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(...) Yeah, I really like how the walls look like painted wood slats. (16 years ago, 20-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) ::snip:: Very nice, Richie, and quite a unique style of building. The snotted sides give everything a great wooden look. Thanks for sharing with us! -Jordan Schwarz (16 years ago, 20-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Hi Benn, Thank YOU for your kind words also :) I know what you mean about the hand rails being disproportinately large, what I've started using now rather than normal tubing is technic flex rod, it gives a more proportionate / scale look. Carl (16 years ago, 20-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Thank you for the kind words. As I mentioned, watch RB for photos showing the drivers without the engine in the way. After seeing (URL) your 9F>, it looks like I've left out about half of the feasible detailing on the drivers alone. I want to (...) (16 years ago, 20-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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I’ve long been a fan of the Coffee Pot narrow gauge steam railcar, running on the South Australian Narrow Gauge, and now part of the (URL) Pichi Richi Railway> in (URL) Quorn>. I understand that the Coffee Pot is no longer running, but has been, (...) (16 years ago, 19-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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(...) I have to say, this looks pretty slick, I bet it looks fantastic in action. Clever work of the floating assembly of the fixed valve gear to drive wheels, I know that space is WAY tight! well done :) You really need some side hand rails along (...) (16 years ago, 19-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Everyone, A recent friend of mine, (actually a customer at the Atlanta LEGO store) is moving back to Bakersfield, CA. She's a builder, with a rather unique way of building--she builds entirely by touch (yes, she does not have the gift of sight like (...) (16 years ago, 18-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc)
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(...) (URL) Here's one. It's an NA pasenger truck. The MPD and 2 axel varients are in my brickshelf folder: (URL) Bothe end axels "float". But changing it to a single end floating works fine as well. And you could replace a 2x2 end tile withe a (...) (16 years ago, 17-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) ... (...) And thank you Tony, like Cale you are too kind. The cylinders are rigidly fixed with the drivers (well, there's a little slop), so the whole unit rotates together. The hard part was making it small and sturdy. The end result works, (...) (16 years ago, 15-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) ... (...) Thank you Cale, you're too kind. I just wish I was at BW long enough to get a decent photo of our two N&W engines side by side. Indeed, I plan on featuring shots of the running gear off of the locomotive in the forthcoming RB (...) (16 years ago, 15-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) The review might have been a little too dead pan if the folks at Lego lurking these dark halls take it seriously. I suspect it was purely SKU's, since most children getting the set would already have a small oval in hand, a ton of curves (...) (16 years ago, 15-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) --snip-- (...) It's annoying enough when you forget to post in a relavent thread, it's even more annoying when you started the thread... Another design from me at (URL). Tim (16 years ago, 15-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(URL) Hi all, When looking at some of (URL) Swoofty>'s excellent bogie designs I realised that studless technic could be a great way to create smaller and more 'realistic' bogies than regular system bricks. This is my first attempt and, while I've (...) (16 years ago, 15-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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(...) Benn, this is just brilliant! What a gorgeous train you've built! I absolutely love this locomotive, and I've wanted to build it for some time, myself. I never would have thought to float the drivers and not the trucks on the locomotive, but (...) (16 years ago, 13-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) You've built your self a pretty awesome train Ben. The Norfolk and Western J class is my opinion one of the most beautiful streamlined steamers built. Your solution for the running gear is very innovative and looks like it works quite well. (...) (16 years ago, 13-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Compiling pre-existing code with the latest Visual C++ won't introduce the .NET framework into an app. The app would have to be rewritten to use .NET in order to get a .NET dependency in, so that's not an issue. Apps compiled with Visual (...) (16 years ago, 12-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) To underscore that point, in a recent NELUG draft this summer, we had maybe 400 lots for our participants, about 17 of which were lots of curved track (unopened boxes or groups of 8 rails). Also in the draft were such undesireables as foam (...) (16 years ago, 12-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains)
