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HI All, Since that last post generated some traffic perhaps this will too! :) I am building a 4-8-4 (no prototype in mind) steam engine. I decided to fix the "8" wheels to the boiler/chassis and have the front and rear trucks extended on a pivot (...) (18 years ago, 18-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Got any cow catcher ideas?
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oh yeah... NO ONE bit on the Bionicle elements. That's one of my only hopes for bionicle, is that there one day there might be a good train greeble or cow catcher element. :) SteveB (18 years ago, 18-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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WOW, Thanks everyone!!! They are all great ideas and very inspiring! I think I'll try something with robot arms and/or droid arms and flex tubing. (...) (18 years ago, 18-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Got any cow catcher ideas?
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(...) My own take on the cowcatcher can be seen here: (URL) (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) My non US style cowcatcher: (URL) (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 7897 - quality issues
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Looks like that new Ldraw part is wrong! Tim (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Here is an idea I just threw together. (URL) (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Not sure how much help a steam novice like me can be, but here are the two designs I've used thus far. (URL) (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) A quick foray into BrickShelf searching for "steam engine" yielded quite a bit! (URL) (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I used 1x2 grill tiles mounted at an angle on my Challenger: (URL) Lego version> I think they work pretty well when compared to the (URL) real thing> You modeling any particular 4-8-4? JohnG, GMLTC (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hi All, I am working on a 4-8-4 (6-wide, BBB wheels, in black) and I'm stuck trying to design or come up with ideas for the cow catcher. I know there are many great cowcatcher ideas out there. Unfortunately there just isn't a centralized place to go (...) (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 7897 - quality issues
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ROTFL!!!!!!!! sb (...) (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: 7897 - quality issues
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(...) Perhaps they were trying to design the world's first remote control piggy bank. :) (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: 7897 - quality issues
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(...) I have a hard time believing that the size of the part is to blame. I give you three examples of large parts that have no gaps. These all come in the new Passenger Plane 7893. (URL) LEGO® has no problem with making large pieces fit together. I (...) (18 years ago, 15-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Just posted some new MOC pictures: Coaches to extend my Hogwarts Express, Hopper Wagons with SNOT lettering and my station building. Coaches here: (URL) including pictures of the underside and bogies. These are 8mm:1ft scale British Mk1 coaches in (...) (18 years ago, 14-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build.schleim) !!
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(...) "Only the cheapest is good enough!" * * potential new slogan of LEGO. (18 years ago, 14-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Wow! These gaps are wide enough to push coins of any size through! (URL) Jan Beyer of LEGO told at 1000steine, that all trains will look like this and he gave a (lame?) explanation, that there are limitations in designing the single-piece-mould, (...) (18 years ago, 13-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | QuéLUG at the Canadian Railway Museum
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(voir le message en français plus bas) Hi! August 19 & 20, QuéLUG, the group in Québec, Canada, will display at the Canadian Railway Museum in St-Constant (south of Montreal) with a 21 ft x 8 ft train and town layout. Find all the infos you need (...) (18 years ago, 13-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.ca.qc, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.mon, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.que, lugnet.trains) !
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| | Re: Legoland train
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(...) Try modelling that in lego... :) (18 years ago, 12-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Legoland train
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I've found some pics of a Legoland advertising liveried train. Its probably been around for a good few years now and may even have been repainted. (URL) South West Trains> (URL) 455856> (5 URLs) Another one that I can't imbed> Tim (18 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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