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(...) Hey james, I just used some 1x1-stud-on-side bricks and some 1x2x1 panels or 1x2x2 brackets to hold the doors in place. I put a couple of mpd's up here (URL) you want to download them and check out the details. They are spaced just right, so (...) (17 years ago, 8-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) My point is that TLG should continue with the 9volt system until a new system is developed and available. Showing off our train layouts at train shows and telling visitors that it is discontinued for 2+ years will turn off the buying public (...) (17 years ago, 8-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) This brickshelf gallery has a pretty good example of it. The version I used is slightly different, but the basic idea is the same. (URL) Basically, use two plates, back to back, held together with a couple of bricks with studs on both sides. (...) (17 years ago, 8-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) What is the "opening door design"? Are there some examples of the method being use? I did a search on LUGNET and came up empty. jt (17 years ago, 7-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks Chris. That door design is great. It's the best brick built solution I've found that still allows the interior of the car to be used. Now that I've got the boxcar design, I'm tempted to build a few, plus a Rutland diesel locomotive and (...) (17 years ago, 7-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks Scott. Your sticker generator was great. Very simple to install and use. The only suggestion would be to add in an error message if the .bmp file isn't in the correct format. I kept forgetting to save in the right format, which either (...) (17 years ago, 7-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I've got a number of 4.5v/12v sleeper that have lost their clips (the little vertical pieces that click into the track), so Im' not wild about going back to that kind of track. If the design could be fixed, so the part that holds onto the (...) (17 years ago, 7-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Great boxcar Elroy, and thanks for the nod... but if we spreading credit around, then I should let you know that the slide is based on a suggestion by James Mathis. On the other hand, you deserve all the credit for coming up with a great (...) (17 years ago, 7-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains)
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Since I have only one IR-Controlled battery-powered (IR) motor, I devised a totally unreasonable test, and then subjected an IR motor and a 9v motor to the test. On a small 10 x 6 oval I set up an 8-stud wide train. I set up my big engine (8 x 59 (...) (17 years ago, 6-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Why can't it be both? Imagine, if you will, a track system that's designed based around the 12v components, but with the ends of the rails being shaped to couple with the 9v/RC track instead. (17 years ago, 7-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains)
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