...) Nice building. I look forward to when you get time to put some equipment inside the building. One thing though. I would like to hear how the Aerotech engineers pulled the stunt with the roof on the building. I can't see any (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains)
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Wow, that's BIG. Maybe I'll take some notes and try to model the GMLTC car shop when I am in MPLS week after next. (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains)
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Introducing the biggest model ever built , 144 studs by 96 studs, by 21 bricks high, is my "RAILCAR MANUFACTURING FACILITY" 90% of it was done in SIMLEGO, currently 11 seporite dat files make up the whole thing (bunch of addons) homepage : (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains)
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| | WAMALUG Meeting Announcement (Dec 4 Build-a-thon)
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WAMALUG Meeting Announcement (Dec 4 Build-a-thon) ...Hey all u people in the vicinity of Washington DC, the Washington Metro Area LEGO Users Group (WAMALUG) is hosting an All Day Build-a-thon/December Meeting on December 4th in Rosslyn, Va. The (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.loc.us.md, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) was (...) *big snip* (...) for (...) either (...) Mike, I of the motorized remote switch camp. You make valid points on the merits of effective low cost pneumatic solutions, but my newer Technic motors haven't burned out yet, like the old (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It says "Superliner" to me! I think you dun good. Only nit I'd pick (given that the windows are what they are... this "black" technique was used in early MR work too) is the diaphrams... they seem kind of heavy. The tumblehome around the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Depends who you ask :) I looked over the designs by Ben Fleskes (air) and Leo Dorst (motor), and took what I thought was the best of both worlds. I have a writeup, but not good pictures, at: (URL) have links to their designs, but Leo's link is (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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A few days back I mentioned building trains using no window bricks after people complained about the lack of availability of 'train' windows. Well here is model that doesn't use any windows. in fact, the most specialized piece is a 1x2 plate with (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes, PNLTC uses flat/shaped tables for the majority of the layout, and transports everything separately. Mind you, our tables dont have 20 gazillion bricks making up the layout on each one... :) Some of the PNLTC tables are built up (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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PNLTC, I think, tears down and builds anew for each show (but they're on tables, except for a module or two) GMLTC has a custom trailer that takes custom racks mounted on large casters. The modules ride on custom lipped tables with folding legs and (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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How do these clubs with the large setups transport them from one show to another? (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I would love to see pictures of this? Do you have a website? Steve Martin (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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John N already answered but I will butt in too.. (...) I'm gonna go with "no". I know John said "yes" but from what I saw when running at shows, it was whatever people felt like running. The station in the corner doesn't really have a lot of (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes. The third is a short mining loop in the quarry. (...) The passenger line runs along the outside of the layout. This leaves the freight line on the inside and able to freely access the roundhouse and freight yard. (...) Well, it's not (...) (25 years ago, 26-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) This was another Q. Can a track this long be power by a single trasformer? Scott A (25 years ago, 26-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Mike, it depends. Are you a lego purist? (...) Space to protect LEGO purists (...) If you are not a lego purist, then open up the back of the point and hack off the tab. I know that there is at least 2 web pages with descriptions of the (...) (25 years ago, 26-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) A lift bridge or a draw bridge? (...) Why would you use mindstorms to control the bridge except perhaps as a aproach sensor? It's easier to do that with manual blocks, than with electronics. Although, I suppose you could get it to work fine. (...) (25 years ago, 26-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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