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| In lugnet.reviews, Mark Herzberg writes: I looked at but did not buy one of these at Target. I saw those tall " wide window with a roof overhang piece "'s in there and realize that they might make a pretty tough lookin train, if they are no more (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: GATS Tampa Show...
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| I'm starting to be pursuaded that 8 wide is indeed superior to 6 wide. I may even build my next passinger train in that scale. But first I'd like to see some models that have been built in the 8 wide scale. Do you know any websites that show models (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: Building Bridges
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| (...) Wow, WOW WOW !!!!! That is insane, Jeff! Great job! If I did that at work, my boss would probably throw me out the window or something! I get enough bad looks from my Trade Federation Battle Droid army. Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn CAD (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: Building Bridges
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| (...) Thanks! To answer your questions, it takes about 45 seconds to lower and 55 seconds to raise completely, which is about 75 studs, 60 cm, or 24 inches. The gearing is: new 9v motor drives wormgear, wormgear to 24t, 24 coaxial with five 12t (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: Longest train?
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| (...) Larry, I am up to 71 cars. I will enderver to steal a video camera off one of my friends, and then use there 'putr to digitize the image. The only way to get it to start with 2 motors (yep, 2 is enough, just to run it) is to take slack (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: Building Bridges
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| (...) That is a nice bridge Jeff! Couple of questions for you 1. How long does it take to cycle from top to bottom? 2. How many Rack Gears are in it (LOTS!) Again, very nicely done bridge...it puts mine to shame...although, I am not going to copy (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: Powering trains w/ RCX
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| I was talking more in a sense of replacement/repair of damaged units. I would not be surprised if the retail price of each starts to change with shifts in demand. And due to the "apparently common" replacement of the brick with AC, that would have (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
| | | | | Re: Building Bridges
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| I've finally put some pictures up at this site: (URL) there's anything anyone wants better pics of, or more description on, let me know. Jeff Elliott (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: Longest train?
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| (...) I hear they'll be moving their headquarters to Florida. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | | | Re: GATS Tampa Show...
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| Speaking of which, we *desperately* need a larger radius curve piece. I'm seriously considering building my own curves, but GAD, the work involved! (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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