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(...) That's very cool. I can't wait to see the finished product with the buildings. I've used CAD programs before to study the relationships between buildings on the (MichLTC) layout from various perspectives. Nothing as graphically fancy as what (...) (18 years ago, 4-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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I'm not sure how or why, but one day Ross started fiddling around with (URL) SketchUp> and suddenly he's rendering all of the iterations of the TLCTC layout. Apparently you can stretch pics across the 3D blank spaces, and you can get some cool (...) (18 years ago, 4-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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The new home of the TCLTC is....LUGNET! That's right; we've pointed our (URL) www.tcltc.org> domain to (URL) our LUGNET NG page> and are using it for our web site. I have seen other LTCs simply provide a link on their NG page to their web site (...) (18 years ago, 4-Dec-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, FTX) !!
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Hi, Pictures and movie here: (URL) is my latest (and most successful) attempt at building such a thing. This particular model runs on Gauge 1 track but could be regauged to run on Lego track by switching to an outside frame structure. It uses 8 (...) (18 years ago, 3-Dec-06, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains) !
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(...) Thanks for commenting, Anthony! Within the German community there are a lot of purists, who are strictly against ANY modification of LEGO parts. No spraying, no glueing, no filing, no drilling bores and no use of scalpels. Some are even (...) (18 years ago, 3-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ben, I just recreated your smokestack design and it is fantastic! It's absolutely perfect, and looks so great on my locomotive! Thank you so much! --Anthony (18 years ago, 3-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Cool. Thanks for the heads up. I don't normally read the 'Life' insert and had to pull it (with the rest of the paper) out of the recyling bin. That's a keeper. Thanks again. -Mike Petrucelli (18 years ago, 2-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, FTX)
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(...) Hello, James- I started another thread about this (URL) (to include the NG .mediawatch). Schleim on! JOHN (18 years ago, 2-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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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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(...) I routinely use locomotive schematics when I build (from (URL)). I'll blow them up to 1:1 to size and away I go:-) For prototype "accuracy", it is the only way to go IMO. Which brings me to the (URL) wide version of Trolley> I'm building. I'm (...) (18 years ago, 29-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) [...] (...) That is an excellent engine that you have built Ben. I also appreciate that you took the time to comment on it. Your models have always been an inspiration, but I think I just learned a building technique from you that doesn't (...) (18 years ago, 29-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Bruce, I noticed that on the S@H website, nearly everything involving curved tracks is presently out of stock, implying to me that more curved tracks are presently being made as well. Tracks are at this link: (URL) I'm not sure how many tracks (...) (18 years ago, 29-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Paul S. D'Urbano wrote: [...] (...) [...] (...) Paul, It would be great if the models were built and commented on. I know the few models that I submitted are buildable, but that kid of defeats the real purpose of Factory... I mean really, if I (...) (18 years ago, 29-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd)
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Reinhard "Ben" Beneke, WOW. Simply amazing. I wish I had those peices, but I dont and nor do I have the money form them. Great attention to detail. Just as a suggestion, I know you hate the new grey colors, but I have found they work perfectly for (...) (18 years ago, 29-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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I'm no trainhead,and I never comment on them... but this is simply beautiful! So well done it requires no knowledge of the thee to see that it stands out as a masterpiece. Great work! And if you ever get too frustrated try castle ; ) God Bless, (...) (18 years ago, 28-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I have been buying 9v straight track regularly from the local Lego Store and the three boxes I bought two weeks ago have new dark blay. All of the earlier boxes were old dark grey. I assume they had run out of boxed straight track and had more (...) (18 years ago, 28-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Hello, Ben! I'm glad that despite your frustrations with TLG, you have nevertheless decided to build with our favorite toy:-) And what a build! This is a fantastic MOC; the (URL), (URL) amazing schleim action>, and your overall attention to (...) (18 years ago, 28-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) ... (...) ... (...) This is simply beautiful. It reminds me of being a kid again and looking through the Marklin catalog for my favorite engine every Christmas. Now that LEGO has announced a partnership with Hitechnic for NXT sensors, what is (...) (18 years ago, 28-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) i have passed this question on to LEGO, I will let you know when there is an answer. Jeff VW (URL) (18 years ago, 28-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hi train fans, the possible(?) end of 9V trains, the blay desaster and the too high demands of myself against my MOCs have lead to a kind of frustration in my hobby. Due to all this and more, I lost a lot of the fun that LEGO meant to me in the (...) (18 years ago, 28-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Reed Switches was Re: Has Babylon Fallen?
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(...) Good link! (...) I don't bend the leads on the reed switches at all. I use very small reeds, maybe 1 cm in length, solder directly to the straight leads, and then carefully trim them shorter. (Trimming is optional.) The switch is then (...) (18 years ago, 27-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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