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I was finally able to clear out enough time and off enough room to photograph my N&W J-class steam engine (northern, 4-8-4) and consist. (URL) Full Gallery> I wanted to build the N&W J class for some time, but the bullet streamlining around the nose (...) (16 years ago, 12-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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I've long wanted to try my hand at one of those 'redux' MOCs which get talked about every so often, so when the opportunity to exhibit a layout again arose, I leapt at the chance to redux Point Brique. (URL) The PBHCR originally formed a part of the (...) (16 years ago, 11-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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(...) --snip-- (...) I found it hilarious enough to ask Richie to copy it to .trains but I guess if you don't appreciate satire it's not going to be for you. Perhaps a unicorn chaser of some minifigs doing something wacky would bring back the (...) (16 years ago, 10-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hi Ted, (...) That's an AFOLT point of view. We enjoy long straight track, imitating real word railtrack. Now, focus just one moment on kids point of view. They enjoy to alternate right curves with left ones, making their train snaking their way, (...) (16 years ago, 10-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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All- I have to assume this post is meant as a tongue and cheek joke (though I don't see that much humor). Ignoring that the rails are not 9V, there's the basic issue that the set is 50-50 straights and curves. That's a horrible ratio to force/foist (...) (16 years ago, 10-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) (URL) (16 years ago, 10-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) Was this serious? You didn't say that the staight track can go at 22.5, 45, 67.5 degrees etc. David (16 years ago, 10-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) One particular enhancement I'd like is better track height and slope management. I'd like to be able to set each individual track piece end height to the nearest 1/6 of a plate height. My layout has many track pieces at non-integer plate (...) (16 years ago, 7-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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I enjoyed reading this review. Bravo, sir. (16 years ago, 7-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains) !
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(...) Although Mono make it possible to run .NET application over Linux (without wine), currently Mono fully support only .NET version 2 while microsoft already have .NET 3.x and .NET 4 comming soon if not already available. Mono will always be (...) (16 years ago, 7-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) I will add that if you want buy only straight rails, you get a free extra of 8 curved rails (the inverse is also true). That's a big deal ! Spotlighted Erik (16 years ago, 7-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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(...) It is not that difficult to modify the tracks to supply 9v to the motor. Most electronic stores carry some form on conductive adhesive. (16 years ago, 7-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) --snip-- (...) This review is a real asset to the community. Spotlighted! Thanks for sharing. Tim (16 years ago, 7-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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RATINGS (Scale: Must-Have Excellent Very-Good Good Fair Poor) Set: Excellent Models: Fair Playability: Poor DECALS? No. SPECIAL FEATURES/COMPATIBILITY Trains - 9V (but not the old fashioned kind that need metal track) SET DESCRIPTION This set is (...) (16 years ago, 7-Nov-08, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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(...) My understanding is that the new Wine supports the .NET framework using MONO (open source implementation of nearly all of .NET). I think it is older programs, and game-like programs (like LEGO's designer) that it has trouble with. -Chris Gray (16 years ago, 7-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) Lewis, My camera is capable of full-screen video, and I should be able to burn a copy of the .avi video onto a CD/DVD for you. Scott (16 years ago, 6-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It is indeed written using MFC, which it makes extensive use of for the GUI. Porting it to another platform would take considerable effort. I think what I'm going to do first is get the source code into a package I can release (and archive!) (...) (16 years ago, 6-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) Cool Lewis! Now I want to see some details of the electromagnet and how you got it working :) (16 years ago, 6-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) What about (URL) BlueBrick>, as discussed in (URL) #3>? Might be good to coordinate efforts. Benn (16 years ago, 6-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Finally got it working! I just finished a working container crane. It uses a nxt, three motors, a light sensor and a electromagnet. (yes it is not completely pure) The crane will randomly choose a container from the ship and more it to a randomly (...) (16 years ago, 6-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc)
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(...) If Matt or someonelse rewrite the code (open sourced or not) I would suggest to use a framework that is available to most of the OS like Qt or GTk. That way it would be really easy to port to all OS not just the most known. Wine is working (...) (16 years ago, 6-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) Given the reports that its using MFC, it would be easier to rewrite a new version from scratch than to port the existing one. (16 years ago, 6-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) For me, the great think about Track Designer is that it runs just fine under the Wine Windows emulator. I've used it that way under my X86-64 Linux machine for several layouts, including working on NALUG layouts for train shows. I've never (...) (16 years ago, 6-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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