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Well that was fun! The good-- Friends, LEGO, crowds... The bad-- no stanctions... The Ugly-- "Hey you Parent!! Wanna take your completely tantrum-throwing brat out to the car for a time-out?" Geesh! Anyway, I've uploaded some pics-- (URL) In which (...) (17 years ago, 27-Nov-07, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: HF110C 0-6-0T+T - 6 wide, powered and not really 0-6-0
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(...) Really nice work, Tim. You have packed in a lot of greeblie things which adds to the visual interest of the MOC. I especially like the croissant for smoke-- that idea strikes me as so Japanese for some reason. Are you turning Japanese? :-) I'm (...) (17 years ago, 27-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Help looking for specific train pics.
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(...) We've been looking into a few hotels, but the cheaper ones aren't close to Downtown Disney (more like closer to Universal). Now that Festival of the Masters is over (see (URL) Joe Meno's Flickr set> ) and Thanksgiving is out of the way, we'll (...) (17 years ago, 27-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: HF110C 0-6-0T+T - 6 wide, powered and not really 0-6-0
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(...) That is lovely. Shape and detail. I'll even let you off the missing wheels! I think its the option I would have taken and its not really that obvious the representation of the valve gear and connecting rods hides it well. You look like you (...) (17 years ago, 27-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | The Steam Engines of Sava Railways
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Blame John, he was the one who said I needed to do a group shot. Since my wife was about to commandeer the last unused table and white sheet for her snow village, I decided that this was the time to do it. (URL) A few more pictures in the (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 27-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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| | Re: Sava Railways' #982 "Lady" (with Big Ben's Medium Drivers)
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(...) I'd love to do it in dark blue, but I would have to sacrifice a lot of curves and detail given the lack of currently available dark blue parts. More than likely I'd be building it in regular blue. (plus BBB wheels come in regular blue) (...) (...) (17 years ago, 27-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | HF110C 0-6-0T+T - 6 wide, powered and not really 0-6-0
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(2 URLs) Flickr> (URL) BS> Hi all, I finally got around to building some new rolling stock. As I have no internet at home I had to build it from a model from a magazine ((URL) Modeller>) but I tried to get it as accurate to the model as I could. As (...) (17 years ago, 27-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Sava Railways' #982 "Lady" (with Big Ben's Medium Drivers)
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(...) Tough choice. #425 is a nice Loco and dark blue steam would rock. (URL) The (URL) Pennsy T-1 Duplex> is just awesome and is on my build list. A note on color though. All T-1s were painted standard Pennsy Dark Green Locomotive Enamel (Brunswick (...) (17 years ago, 26-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Take a Ride on the Reading ( 0-6-0T Reading Switcher using Big Ben Bricks New Medium Drivers)
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(...) Thanks Since #1251 spent most of its time moving other locomotives around the Reading shops it doesn't look to far out of place when being shoved by another powered loco. Here is a pic with the updated tank. New (URL) Old (URL) And a cab shot (...) (17 years ago, 26-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RR Caboose and Hopper
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(...) Naturally after I posted this, I immediately noticed that the suggested piece is defintely the wrong angle... answering my own question. Someone with a better part knowledge may have other ideas, but have to say a great job tackling a (...) (17 years ago, 26-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RR Caboose and Hopper
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(...) Cale, Wow. Great units and great details on both. The interior work on the caboose is awesome and inspiring. I will definitely be borrowing some ideas to improve my car interiors. Tremendous work. One question. I was wondering if you (...) (17 years ago, 26-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Sava Railways' #982 "Lady" (with Big Ben's Medium Drivers)
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(...) Thanks much! I really don't think I deserve a discount, but I have to admit my wife would appreciate it, what with all the wheels I've bought :) Plus it seems like every week I find some new design I'd love to tinker with (much to my wife's (...) (17 years ago, 26-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Sava Railways' #982 "Lady" (with Big Ben's Medium Drivers)
