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(...) In the hi-res images of the new buffers, one can see an "S"-shaped line running across the face of the magnet enclosure; it appears to be made of two halves that are then assembled and held together with a slot-and-locking tab mechanism. I (...) (16 years ago, 16-May-08, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) No problem Dave. I am also quite interested to see how the magnet works and rotates in the housing. I am sure someone will dissect one eventually. I was confident that there was going to be a way for the magnet polarity to switch but it is (...) (16 years ago, 15-May-08, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks for the link, Eric! This seems to be pretty good news and I am excited to see how the new couplers work. In addition, I'm interested how they managed to get the magnet to rotate. It could be a two step manufacturing process where they (...) (16 years ago, 15-May-08, to lugnet.trains)
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LEGO has released a statement about magnets and couplers. (URL) (16 years ago, 15-May-08, to lugnet.trains) !
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I don't think TLC would implement this, because these are not single-piece tracks. Akos (16 years ago, 14-May-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Quick, call the police, someone has stolen John Neil's car! Oh, wait, there's another 12+ wider in the world? In all seriousness, very nice. Benn (16 years ago, 14-May-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Congratulations for this great effort! The page is full of great ideas and designs. I hope TLC is reading this! ^^ Thanks for sharing. Julen. (16 years ago, 13-May-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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I'm not a train lad, but the idea of widening lego rails has often intrigued me. I'm going to have to take a close look at your solutions. Thanks for sharing and God Bless, Nathan (16 years ago, 12-May-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hi all, It's been a while since I posted here. I've been playing with this idea for years, and now I finally got the courage to put it all on my webpage. (URL) (teaser pic) Please read the full story on my (URL), and let me know what you think. Play (...) (16 years ago, 12-May-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) Do you even understand how youtube works? My only intent was to crosspost to lugnet.trains, which you always seem to neglect doing. Don't you think that they'd be interested in the goings on of your train group? (...) Whining snipped (...) (...) (16 years ago, 9-May-08, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Allister It is not "fame at last" Our recognition has been in numerous forms by numerous people and organizations over the past 8 years. It was just unusual for someone to film us and put it on U Tube without letting us know. About 5 years ago (...) (16 years ago, 9-May-08, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Fame at last! (x-posted to trains) (16 years ago, 9-May-08, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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For the third year, the (URL) Bay Area LEGO Users Group> (BayLUG) is taking part in (URL) Maker Faire>. (URL) We have a 25-foot square train layout and several additional tables, including a large Technic crane and excavator. The show is open until (...) (16 years ago, 3-May-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.build, FTX)
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(URL) SCLTC> makes its sixth consecutive appearance at the tenth annual (URL) Fullerton Railroad Days> celebration this weekend. SCLTC will bring a full club layout featuring town and city scapes linked by operating LEGO trains. (URL). Location FRRD (...) (16 years ago, 2-May-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: Track laying machine... and it works!
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(...) Vool track laying MOC!! It looks like it would be very much at home on any MoW work crew laying track. I have always liked mostly yellow for MoW equipment too (I've (URL) dabbled in MoW> equipement using TLG's Classic 9V stuff as a guide). And (...) (16 years ago, 30-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: 9V Curved track on sale at S@H
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(...) Train Connector Wires have also gone on sale for $3.99 (originally $8.99). (URL) S@H Link> -Dave (16 years ago, 30-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | ILTCO @ NMRA National Train Show - Anaheim, CA - July 18-20
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Hi All, Well planning for NMRA National Train Show July 18-20 in Ahaheim, CA, has been a bit slow but we are getting the show info together. The west coast is a bit more sparsely populated so the number of clubs reflect that. Really great news is (...) (16 years ago, 29-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce) !!
