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Are you kidding me? SIX DAYS without a posting in trains???? This really sucks. And I only have myself to blame. And I blame the holidays for my recent inactivity, but that only goes back so far. So, I'm pledging to return to the days when my mouth (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: New Small Train Station MOC
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(...) Hey, Dave- This is a great little train station! You have really captured the architectural that says "train station" well. JOHN (17 years ago, 17-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Bodville update
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The Bodville website is on a new server now. (URL) (17 years ago, 12-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGO 7996 and 9V
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(...) Running wires between cars is probably not as tough as getting the lead from the motor to the car or engine. Although LEGO made a train headlamp kit, the wire coming off the motor connector tended to get in the way, especially on turns. We (...) (17 years ago, 11-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO 7996 and 9V
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(...) Myself and others have used copper foil (2 URLs) I converted a 7996 just before Christmas, and installed it in my elevated train layout. So far it's run flawlessly for different trains for over 20 hours of run time. I used pre-tinned (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGO 7996 and 9V
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(...) Ted: That's a great idea! Do you any pictures of your setup and how you routed the wire between the motors? This sounds like something I would love to try. Thanks for the tip. -Dave (17 years ago, 10-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGO 7996 and 9V
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Jeffrey- Of course, there's the "easy" way: Simply use two motors, linked by a wire, and separated by enough distance to cover the non-conductive gap caused by using a 7996. We have tried this and it works fine (and also improves operation (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Cleaning Battery Terminals
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In lugnet.robotics, Mark Riley wrote: <snip> (...) Ooooh... wireless remotes! Nice! Throw it at me and I'll test it when ready :) Dave K (17 years ago, 10-Jan-08, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Cleaning Battery Terminals
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(...) I just finished a second RCX and while the terminals aren't as shiny as the previous RCX, the RCX fired right up after I reassembled it. The crud on this latest RCX's terminals was bluish green so I suspect the outer silver layer got eaten (...) (17 years ago, 9-Jan-08, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Hobby Train Instructions PDF?
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In lugnet.trains, Tim David wrote: (SNIP) (...) Well that's the best option, save some trees. I find I have to watch some steps a few times to work out whats going where. Ben's train #9 is almost all black (Great design by the way Ben). (17 years ago, 9-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains)
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