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I like your Conjunction Junction. I was just getting into LEGO as a child when those first aired! (URL) (18 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Tim, Concerning the color scheme, I read somewhere (Can't remember the link) that the prototype was grey with a red trim. Now it didn't tell me where the trim was applied, so I asked myself, "If I were painting the engine, where would I (...) (18 years ago, 11-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Not so much a well constructed post as a selection of thoughts Much better photography than the Wardale I think you did right with your choice of wheels The shallow cabs look good, like the real thing they start off higher off the ground than normal (...) (18 years ago, 11-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) It's all about the somewhat obscure and less than successful engines. The Kitson-Still was actually one of my options, but it's even MORE obscure and less successful than the Leader... Another engine I was contemplating was the original (...) (18 years ago, 10-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Better build it then..... (18 years ago, 10-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) You :) Tim (18 years ago, 10-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) How about: Hush Hush The LMS Doble Sentinel shunter The Dyke branch Sentinel/Doble railcar The Fell loco (URL) Kitson-Still (URL) of ground to cover yet... James (18 years ago, 10-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Who? That was on my list, it is very obscure only one ever ran. Mark ps My Q1 (see previous post) ran successfully at our STEAM display at teh weekend. (18 years ago, 10-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) You'll have to hurry, I know someone is planning GT3! Tim (18 years ago, 10-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Just in time for Octoberfest! I love it! :) -Anne (18 years ago, 10-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) (snip) (...) Well, there goes my plans for modeling that obscure, less than sucessful UK engine...there are a few left (I can think of 3 off hand) that would be interesting models... Nicely done, James (18 years ago, 9-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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The Bulleid Leader: This is probably less obscure than my last train MOC, the Wardale 5AT. The Leader was an articulated steam locomotive designed by the Southern Railway's Oliver Bulleid (Of Q1 fame).Like many experimental locomotives, the Leader (...) (18 years ago, 9-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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(...) Yes, those are upside down chairs. It took quite a bit of effort to get windows to work with everything upside down (in case it isn't obvious from that sentence, the house is mine). (...) Brian Kelley does an AMAZING job at setting up the yard (...) (18 years ago, 8-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I love seeing Legos built into usefule real world items, and a Beer Train has to be at the top of the list of usability! (18 years ago, 8-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Cool, I like the way you have taken the effort with the way they look, things like the discharge valve wheel etc. Tim (18 years ago, 8-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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A very simple idea and a very simple train: The Beer Train (URL) All pictures on (URL) During the FIFA Soccer World Cup, the train was operating on a regular basis with up to 10 daily services between Fridge (in Kitchen) via Fuzball to Couch (in (...) (18 years ago, 8-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.fun, lugnet.loc.dk, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Building the Christmas Train 2006: Set 10173 - brief report & pics
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(...) NOW we DO have instructions for adding a 9v motor! When Lego S@H actually ships the Train set, the instructions, together with 2pcs 1x4 plate, are added! (URL) I also build my motor in the tender, but the designers at Lego made it very simple. (...) (18 years ago, 6-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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True it doesn't have instructions for adding a 9v motor, but its still a very nice set. Oh and speaking of 9v motors, I made conversions in MLCAD for 9v and 12v motors. One drall back though, it doesn't allow for adding a power cable for a light (...) (18 years ago, 6-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Yes they are (that's one of Jeff Pelletier's houses). What's scary is that I didn't realize that until a member of the public at the Fair pointed it out. . . (...) Brian (who made the yard) also used those windows structurally for his oil rig (...) (18 years ago, 6-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) (URL) House on the left>. Are those upside down minifigure chairs? Great look on the tiled siding. The gray airplane windows for (URL) towers/supports>-- nice: Nice layout PSLTC. later, James Mathis (18 years ago, 5-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) That is pretty cool. The Wheels could be then swapped out with custom wheels...example the wheels available from BBB.... then??? Ben (18 years ago, 5-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) You guessed correct! These pics are from my rail-race-extreme layout, and the Led's are just for the looks. If a race starts, both tracks light up. One red, one yellow. Side-effect, very usefull in this case: the Led's reduce the amount of (...) (18 years ago, 5-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Building the Christmas Train 2006: Set 10173 - brief report & pics
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(...) No problem. I'll be there to build-up on Wednesday, visitor at Sunday and break-down on Tuesday. You will find the train at the gigantic Belug display. The ZOO-display from Rick and me is integrated in that Belug layout. See you soon! Klaas (18 years ago, 5-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I posted more pictures of the SLTC layout on Brickshelf... see: (URL) still can't believe that I managed to get an entire airfield constructed in the short period of time that I had to construct my module for the SLTC layout! There are other (...) (18 years ago, 5-Oct-06, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, I wasn't there, and I'm no electrical engineer, but I'm going to take a stab at guessing. It looks like in that picture that the two LEDs are getting their power directly from the rails. In the picture before it in the gallery: (URL) (...) (18 years ago, 4-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains)