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(...) Thanks much! Coming from someone who's seen the original I consider that high praise. I wish I could have seen Puffy in person, and if I ever do I may revise Lady. Pictures of Puffy are somewhat hard to come by, especially of her right in (...) (17 years ago, 26-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Sava Railways' #982 "Lady" (with Big Ben's Medium Drivers)
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(...) Thanks! I've been toying with the idea of adding flags to all of my locos, but I'll probably stop with the "older" models where'd they'd be more appropriate and fit in better. --Tony (17 years ago, 26-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Sava Railways' #982 "Lady" (with Big Ben's Medium Drivers)
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(...) Thanks, and will do! --Tony (17 years ago, 26-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Sava Railways' #982 "Lady" (with Big Ben's Medium Drivers)
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(...) Thanks John! She was a fun build, I started her the day I got the new drivers. I'm just a little disappointed that the new drivers can't be stacked close together like the larger versions, but only just a little. Overall they perform very well (...) (17 years ago, 26-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Take a Ride on the Reading ( 0-6-0T Reading Switcher using Big Ben Bricks New Medium Drivers)
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(...) I just wanted to add a 'me too' to your steamer. I really can't add anything that hasn't already been said or addressed. I agree that the tank shroud around the boiler could be more smooth, but the aforementioned cheese slope additions should (...) (17 years ago, 26-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: New racer windshield/train roof
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(...) Very sweet, I hope we get a 2x1 version as well. Looks like it's in white as well as black: (URL) I also noticed a dark bley center drop train base. And new cab top peice: (2 URLs) And check out the microtrain: (URL) And a new (...) (17 years ago, 26-Nov-07, to lugnet.inv, lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts)
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| | New racer windshield/train roof
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Maybe I'm late to noticing this but check out the 'windshield' on the next batch of racers: (URL) Looks to me like a VERY useful part. Jonathan (17 years ago, 26-Nov-07, to lugnet.inv, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Take a Ride on the Reading ( 0-6-0T Reading Switcher using Big Ben Bricks New Medium Drivers)
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(...) Thanks Ben I tried out the 1x1 slopes. It definitely helps smooth things out more. The cab interior still needs a bit of work. I,m not quite happy with the detailing yet. The cramped space makes it challenging. I'll get some pics up in the (...) (17 years ago, 26-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | British Class 35 "Hymek" Loco with Power Functions
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New photos on Brickshelf of my 8mm scale Class 35 Hymek loco ("Bear" from the Thomas stories), now with added Power Functions: (URL) can see the window of the PF IR receiver towards the right end of the roof here: (URL) odd bit in the middle of the (...) (17 years ago, 26-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Re: Hiawatha steam locomotive
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(...) Oh, that's fantastic news, Benn! Although the brown is perhaps closer in tonal value to the Hi's dark red, it seemed a bit odd to me to go with that color instead of TLG's dark red. I'm very excited to see your "repaint"! :-) I will be (...) (17 years ago, 24-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Hiawatha steam locomotive
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(...) Hi Cale (and Tony), thanks as well for the kind words. As background, the Hi has three sets of wheels, I chose to fix the pilot truck and the drivers to the boiler, using only one set of flanged drivers. Without reworking the whole mechanics, (...) (17 years ago, 24-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Hiawatha steam locomotive
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(...) Hey John, thanks for the kind words. Indeed, Ross might be one of the best steam builders out there. I don't know how you manage to get those huge trains moving with the little 9v motors, but they are slick. I'm happy with my quiet little (...) (17 years ago, 24-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RR Caboose and Hopper
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(...) ... (...) ... (...) WOW! To get all of that interior detail is incredible (even in 8 wide, grin). Very nice. Benn (17 years ago, 24-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Take a Ride on the Reading ( 0-6-0T Reading Switcher using Big Ben Bricks New Medium Drivers)
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(...) ... (...) ... (...) Hi Cale, to get some of the curve while keeping the detail, you could split the difference and use 1x1 cheese slopes in place of the top 1x8 & 1x1 tiles. In any event, the build clearly shows a lot of attention to detail, I (...) (17 years ago, 24-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: building a 4-4-0 American with BBB wheels, advice wanted
