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Does anyone know how often new Factory parts trickle down to Digital Designer. Do we have to wait for a new version of LDD or can it be updated? (17 years ago, 6-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) For the record, the decimal place is off and this is an error that will be corrected on Monday. I noticed the level building plate listed at $30.00 and thought there was an error. I am still concerned about the size of the price increase. This (...) (17 years ago, 5-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Peter, seeing images of James' design really went a long way. He didn't have instructions when I built mine, and I never did look at the Ldraw files, but reverse engineering was half the fun. He got to see it in Portland last year, and (...) (17 years ago, 5-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) My hero ;-) But there are 5 carriages, not 3! I ride this every day to work, and I've been wondering how on earth to turn it into a MoC (which I'm terrible at in any case). I just wonder if you modeled the interiors differently - there are (...) (17 years ago, 5-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains)
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The San Diego Coaster. (URL) After moderation (URL) The engine is a F40PH-2C, and the cars are Bi-level coaches by Bombardier. It's been modeled before, but I wanted to use a more accurate color (dark turquoise ) and build longer cars. The train was (...) (17 years ago, 4-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains) !
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(...) I suspect that on these plates and the 16x32 baseplate, someone must have slipped a decimal point. If they seriously are charging $20 for a train base...they're nuts. -Dave (17 years ago, 4-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I'm including images of the buffers: (2 URLs) Well these parts are horrible, I model mostly US trains. And I'm not interested in having my coupler combined with a buffer. I mosly use this part (URL) or this (URL) and toss the regular buffers (...) (17 years ago, 4-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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----- Original Message ---- From: Jeramy Spurgeon <beatnik303@hotmail.com> To: lugnet.trains@lugnet.com Sent: Friday, April 4, 2008 2:59:04 PM Subject: Re: New Elements on Factory? (...) --snip-- (...) Anybody else notice that the train baseplates (...) (17 years ago, 4-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) --snip-- (...) Anybody else notice that the train baseplates jumped up to $20.00 and $25.00!!!???? -Jeramy (17 years ago, 4-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Train coupler designs was Re: New Elements on Factory?
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(...) I used a similar technique in the past, though I can't find a hyperlink to the solution (which was not mine, I think Chris Masi's). It worked rather well, though the main problem that I encountered was the frictionless pins slipping out of the (...) (17 years ago, 4-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) Well... here's a technic coupler which has the same range of movement, almost the same dimensions and is rotationally symmetric. (URL) I've cross-posted this to .technic in case the good people there can come up with something smaller and/or (...) (17 years ago, 3-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) Or indeed the LEGO problem, back in the good old days of 4.5V trains. (At least LEGO had the magnets in colour coded mounts, though). Cheers Richie Dulin (17 years ago, 3-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) This is my guess. The magnet looks like it might spin and pivot so it might still work. My guess is that it will have to work otherwise they would have to have 2 different buffers, one front and one Back. -Eric (17 years ago, 3-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) <>> (...) Could it be for this reason? (URL) link> (warning Stajinaria link, may contain swearing, rudeness and other behaviour unallowed on LUGNET). Tim (17 years ago, 3-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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It looks like all, or most of the expanded palette including the space palette is online. Lots of new parts up there. Grey minifigs, police and viking torsos, crossbows, suitcases, skulls, armor, skeletons, cupboards, new heads, new colors of chairs (...) (17 years ago, 3-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I see what you mean about the buffers, although I assume you mean the magnet that is hard mounted. The ability to pivot to allow the correct polarity to face outwards if vital really, otherwise you end up with the Brio problem of having to (...) (17 years ago, 3-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I see what you mean about the buffers, although I assume you mean the magnet that is hard mounted. The ability to pivot to allow the correct polarity to face outwards if vital really, otherwise you end up with the Brio problem of having to (...) (17 years ago, 3-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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I'm usually not on Factory/Pick-a-Brick, but have been this week. In just the past couple of days, it looks like they've made some changes to the train elements: Added Train Buffer 2 (Design ID: 64422, Category: Transportation Means, Trains) Prepack (...) (17 years ago, 3-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hi all, I don't know how many of you use Flickr for train MOC pictures but I'm just reminding/alerting you to the LEGO Trains group over there ((URL) so that you can join and add photos if you are a user. I think there's a few users there who don't (...) (17 years ago, 3-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That would have been a heck of a book. Benn (17 years ago, 2-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains)
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