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--snip-- Hi Luca, (...) Yes I completely agree. (...) I agree about the grey windows. Maybe black would work better for a non-transparent colour but dark grey looks too coloured to me for a window. (...) I love these ones. I stole the window idea (...) (18 years ago, 26-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Luca, I think that Prague trams are not exactly white. See this photo (URL) don't like trams so even though I lived in Prague for almost 10 years, I can count on my fingers how many times I used this loud beast :o) OTOH I know that getting (...) (18 years ago, 26-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks for the compliments too :-) I know the Manchester tram. It is a different version of Turin ML 7000. The TPR 5000 has a very close design with the difference that it is partial low flor. The modern trams are most similar each others, but (...) (18 years ago, 26-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks very much for the compliments. I also have a CAD version so I may be able to render a Prague version. I'll certainly think about it for when I have some spare time. Your Turin TPR-500 is probably my favourite tram made. You captured the (...) (18 years ago, 26-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Tim, really a nice work (this is said from a tramways expert!). I like the front side that is typical of the eastern Europe old tramways. I would like to see a Praha (Prague) version, red and white, maybe with the trailer car. Think about (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains)
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Oh, I also forgot to mention.... TLG had a habit of putting lots of their early prototype items into production (like the red and black garage doors). And they often didn't keep examples of these items in their archives. So today, many of these rare (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains)
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Thanks for the pics Luca! Interestingly enough this topic recently came up for discussion. I have a 1:87 scale car garage (first released November 1961) with a red door (Phil Traviss of UK also has one). Even though all catalogs of the early 1960's (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Don't get me started on those stupid bricks. They should fit. There is absolutely no reason for them not to but they don't fit quite right. A combination of the curves oversensitivity and the slight curve in the window parts. It took me ages (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) lol. I noticed the spaces as well but couldn't think of anything clever to say about them. Jonathan (18 years ago, 25-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Hey Tim - nice tram (as usual and real bricks no less!) but I was wondering about the spaces in between some of the parts...was that due to the fit not being right becuase of design limitations or that you just aren't used to having to press (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Good Morning- The Greater Portland LEGO® Railroaders (GPLR) warmly weclomes (URL) Mr. Allen Smith> as its newest club member as of January 15, 2007. Welcome Allen - Play Well! (URL) Greater Portland LEGO Railroaders> (URL) GPLR is: Steve Barile, (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.us.id, FTX)
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(...) Somebody go over to Tim's house and check his basement for pods. JOHN (18 years ago, 25-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I do own some of them. Of course it was designed in CAD first ;) (...) The compression is to stop it overhanging on curves too much but perhaps a little overdone. It's for a planned diorama so I might see how it all fits together and adjust it (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) More real bricks!! :o) I just love the front and rear end. You've really gotten the rounded look in there quite nicely. Is there a reason for the compression in length? I am wondering how it would look with the doorways in 4 wide rather than (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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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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