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(...) I used the the little LEGO wheels; the small BBB wheels weren't available yet, and the little wheels allow me to keep the wheels from interfering with the cylinder and pistons. I think they look a little small, but they're OK for the time (...) (17 years ago, 24-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RR Caboose and Hopper
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(...) [...] (...) Great stuff. Two cars that I love, and both look awesome. Chris (17 years ago, 24-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The Toronto Christmas Train Show This Weekend
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My bad--I thought I had all the NG's and followups done all nice... In lugnet.org.ca.obb, David Koudys wrote: You are invited to the Toronto Christmas Train Shop this weekend! 12am - 5pm, November 24, 2007 10-4pm November 25,2007 The International (...) (17 years ago, 23-Nov-07, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: building a 4-4-0 American with BBB wheels, advice wanted
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(...) I had very good luck using small and large BBB wheels for my 4-4-0 American on my Christmas Train project. See what I did here: (URL) the tender I just used a 9V engine, but if you had some other power method then two bogies with a total of 8 (...) (17 years ago, 22-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RR Caboose and Hopper
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Yes, These are really awesome! The Caboose is amazing and the hoppers are fantastic as well! Very cool to see your model sitting on the real thing. (17 years ago, 21-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RR Caboose and Hopper
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(...) snip... Wow. You have really packed in the detail here, I think the caboose is quite astonishing. Probably one of the best train models I have seen... An instatant favourite. Chris (17 years ago, 21-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Sava Railways' #982 "Lady" (with Big Ben's Medium Drivers)
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(...) Another really fine model. Your locos are a great advert for BBB, I hope you are getting a discount by now!! I can't wait to see what you come up with next ... Chris (...) (17 years ago, 21-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | building a 4-4-0 American with BBB wheels, advice wanted
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I am thinking about building a 4-4-0 American in 6-wide using BBB wheels. Can anyone suggest what size wheels I should use for the various wheel sets (front truck, driving wheels, tender) to make it look true-to-prototype?. Can use any of the BBB (...) (17 years ago, 21-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Help looking for specific train pics.
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(...) Thanks John... appreciate your help. AND YES Mike, thank you so much, those are the pics I was looking for, my mistake for thinking it was Brickshelf. Awesome. P.S. Any news on SpringBrick??? I have had almost two weeks of snow, and Im ready (...) (17 years ago, 21-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RR Caboose and Hopper
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Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RR Bay Window Caboose and 100 Ton Hoppers (URL) The (URL) Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RR> established in 1875 connected the steel centers of Connellsville PA, Pittsburgh, and Youngstown Ohio hauling coal, coke, iron ore, limestone, (...) (17 years ago, 21-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Re: Sava Railways' #982 "Lady" (with Big Ben's Medium Drivers)
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(...) Wow 'Lady' looks great Tony. As I work in Grapevine (right next to tracks too) I see Ol' Puffy almost daily and 'Lady' is a wonderful tribute to her. You really did her justice. Simply great!!! (17 years ago, 21-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Drive Rods was... Re: Sava Railways' #982 "Lady"
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(...) Gee John, Your not asking for much. :) More prototypical drive rods would certainly be welcome. They would need to be pretty versatile to cover a wide range of wheel arrangements. So far I've built an 0-6-0T, a 4-4-2, a 4-6-2 and a 2-10-0 as (...) (17 years ago, 20-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Sava Railways' #982 "Lady" (with Big Ben's Medium Drivers)
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(...) Great little engine. The flags are nice touch. Cale (17 years ago, 20-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Take a Ride on the Reading ( 0-6-0T Reading Switcher using Big Ben Bricks New Medium Drivers)
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(...) In lugnet.trains, Ted Andes wrote: (...) Thank you both for your comments. The shroud your referring too is the water tank which is where the T in 0-6-0T comes from designating it as a (URL) tank engine>. The most famous tank engine being (...) (17 years ago, 20-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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