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Does anyone know what this little bit of electronics is for? (URL) from a LEGO event recently held in Denmark. I found the link on Jan Beyer's Blog ( (URL) ) but there's a problem with that blog which makes it impossible to write comments. (18 years ago, 4-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Carl, Thanks for your comments and glad you like it. Unfortunately the mood strikes me quite rarely these days as I'm having a lot of fun jumping from theme to theme after a very solid run of trains last year. That said an interesting (...) (18 years ago, 3-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I like it a lot! It's small, sweet, detailed and very curved! I even put the picture of it as my Desktop Wallpaper, which only entices me more into wanting to build it :-) I hope you'll be in the mood again soon if you can create such lovely (...) (18 years ago, 3-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Save 9V Trains Contest Winners Rendering
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A while back, the Save 9V Trains website held a contest to design train models using LEGO Digital Designer. There were several categories for entries - steam locomotives, diesel/electric locomotives, rolling stock, rail maintenance, passenger cars, (...) (18 years ago, 2-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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It's been a while since I made a train but I was in the mood today. (2 URLs) BS> (when moderated) (URL) Flickr> Comments welcome, Tim (18 years ago, 1-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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This year, The Puget Sound Lego Train Club (PSLTC) was asked to be the main model railroad layout for the fair. The layout was a great success and thanks goes out to all of the members and all of the people who helped out with staffing. Pictures: (2 (...) (18 years ago, 1-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.us.wa, FTX) !!
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| | Customizing the 7897 Passenger Train: Danish IC4, version 3
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Hey, Bought the 7897 Passenger Train the other day and immediately realized that it would take only a few modifications to turn the German ICE-like design into the Danish IC4 passenger train. Here's the result: (URL) All the pictures in the (URL) (...) (18 years ago, 1-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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| | Re: BayLTC @ Great Train Expo, San Jose
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(...) ooo. I remember this, now. Thanks all. Jonathan (18 years ago, 27-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.org.us.baylug, FTX)
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| | Re: BayLTC @ Great Train Expo, San Jose
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(...) That is correct. James made some new instructions after seeing Ross's version and I built it. You can see James' instructions and pictures of the trolleys I built here (URL) (18 years ago, 27-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.org.us.baylug, FTX)
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(...) Hello, Jonathan- This version looks very close to (URL) Ross' riff> on James Mathis' design. History (URL) HERE>. JOHN (18 years ago, 27-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.org.us.baylug, FTX)
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(...) I think it's a James Mathis design, built by Bruce Chamberlain. But I might have that mixed up with another trolley. If it is a Mathis then you can probably get the plans from him. (URL) (18 years ago, 27-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Re: BayLTC @ Great Train Expo, San Jose
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(...) I may attempt one similar to that soon. Best, Jonathan (18 years ago, 27-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Re: BayLTC @ Great Train Expo, San Jose
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(...) I don't have one, but you can see that same photo with a lot more detail here: (URL) Help bring back the San Jose Earthquakes - (URL) (18 years ago, 27-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Re: BayLTC @ Great Train Expo, San Jose
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(...) Is there another shot of the blue/gray/white trolley in this shot anywhere? (URL) Jonathan (18 years ago, 27-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Re: IR train base alternative
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(...) Actually a typical bridge rectifier will drop ~1.4 volts in the supply. That's alot! About a 16% drop in voltage, and a 29% drop in overall power at the top end. I'm not sure what effect this would have on the control circuitry. Mat (18 years ago, 27-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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| | Re: Building the Christmas Train 2006: Set 10173 - brief report & pics
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greenman schreef: (...) Hi Klaas, Will you take it to LegoWorld? Hope to see you there, Jeroen (18 years ago, 26-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) i never really tested it to see what the drop was. i can't imagine it was much though. ondrew (18 years ago, 26-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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| | Re: Building the Christmas Train 2006: Set 10173 - brief report & pics
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(...) Not really... It's a push along train, you just have to push it a bit harder !! :-) :-) Klaas (18 years ago, 25-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | BayLTC @ Great Train Expo, San Jose
