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(...) As the bumper sticker says, "mean people suck" >:-( (...) Hope it was a good one (or two;-) (...) Thanks, Jonathan. I really only want to impress you:-) As for the sides; it's kind of a sketchy building technique. The corners are simply 1x1 (...) (18 years ago, 23-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Tunnel Mouth / Bridge Arch
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The tracks from the Snowmobile 8272 and Bulldozer 8275 make a great tunnel mouth or bridge arch - smoother than using slope bricks. (URL) used 27 links at the moment, fixing them twice on each side. The arch as built fits well over 6-wide, 8-wide or (...) (18 years ago, 22-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town) !!
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(...) I agree absolutely. I prefer to stick to the characters in the original 26 books by Rev. W Awdry and the 14 by his son Christopher Awdry. Those stories were closely based on real events on real railways, making the more modern tales look (...) (18 years ago, 22-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I noticed these on Brickshelf before seeing the post here. I think you did just fine with the name. Made me LOL when I saw it. I'd attempt to offer additional ideas but a nasty email from a licenesor has fried my brain already this morning. :/ (...) (18 years ago, 22-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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Very nice, especially the signs ; ) God Bless, Nathan (URL) (18 years ago, 22-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(URL) We have lengthened the Thomas section of the TLCTC layout, and so we needed to build a few more buildings to fill in the gap. Nothing earth-shattering here, but I did have some fun with them: The Chinese characters used on the Chinese (...) (18 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Hypothetically speaking? the future of IR/RC trains
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(...) I also had no problems running a train when I metalized some 4.5v track using some thin metal tape. (URL) But this did increase the hieght of the rail by a samll amount. I picked up ~500 peices of lt bley straight 4.5v style plastic track (...) (18 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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| | Re: Two Soo Line GP38-2s and an Introduction
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(...) Hi Matt, Great builds. My favourite bit of these is the use of the exoforce claw part in the nose. It looks fantastic. The italics are another great addition. As for crits, I think it might look a little better if you made the side windows a (...) (18 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Thomas Duplo Trains
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(...) "Spencer". Agreed. I lost, er, track, of all of Thomas' newer friends (gad, he's got more than I do!) since he big motion picture. Personally, I think Tom should spend more time with his older friends and stop making so many new ones. JOHN (18 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I find their choice of locos wierd, Gordon yes, but why Salty and whatever the silver A4 is called? Tim (18 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: FACTORY: Daniel Aubin's GE B39-8E in Grey MMA Livery
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(...) (snip) (...) (snip) Really nice work! Love it! later, James Mathis (18 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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I just came across (URL) this post> by Ken Dowd over in .duplo stating that TLG is coming out with some new Thomas Duplo trains. That's BIG news in my book, and I'm wondering how it flew under my vast, LEGO train radar. In any event, I'm reposting (...) (18 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: FACTORY: Daniel Aubin's GE B39-8E in Grey MMA Livery
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(...) --snip-- (...) I'm very impressed by this. As a standalone train MOC it is excellent and to make it with the Factory pallette (and software) is astounding. Tim (18 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: FACTORY: Daniel Aubin's GE B39-8E in Grey MMA Livery
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(...) Paul and Dan, Great work by both of you! It's great to see what this model looks like in real life. What a convincing rendition of that locomotive! The paint scheme is very attractive, and the details, like cab steps and cab windows, are very (...) (18 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: 10183 LEGO Hobby Trains on ILTCO
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"Tim David" <talltim@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:JDt5yE.4BK@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] Did you look at the box artwork? I think it will answer your query. :-) Mike (18 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) From these pics and other sources I have managed to work out 8 of the 10 designers: Holger Mathes James Mathis Tim Gould Christopher Masi Steve Barile Ben Fleskes Jeremy Spurgeon Mike Walsh I think the ninth one is Pierre Normandin and is the (...) (18 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | FACTORY: Daniel Aubin's GE B39-8E in Grey MMA Livery
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A while back folks here found Daniel Aubin's impressive Factory designs on Brickshelf. I decided to buy his grey MMA GE B39-8E. Before ordering I made a few enhancements of my own while keeping it primarily true to Daniel's design. The most (...) (18 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: MORE Trains at BrickFest PDX '07
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(...) Steve, I agree, this will be great to see. I'm not bringing everything I have, I'll be bringing some. I've already filled out some MOC cards on the brickfest site, and I plan to do more. I know at least one other BAYLTC member is planning to (...) (18 years ago, 20-Feb-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Hypothetically speaking? the future of IR/RC trains
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(...) I haven't had any problems running the new IR freight train on my old blue track. Even going through points went okay. Niels (18 years ago, 20-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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| | Re: 10183 LEGO Hobby Trains on ILTCO
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"Erik Amzallag" <brickerikNOSPAM@free.fr> wrote in message news:JDs6JM.3pJ@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) Of the 30 models which were selected for the LHT set, the same 14 appear on the front side of both the International (IN) box and (...) (18 years ago, 20-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains)
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