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(...) Hi Chris, Very, very nice! Wonderful attention to an interior element. Amping up the interiors for engines, coaches, etc. is an excellent focus. I look forward to your further creations and announcements! I should be a student of the proper (...) (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) From my own order, here is what you get for the "K"10183 : K10183 LEGO® Hobby Train 2 CAD 99.99 CAD 199.98 10183 LEGO® Hobby Train 2 CAD 0.00 CAD 0.00 I10183 2 CAD 0.00 CAD 0.00 I do not know what they means thought... (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) An alternative is inkjet vinyl sticker sheet, avaialbe in clear and white. I find that this gives as good a look as official stickers, but the ink can be smudges with careless handling. The stuff I use is made by Folex. Tim (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hey coolness, I like the way you built that. Also, having grown up in the Bay Area, I can't tell you how many times I have been across the Bay Bridge! So, it is all the more fun to see, thank you! -Eric (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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(...) snip (...) snip (...) Chris, Very nicely done. It is hard to capture the size of current North American engines in six-wide, but you have done it. I will be using a lot of what you have done in my next set of engines. Thanks for sharing. Bob (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I'm not sure what you're saying. That because Lego doesn't have a DCC system, arbitrary curve geometry, etc, that Lego doesn't *have* a hobbyist market? Here's the skinny: You've got people who don't care if we switch to a battery system, and (...) (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) In replying to my own post I fully admit my own stupidity! I dont have any pictures handy but I worked from a Cat product spec off the web. Icant work out how to do a direct link to it but this should work: (URL) on locomotive and you want the (...) (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Sorry John I was impatient to make my first post before work this morning and tried to do it before working out how to post with pictures. Sussed it now. (URL) Chris (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I think this mostly comes from what was mentioned last year at BrickFest about Lego creating a "Hobby" line of trains. I suppose it depends on the definition of hobbyist in this case. If you're talking in terms of model railroaders, then I'd (...) (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for your comments Tim It was the flush brake wheel that caused the hassles. Your radiator grill is deeper than the inverse slopes I had in previously, and the small grill below the wheel was a 1x2 brick type attached to the base and not (...) (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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"Mike Walsh" <mike_walsh@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:JEsttJ.GA@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] I posted the wrong link! It should be: (URL) Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring.com (URL) - My LEGO Blog (...) (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Can't pass up a Tap ref:-) I liked the MOC, Chris; it would be cool if you could post a pic of one IRL so that we can appreciate yours more fully. JOHN (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for the tip Ondrew, I was disapointed with the stickers my ink jet produced. I am going to try using one of the laser copiers at my work at some point as I had a much better (and shinier) match to the LEGO colours. Chris (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) That's exactly what I was trying to achieve, shoehorn in somthing serious and turn it up to 11! Thanks Chris (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes, but I'd argue that the current 9 volt system is a toy train sytem. Hobbyists are after something more complex, like DCC, motorized switches, alternative geometries on curves, DRIVERS FOR STEAM ENGINES, etc. It is remarkable to me that TLG (...) (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) well well done. the model is seemingly simple but well executed. i think my only gripe would be your stickers. try putting clear box tape over your stickers before you cut them and apply them to your engine. this emulates the shineyness of (...) (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) It's not a question of whether or not I'll buy the set. Even if I didn't want the set, I would consider purchasing it if I knew that it had a direct bearing on the fate of 9 volt (which I'd like to continue). I think you and DaveE have made (...) (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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"Eric Kingsley" <kingsley@nelug.org> wrote in message news:JEspws.C98@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped .. ] 3 of the 6 reviews are now online, you find them in PDF format on the ILTCO site and links to their respecitve home pages from this ILTCO (...) (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Elroy pretty much has it. This set is marketed as part of the 9v Electric system. It is meant for LEGO Train "Hobbiests" not just kids that want to build a LEGO kit and watch it go around the track a few times. Everyone is welcome to their own (...) (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Because Lego notices the distinct markets of toy trains and hobby trains. The toy train market is for kids, the hobby trains are for adults. Lego knows that hobbyists are after electrical track. Whether or not it's a 9v system probably isn't (...) (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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