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(...) Oops:-/ Hey, Paul- Been away from LUGNET for a while and missed your post. It would have been nice to meet up, although it wouldn't have worked out on Wednesday for me anyway-- I had a gig already. Next time, though! JOHN (17 years ago, 20-May-07, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.people, FTX)
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(...) Cool, but I did you ever tell us about this one (which shares a gallery with your concertina wagon)? (URL) is also very nice, and I don't think I've seen 1x3 bricks with bow used that way before. Thanks for the inspiration, Chris (17 years ago, 20-May-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim)
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(...) Per above, I have added a bit more detailing to my LDD model. I added side steps and rails to the cab's side "doors". I extended the tender and added an access ladder and some marklights on the back... I would ideally use 1X3 smooth curves on (...) (17 years ago, 20-May-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(URL) Hi all, This remarkably plain wagon has a deadly secret inside... it's filled with SNOT!!!! I wanted to do the concertina effect very subtly which meant half plate differences in two directions at once in addition to the half plate height (...) (17 years ago, 20-May-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX) !
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Hi all, As a recent convertee to five-wide containers I'm really curious what dimensions other people working with that width use. At present I'm using a 5x12 footprint (or larger multiples of six for larger containers), a main height of 5 bricks (...) (17 years ago, 19-May-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LDD Model of GG-1 Electric Locomotive - Advice Requested
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(...) Bruce Chamberlain postulated that the problem is due to one of the 3-axle trucks being *pushed* through the curve rather than pulled. I suspect that a rubber band between the two 3-axle trucks would help - I will try that sometime. --Bill. (17 years ago, 19-May-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX)
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(...) Solution: don't put the light on the end. Put the light interior to the container, and pipe it to the end using a fiber-optic piece. The size of the flasher (about the size of a stud) would then be more correct, and it could be hidden about as (...) (17 years ago, 19-May-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thank you. And don't forget that the non-electric version is a lot less obtrusive, (URL) (...) Grin (17 years ago, 19-May-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: The Tequila Sunrise
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(...) Sure, yellow is prototypical... (URL) the yellow and gray are backwards, real life can't get everything right) Now as for doing it in dark gray, if you want to say it hit a few rocks thrown by the children along the line, you could use the top (...) (17 years ago, 19-May-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) No, it would be too cool for the world to comprehend! Best to keep an eye out for Jesus while we're there;-) (...) Here's hoping so:-) JOHN (17 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: LDD Model of GG-1 Electric Locomotive - Advice Requested
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(...) It's also not hinged to another truck; it only has to rotate around its center point. Being attached to the motor truck, the 3-axle trucks in the GG1 are being pulled a little bit off center as the wheels go into the curve, and I think that's (...) (17 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX)
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(...) Yes, I caught the typo right after I posted... sigh. What I meant to say is that not all the parts came in grey, which is the original color for this locomotive (the original color was actually dark grey, but the 4x4 dome piece doesn't come in (...) (17 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks, John! Coming from you I consider that high praise. With any luck you'll be able to see it with stickers at Brickworld*. But could the world survive the bringing together of two Polar Express on the same display table? Thanks for the (...) (17 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LDD Model of GG-1 Electric Locomotive - Advice Requested
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(...) My (URL) breakdown crane> has 3 axle trucks using standard LEGO wheelsets, and traverses points just fine, although it does have 4 weight bricks holding it down. ROSCO (17 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX)
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(...) A brief update ... I got it built a while ago but only today tried putting it on the tracks. Bad news, I'm afraid. To make it work on LEGO curves, you need to remove the 4x6 tile with technic peg from the 3-axle trucks and add some tiles (...) (17 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX)
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(...) [...] (...) Pretty nifty indeed. But yellow? I'll assume that this (...) was supposed to mean that all of the parts that you needed came in yellow, so that's the color you chose? Mmmm.... tequila.... Chris (17 years ago, 17-May-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It's another Tequila sunrise! No, wait, this is the first one! Wow, that's as impressive a MOC as it is brightly colored, Tony! You've captured the streamlined twenties look very well-- nice and clean, and well-rounded. It looks fast just (...) (17 years ago, 17-May-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.trains, Benn Coifman wrote: <snippage> (...) Good work, Benn! I had wanted to do the same thing with my Huskey Stacks, but I was deterred by the cumbersome LEGO lighting. I think I'll just stick with my hidden light trick on my Bethgon:-) (...) (17 years ago, 17-May-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Who has made LDD truck/bogie designs?
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I know that people have come up with some creative truck/bogie designs for their rolling stock. So maybe we could collect a bunch of them so that builders could choose from a variety of designs. I thought of this because I was considering updating (...) (17 years ago, 17-May-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: FRED- flashing rear end device
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(...) I like this idea - it adds a nice bit of realism to modern train consists! Too bad Lego lighting wasn't smaller, but for what you had to work with, vool job for sure! And I just saw a History Channel show on trains and they said that trainmen (...) (17 years ago, 17-May-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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