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Well that was a busy little weekend! I had a fantastic time (albeit a little tiring) and it was purely due to the people that showed up! Deb and Jason came down from our nations' capital! Deb with the wonderful buildings! And jason with the (...) (16 years ago, 28-Apr-08, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.space, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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(URL) (16 years ago, 28-Apr-08, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains)
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Hi Matija, I'm working on a very similar project! Here are the project goals: A design surface to create a model of the layout Wire up components and controls (engines, lights, level crossings, accessories) Interfaces with the Control Lab, RCX, and (...) (16 years ago, 27-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Very Impressed! The mere fact that it works as good as it looks had me drooling. Then seeing it do it at that speed, that simply killed me! Great work! I am very very impressed and might I add, humbled. DRS (16 years ago, 27-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) If you post it somewhere (compiled) I'd be happy to take a look and try and track it down for you. I don't however have the usb device so hopefully it crashes before it gets that far? (16 years ago, 27-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) OK. I have converted the videos with super and now I can see it all. Great Idea! cu mikeheide (16 years ago, 26-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Hey Mike, Thanks. The videos are from my Canon IXUS compact camera. When I click it on Brickshelf it opens in Windows Media Player and plays just fine. I don't think I have any special codec installed. Anyone else having problems watching the (...) (16 years ago, 26-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Very, very nice. But I could not see any video, I only heared the sound. Do you have any special encoder used? cu mikeheide (16 years ago, 26-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hey train fans, My latest creation. A train that lays out track as it goes. (URL) See gallery for all pictures and movies> The principle is extremely simple: A pile of tracks slides on the previously layed out tracks, pushed in front of the train. (...) (16 years ago, 26-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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(...) Hi Brian, no news for now. Lately I have been trying to make the program work on another computer other than mine and a friend's one, but it keeps failing miserably :( It uses a precompiled DLL for USB-communication which for some strange (...) (16 years ago, 26-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains)
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(URL) Nothing to see here, just having fun with photo editing. --Tony (16 years ago, 26-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish.photography, FTX)
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Matija, any updates on your train automation program? Keep us updated. Thanks. Brian (...) (16 years ago, 26-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) That's a cool idea, Dean! I hadn't thought of that possibility. It seems like that sort of system would have backward-compatibility issues with the past generation of magnetic couplers, though. If you brought a new mag coupler in contact with (...) (16 years ago, 25-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Could they have North on the left, and south on the right, thus when two come together, each pole would be up against its opposite? This is the only way I can see it working, but I'm not sure what their side on strength would be. (16 years ago, 25-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) At present, it looks like you can build models using these new buffers, but you cannot yet order them. Such models lead to an "out of stock" message on the LEGO Factory website. This isn't too surprising, given that these parts are not (...) (16 years ago, 23-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Work In Progress - #425 and my SNOTty boiler
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(...) Thanks much! I actually had considered your solution while I was working on designing my boiler, I used your similarly snotted boiler as inspiration. The problem I run into is that my boiler isn't all one color, so in order to use your (...) (16 years ago, 22-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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I have uploaded several images of the new Buffers as they appear in LDD on the Trains-n-Town web site along with a story and discussion thread. These are the same Buffers that briefly appeared in PAB. The nice thing about LDD is you can zoom in and (...) (16 years ago, 22-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks much! I think if I ever do a non-streamlined 8-wide steamer in the future, I'll have a hard time decided between this cheese slope technique and the curved half arch. I like the curved half arch look better, but last I checked they were (...) (16 years ago, 22-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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(...) Thanks much! To be honest it didn't cost quite the fortune some may think. It was pricey, but it only cost me about $15 for all the cheese slopes I purchased, and I didn't use them all. I've used half cylinders before on my streamlined (...) (16 years ago, 22-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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| | Sneak Peek for the NMRA show
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(URL) This is part of a train I'm building for the NMRA show in SoCal this year (easy to guess which one). So far I have 4 cars completed (other then decals), and 4 that need the trucks completed. I better get started on the engine. The idea for (...) (16 years ago, 21-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) ... (...) ... (...) Very nice. I saw your comment on flickr about the running boards. You might want to try what I did on my similarly snotted boiler. I used white for the running boards, but then right above I used 1x2x1 panels instead of (...) (16 years ago, 21-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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(...) Today I've tried the one that comes with my Panasonic DECT home phone, and it works OK, it has the same voltage and jack than the original LEGO provides. (16 years ago, 20-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I stopped using the LEGO power supply a long time ago. I use one similar to that shown below: (URL) has numerous connection pins and you can change the voltage. I let children operate the trains and I turn the voltage down until the trains go (...) (16 years ago, 20-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains)
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