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(...) The build looks great, and big too. (...) I've used brass rod from a hobby shop. Mat (17 years ago, 3-May-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Jonathan, thanks for the comments. It means a lot comming from you. I more or less like how the Penobscot turned out but it is not as detailed as my previous skyscraper the David Stott building. Of course if you look at the real Penobscot vs (...) (17 years ago, 3-May-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, Benn. (URL) a picture of the rear>. I choose not to have the handrails at an angle since I felt that it couldn't be properly done. If you can't tell, the rear was inspired in part by Tim Gould's (URL) VO-660>. I've been trying to (...) (17 years ago, 2-May-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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To all, Well, ULUG had a great train show in March. I am extremely late getting the pictures posted. I forgot my camera and had to use a family members and then we had a baby ... ULUG has made some really great strides from show-to-show. We have (...) (17 years ago, 1-May-07, to lugnet.org.us.ulug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) I cheated to flatten the top of the similar handrails on the VO660 buy putting a paperclip inside the flex tube. Tim (17 years ago, 1-May-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Pretty slick! Very good detail all around and clever tricks abound. I like the spark arresters on the stacks. The rear of the cab looks well detailed, do you have a photo of the rear when it is all together too? The only suggestion I have is (...) (17 years ago, 1-May-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LDD Model of GG-1 Electric Locomotive - Advice Requested
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(...) I wonder if it might be possible to pivot where the two trucks join together. We could have an opening for the pin on the motor trucks to move around in, like you have done with the 3-axle trucks. And instead of the half-pin currently used, (...) (17 years ago, 30-Apr-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Excellent! Greatly looking forward to seeing this and the others in person! Just stunning. Best, Jonathan (17 years ago, 30-Apr-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) NOW you tell me :-) Actually I managed to get it built, but it wasn't easy. (...) That doesn't seem to help, as I did a fresh install of the program last night just for this - my wife's Mac didn't have it installed. (...) OK, I will do that (...) (17 years ago, 30-Apr-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX)
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(...) Glad that you ordered the GG1! This isn't the first complaint about instructions generation in LDD, unfortunately. I would suggest trying the different instructions modes (there's one for vehicles, buildings, and Technic) to see if you have (...) (17 years ago, 30-Apr-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX)
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(...) Hi, Paul. I remember seeing the pilot version at GTE and it was fantastic! Do you have any pictures of the entire train? I would love to see the whole thing. I hope that I can attend NMRA 2007 to see them in person. Or perhaps you could bring (...) (17 years ago, 30-Apr-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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WOW She came out fantastic!Can't wait to see it on the layout!Chris MichLTC (...) (17 years ago, 30-Apr-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Well it has arrived! I downloaded the instructions from legofactory.com and man do they stink! I don't think it is any reflection on the design - the software just isn't doing a very good job of coming up with the steps for creating this (...) (17 years ago, 30-Apr-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(URL) Hello, I'm currently working on a 1900's city model (no photo) and built a tramway for that set. But it's too large for the street size?! So I built a smaller one and now the big one is no more usefull. So I could just put it in my stock boxes (...) (17 years ago, 30-Apr-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Neat! I really like the sideways-mounted black "car doors" along the sides. Nice details! -Paul D. (17 years ago, 30-Apr-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(URL) Listen up Mecha heads, town folks, and all else. Debuting at <https://registratio...ckworld.us (URL) will the first of many AMCP –Apocalyptic Mecha City Projects. What is the AMCP? The AMCP is a large-scale modular city display with a war-torn (...) (17 years ago, 30-Apr-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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(...) Nice work, Matt. The front light is very clever. Tim (17 years ago, 30-Apr-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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A while ago Benn Coifman posted a (URL) NP GP9> and I thought it would be cool to have another Northern Pacific loco running around the COLTC layout. I also made it in the NP livery because I had lots of leftover black bricks from my hopper cars (...) (17 years ago, 29-Apr-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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(...) Dang Jim, you fooled me again. I thought that was a picture of the real building! Spencer (17 years ago, 29-Apr-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Here is a photo of my Penobscot Building which will make its debut at the NMRA National Train Show this July in Detroit, Michigan. (URL) The rest of the pictures (it is about 99% finished): (URL) Never heard of the Penobscot Building? Well it was (...) (17 years ago, 28-Apr-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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