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My pictures from this past weekend's BayLTC layout at the Great Train Expo in San Jose are now up: Flickr: (3 URLs) entry: (URL) (18 years ago, 25-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Re: Building the Christmas Train 2006: Set 10173 - brief report & pics
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(...) Like Jordan I found that triple wheel sets work fine as long as the wheels are close together. However, with my (URL) breakdown crane>, I found that it did increase the rolling resistance somewhat in corners, so your trains will slow down more (...) (18 years ago, 25-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Building the Christmas Train 2006: Set 10173 - brief report & pics
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(...) I haven't tried it with this set, but I did try a six-wheeled version of the locomotive from 4563. It worked fine, as long as the wheels were one set right after the other. If there is any additional spacing between, one runs into problems as (...) (18 years ago, 25-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Building the Christmas Train 2006: Set 10173 - brief report & pics
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(...) :-) :-) I guess it's supposed to be an alternative for the well known toy-bear. A toy-Christmas-bunny. :-) About the triple wheels: I haven't tried that yet, I was fully occupied with building, inventoring, making postings in 3 languages etc. (...) (18 years ago, 25-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Ondrew, how did you handle the voltage drop through the bridge rectifier? Did you measure any top-speed dropout? Curious, ---Will (18 years ago, 25-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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| | Re: Building the Christmas Train 2006: Set 10173 - brief report & pics
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(...) Thanks for the pictures - it looks like a nice set. UK Shop-at-Home lists it as "Coming Soon on 27 Nov 2006", for £50. How well does the triple wheel set on the engine take corners and points? With this picture though, I can't help thinking: (...) (18 years ago, 25-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Building the Christmas Train 2006: Set 10173 - brief report & pics
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(...) Snip (...) Oh okay, thanks for the quick reply, I was not aware of that. Janey "Red Brick" (18 years ago, 25-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Building the Christmas Train 2006: Set 10173 - brief report & pics
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(...) Snip (...) The wheel sets in the train factory and the new IR train sets are the same. This is the new wheel set for Lego trains. Bruce (18 years ago, 25-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Building the Christmas Train 2006: Set 10173 - brief report & pics
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(...) Question for the general train set builder... I only own a few train sets, but this was something that surprised me... (from Klaas Meijaard photo set) (URL) Have other sets come with the metal rod that mounts onto the train wheels as separate (...) (18 years ago, 25-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Building the Christmas Train 2006: Set 10173 - brief report & pics
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(...) I'm unclear on whether the 10173 Christmas Train set will become available to the general public later this fall via Shop at Home. Does anyone have authoritative information regarding this? Thanks, Jordan (18 years ago, 25-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Building the Christmas Train 2006: Set 10173 - brief report & pics
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I start with my conclusion: If you look for a very nice Christmas present, for yourself or for your kids: go buy this Christmas Train!!! I could not resist to buy this nice set at the Brand Store in Oberhausen-Germany. I build it, and made some (...) (18 years ago, 25-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Building the Christmas Train 2006: Set 101073 - brief report & pics
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I start with my conclusion: If you look for a very nice Christmas present, for yourself or for your kids: go buy this Chrismas Train!!! I could not resist to buy this nice set at the Brand Store in Oberhausen-Germany. I build it, and made some pics. (...) (18 years ago, 25-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Town and Train at NWBrickCon 2006
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NWBrickCon 2006 is fast approaching. The space for Town and Train in the Expo Hall will be large (16'x29') but is already filling up and I need to know what will be there. Contact me at the above (despamblocked) address to let me know what you will (...) (18 years ago, 25-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon)
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| | Re: Swedish X2000 high speed train prototype - and it tilts!
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In lugnet.trains, Esben Kolind wrote: SNIP Woohoo! It has interiors this time! Great engineering once again. Thanks for sharing. Legoswami (18 years ago, 24-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Swedish X2000 high speed train prototype - and it tilts!
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Hey, A couple of years ago, I built the (URL) Tilt Train> and James Mathis came up with a (URL) great idea> on how to simplify the tilting mechanism. Ever since I've been wanting to use this tilt design to built the Swedish X2000 high speed tilting (...) (18 years ago, 24-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Aerotrain/hovertrain in Lego?
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(...) If you built a maglev then a Lego propeller (as mentioned elsewhere in the thread) should be powerful enough to power it, due to the much reduced friction. Control would be another matter... Tim (...) (18 years ago, 23-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I've toyed with that solution, but how do you propel a hovertrain in LEGO? If it has something that touches the track, that would make it not fully hoverable... -Rob www.brickmodder.net www.lifelites.com (18 years ago, 22-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Ben's World of ABS !?!
