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"Tim Gould" <tgould.lego(AT@)gma...(DOT.)com> wrote in message news:JCFLK1.DD6@lugnet.com... (...) Mmmmmm, ornj. Looks great. Also reminds me of a VW bus though. :P crazy man! -Rob www.brickmodder.net (18 years ago, 25-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thomas- Even for 10 weeks, we just clean the track once at the start of the run. Taking the track from dull brown to bright metal makes a difference. -Ted (18 years ago, 25-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(2 URLs) BS> (URL) Flickr> My version of a (URL) Tatra T-3> tram from Moscow. This one has gone through numerous iterations to finally get it to look satisfactory. Apologies for the one blue window but I figured it was a replacement after some (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.ru, FTX) !
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(...) Any recommendations on how or how often to clean the track? PSLTC has one of the Centerline L-Gauge track cleaners and tries to remember to run it periodically, but there exists doubt about it efficacy since it seems to clean the top of the (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Timothy Gould wrote: Great model! Thanks for the ongoing plethora of inspiring images. (...) The face on mine took a long time too and I still want to redo parts of it. It's fascinating how divergent the "Lego interpretation" of a (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hello again Today I found the answer to the question of these strange colors for otherwise very common parts. All of you stating that these parts must be some kind of test mould were right! As I mentioned in my first post, I bought these parts (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Pete, Right now it's just a proof of concept really but at some point I intend to use it in an integrated road/rail/footpath scene. Using a mix of studs up and snot road elements could improve things drastically. Tim (18 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) That's the shizzle, right there. You're onto something here, mate. I think you should integrate it into a larger display. Have you thought about where you'd be putting pavements? Lovely. Pete (18 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) And... fixed. Tim PS. Sorry for spamming the forums. Silly me should have changed and then posted rather than the other way around. (18 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hi everyone, I've been playing around with trams a lot lately as you may have noticed. I decided I needed some integrated track/road units... but curved. Anyway, after playing around with real bricks I came up with this system. (2 URLs) MPD> In my (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Hi Bob, Thanks. I just noticed a mistake after building something else today caused because my train motor ldraw part is a little wrong. It's a fairly minor change but it's safest to wait for the MPD to be changed before starting. Tim (18 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Tim, Very nice. I will try to build one. Thanks for sharing. Bob (18 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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--snip-- (...) As always :) Tim (18 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I hope she can. I'm also waiting for a former native to get back to me about it. (...) Thank you. (...) Whoops. I really messed it up. Fixed and thanks. Tim (18 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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In lugnet.trains, Timothy Gould wrote: <intermittent snippiages> (...) Bingo. (...) It's all about you, isn't it, Tim? :-) JOHN (18 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Excellent. I love the colors. My friend was in Istanbul over the holidays. I am going to forward this link to her to see if she recognizes it. As always, very inspiring. Jonathan PS: the .trains sidebar link for this appears to be mis-directed (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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--snip-- (...) And I'll raise you with (URL). You can see the two face designs there (maybe three). (...) I "scale" stuff only insofar as things look OK together. In the case of 8-wide it's more the length I'm worried about (I've actually (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Thanks. I didn't document it very well, and now it is in mothballs. It won't come back until we redesign our subway modules (which is at least a year away). Hmmm, maybe I'll lend it to the GMLTC.... (...) Check out (URL) linkie> Ours is the (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Istanbul has better colours :P and a fancier roof. (...) Very nice station. (...) But then I'd lose the fun of squeezing the shrouds in as much as possible. (...) I've admired that one before. I love the window arches and rivets on it. Didn't (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Cool. This is the (URL) same model> we have here in Minneapolis. I had built a replica of one of (URL) our stations> for the Philly show, but never got around to finishing the light rail cars themselves:-( Now it's on the dreaded backburner. (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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