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(...) My dad got called me this morning. In today's (Friday, Dec. 1, 2006) Kansas City Star newspaper there is a LIFE magazine insert which feature an article about the NMRA LEGO Train Club show. Ross' name is given. I don't know all the details, (...) (18 years ago, 1-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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As I mentioned (URL) earlier>, LIFE did a story on the NMRA National Convention in Philadelphia last summer which we in the ILTCO used as the venue for our national convention as well. Well, I thought the story was going to appear in the monthly (...) (18 years ago, 2-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, FTX)
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(...) Well, yes and no. You don't have to add as many greebles for a British engine, but it makes getting the shape right even more important to capture the character of the prototype and differentiate from other classes. Tim (18 years ago, 1-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I know - I'm lucky that British engines came in a huge variety of colours, thanks to all the different railway companies over the years - for example, some trains are even black at the bottom and red on top! Can you imagine? ;-) I find it (...) (18 years ago, 1-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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The Southern California LEGO Train club ((URL) SCLTC>) has opened its fifth consecutive annual winter show at the San Diego Model Railroad Museum ((URL) SDMRRM>) in Balboa Park in San Diego. This year's show features two separate displays. The (...) (18 years ago, 30-Nov-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX) !
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(...) Thanks for your feedback Jason! I think your engines (and your other creations as displayed during the past days as top entry on the left hand side of this group) don't have to hide, but belong to the most accurate and complex models I have (...) (18 years ago, 30-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Ben - It's nice to see another lovely engine from you again. This seems to be one of your most detailed yet. And it's something of a relief to see some steam trains on lugnet. I like the boiler design - I like how you don't compromise if (...) (18 years ago, 30-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Dear Mattias, I heard from several former "top builders" around that their demand on their own creations is the biggest hurdle on the way to new MOCs. As Germans we have of course come up with an negative expression for that. Maybe "Bauunlust" (...) (18 years ago, 30-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Dear Anthony, thanks to you (and all others) for the overwhelming positive feedback! I myself still think the model needs a few more details and structures like a black minifig hand here and there or some space tools.... The smokestack (I have (...) (18 years ago, 30-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Ben ! Good too see you in action and building again. You have given me and a lot of other AFOL's so much inspiration. Thanks also for the dat-file and the detailed comments about the building process. I share your feelings about the bley (...) (18 years ago, 29-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) We have a guy in Canada that does similar stuff, but in large format colour: (URL) Cheers, Ralph (18 years ago, 29-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Fantastic engine, Ben! I've been wanting to do one of these German (European?) style steam locomotovies for a while, but I've been putting it off for more American style designs I'm familiar with. The amount of detail you've put in is just (...) (18 years ago, 29-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Yes, I feel like I need to aim into the ashcan school direction..... My main inspiration comes from a German photographer named Harald Finster and a few visits of real plants (often already broken down more or less). Check out these links as (...) (18 years ago, 29-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Was gebts??? Ben, I've always known that you were my Schleimerbruder, but you are a closet "(URL) Ashcan builder>" as well???? Jawohl! Get inspired (URL) here> (...) Whoa, that's a blast from the past! One of my first MOCs, built almost 8 (...) (18 years ago, 29-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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In lugnet.trains, Jeffrey Jarvis wrote: Dear Jeffrey, thanks a lot for your reply on my posting. The Model of the BR39 does not contain so much rare parts as other engines, I did before. Whenever you see the "set 7750 type wheels", the creation (...) (18 years ago, 29-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Hello Nathan, thanks for posting your kind words! But I fear that castle would lead to even more frustration due to blay + grey castle walls. Whenever LEGO decides, that the market requests are too strong to ignore them, I I will gladly buy 20 (...) (18 years ago, 29-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.color)
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(...) Dear John, Thanks for your kind words on this engine. I have been a LEGO Fan for more than 30 years now. For 25 years that included both the company and the LEGO toy system. Although the company has done some huge steps towards us fans, I am (...) (18 years ago, 29-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Dear Ralph, I agree, that the Maerklin catalogue is in fact a very helpful instrument for any (LEGO) train fan. Nowadays the internet may substitute this a lot, but still it is hard to find such a nice collection of different style rolling (...) (18 years ago, 29-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: First MOC after quite a while of frustration... / Building over grids
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(...) (URL) show a (...) Dear Chris, the picture shows indeed a prototype sketch (a sideview of the engine, which I found on the web). I place this in a grafic program (in my case this is "Micrografx Designer 7.0" which is utterly cheap (<10Eur) , (...) (18 years ago, 29-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) I do this too, for my bigger stuff as I find it hard to visualise the size without it. There is a bit of the drawing of my next model visible in (URL) this pic>. Although the drawing quality suffers with enlargment; for lego building purposes (...) (18 years ago, 29-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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