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(...) Pretty sure there's been a message on his site for a while that he was going to shut it down because of his disappointment with bley. Looks like he finally has done it. Tim (18 years ago, 22-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Ben's World of ABS !?!
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Looks like the domain or hosting plan for Ben's World of ABS and the FGLTC ran out. (URL) these sites been moved somewhere else? -- Bryan (18 years ago, 22-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Aerotrain/hovertrain in Lego?
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(...) Mark & Ross Benz of BAYLUG created a working mag-lev train using lego train magnets. It canbe done, it just might get expensive if you use an all-Lego solution. IIRC, they used (URL) on the track and (URL) under the train body. Paul Sinasohn (...) (18 years ago, 22-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) Making it hover in Lego (as opposed to running on monorail wheels) might be a challenge! Tim (18 years ago, 22-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) Looks like something from Thunderbirds :) (18 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Aerotrain/hovertrain in Lego?
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(...) Forgive me for butting into the convestation, but have you ever considered building a pair of Mindstorm controlled round houses for your Aerotrain? You could build a pair of passenger stations (one on each end of the track) that were really (...) (18 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) Hm. The monorail wheels are pretty smooth-- I wonder if you could use the big Lego fans to actually drive a little car forward... Hm. I'd guess the battery box would be WAY too heavy to make it move. And certainly not enough to make it go up (...) (18 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | Re: Aerotrain/hovertrain in Lego?
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(...) Mine goes only straight, that's right. As mine is 6 wide, I cannot use the "stop track". So I made a track without the gear rack. Don't forget to turn off the motor when it reach the end to preserv the battery ;) For the real one, hum, I (...) (18 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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Very Nice! I had not seen that on brickshelf before. I am asuming the real thing and the lego version both only go straight, correct? -Rob A> (...) (18 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Hi Rob, I built it for one of our train shows, in Orleans, France, November 2004. Orleans is the native town of the aerotrain, so I tought we should show one with LEGO bricks ;). (URL) I used monorail base and motor to do it. I wanted to make (...) (18 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | Aerotrain/hovertrain in Lego?
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I foud this curious picture: (URL) It is (poorly translated by google) a hovertrain, that runs on a monorail style track, with a jet(?) engine driving it forwards. they referred to it as a "plane without wings". Any ideas on how this could be (...) (18 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | Re: PSLTC Displaying at Western Washington Fair September 8--24
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(...) (URL) these photos are full-resolution, quality has been sacrificed for file size. Originals available upon request. -dw (18 years ago, 18-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Articulation with "working" connecting rods
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(...) An alternative solution, more complex than what I wrote earlier, uses a method similar to Mike's, in that flex tubes allow the set of drivers to be split into blocks, but different in the way the blocks are linked and kept synchronised. The (...) (18 years ago, 15-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Michiana-LUG Meeting - Saturday, September 23, 2006
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To All, We are having another meeting! We'll be sharing stories of BrickFest 2006, discussing future shows for the club, as well as showing off our latest MOCs! Here are the details: When: Saturday, September 23, 2006 Time: 12:00AM EST / 1:00PM EST (...) (18 years ago, 15-Sep-06, to lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us.in.ftw)
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| | PSLTC Displaying at Western Washington Fair September 8--24
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Every year the Western Washington Fair in Puyallup invites a train club to display at the Fair. This year that club is the Puget Sound LEGO Train Club (the first L-guage club so featured since the PNLTC displayed in 1999). The PSLTC has a 32'x15' (...) (18 years ago, 12-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.wa)
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| | Re: Articulation with "working" connecting rods
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(...) As a train novice I don't know how much help I can be, but since I don't remember reading this idea thus far in the thread, I'm just going to throw it out there: shrink the wheels. I ran into this problem once before, and while designing a (...) (18 years ago, 11-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Articulation with "working" connecting rods
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(...) Sebastian, Here's my 2-10-4 using BBB wheels. I used Technic Flex-System Hose (URL) to go from the cylinders to the drivers. Pictures can be found here: (URL) It does navigate points and curves most of the time :). Its still a work in (...) (18 years ago, 9-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | [Press Release} BayLUG Upcoming Events and 2007 Preview (long)
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SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CA The Bay Area LEGO Users Group (BayLUG) and Train Club (BayLTC) is pleased to announce our schedule for the rest of 2006, and a preview of the 2007 schedule. ---...--- Great Train Expo Sat-Sun, September 23-24, 2006 (...) (18 years ago, 9-Sep-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sac, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.org.us.sacbb, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) I can see the idea of this, but I'd take it further. The white is very bright and contrasts too much with the very dark rust colours. I'd lose the stripe (or use a different colour entirely - sand blue?) and swap the white for something (...) (18 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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| | Re: A small (and my first) train animation done with MLCad
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(...) converts it? Thanks, AHui (18 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Dear Jindroush, Jeroen has given a good explanation why the window flickers. I have now exchanged the LGEO code for the part within the pov-file against standard coding without LGEO and that problem is solved. Since radiosity slows down the (...) (18 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You know what, I just can't say "Jones the Steam" in anything other than a (fake) Welsh accent :-) Ivor was a favourite from my childhood. I love your version and can't wait to seem him for real. Awesome. Martin (18 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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"...Not very long ago, in the top left-hand corner of Wales, there was a railway. It wasn't a very long railway or a very important railway, but it was called The Merioneth and Llantisilly Rail Traction Company Limited, and it was all there was. And (...) (18 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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(...) Which will introduce another problem - the piston rods will hit the wheels when they extend out the front of the cylinder. I had that exact same problem on the X class, but managed to work it so they just miss. It's very close though. ROSCO (18 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Nice. I see that the front window is 'pulsating'. It looks similar to my problem I've encountered with animation rendering in PovRay. Have you used radiosity or not? My prob: (URL) - For Czech Lego Fans (18 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Dear Tim, take this as not more than a first test run.... I did several runs so far in which I was playing around with anti alias (the POV-Ray manual tell NOT to use it, while I found it looked way better with AA-settings). I also tested (...) (18 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks Jeroen, for pointing this out! I havn't used Anton's parts so far, but I may give them a try with one of my next renders. Leg Godt! Ben (18 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Since you have 8 coupled wheels, some of the sets need to use blind drivers. The easiest solution therefore is to make all 4 sets use blind drivers, suspend them all off the rails by having the leading and trailing 4-wheel sets as the bogies, (...) (18 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi Erik, (...) Actually wasn't much improvement. It was too earthy and not washed out enough. Light yellow would be perfect but it has too limited a range of plates. (...) Do you think it would be worth sacrificing the horizontal lines for this? I (...) (18 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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(...) Nice job Tim. The improvements I imagine : Colors : replace yellow by tan. The colors must be washed out. When I look the original picture, the first thing which comes to me is the vertical lines, resulting of the rust which flown. I will (...) (18 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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(...) That even more complicated than I what I did (URL) but it might just work. You will have to make the piston rods long enough to not drop out of the cylinders when thay are int he extended foward position. Tim BTW obviously I had a lot more (...) (18 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Its getting there but I think you (I?) have set yourself an impossible task. Maybe some grey and bley and brown and brrown combos would help? One small thing tho, its not a freight car, its a loco! Tim (18 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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Sebastian Dyson schreef: (...) Short aswer: I think it has to do with the LGEO-parts which look beautiful but are programmed very complex and are a bit buggy. In some transparant parts these bugs cause a grainy or noisy finish. Long answer: I think (...) (18 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi all, Knowing I have an interest in dirty models, Tim David told me to build (URL) this> well kept delight. I'm relatively pleasedish with what I made but would be interested in hearing other peoples ideas on how to improve it as I know it's far (...) (18 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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Ok I think I have something. Each cylinder is free to slide longitudinally on the frame. This movement is constrained by a vertical pin (or 1x1 round brick) on each side of the pilot truck. These pins engage a transverse groove (currently a pair of (...) (18 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Ben, Very neat and I imagine from my past povray animation experiments that it was very time consuming. The one problem I have with it is the sky. It distracts from the train in the first few seconds of the animation. Perhaps a smoother (...) (18 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains)
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Nice and smooth, and I believe I may be stealing those connecting rods. Have you worked out what's making the cab window flicker so? (18 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi all, after playing around with nearly all (common) features in POV-Ray - like radiosity, media, fog etc. - I have finally started the latest excurse into working with the clock variable. Here comes my first small animation movie (1.5 MB) of the (...) (18 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks, Rob. I am not a rtltoronto person but I think some other groups might be interested in these as well. (I know I am!) x-posted to .town & .trains Jonathan (18 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) That's quite neat - it hadn't occurred to me to shorten the front truck like that to make room behind. But then I was trying to fit a motor in the front when I did mine. Jason R (18 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains)
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