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(...) (URL) used the above link (Thanks Ben!) to get the thing apart. It was quite the ordeal! Ben's method looks painful but is actually the best. It does keep the motor together after your done. My design works great. I can short it over with the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)
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Sooner or later I'm going to try what I talked about in another thread - pulling the motor out of the shell, and adding in a capacitor and other circuits, so that the capacitor feeds non-stop 9V to lights or other circuits, while the "main" circuit (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)
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I'm working on it ;-) Plans are for building a black 4558 (AFTER I get a normal 4558), and working on hopper/cargo cars for my freight train. But right now I'm trying to plan out the industrial complex for the freight train - a warehouse, 3 oil/gas (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I would definatley be interested. I was thinking of actually asking someone if they wanted the shuttle if I were to purchase the set. Keep me informed if you do want to buy the set and split it. You can even have the instructions and the box. (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains)
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The rates quoted are correct. I've been charged DM15 and DM23 for cashing checks (a little under and alittle over $10) recently. Shipping the Economy option is the best way to go, since it takes 2-3 weeks and is much cheaper than air. You could also (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.shipping)
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Hi Ben J.! I have opened a 9V motor last year and taken pics of that on my homepage: if interested visit it under the URL: (URL) aim to do so was not the use of an rcx, but to convert the motor for use on 12V track. But I think my pictures may help (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) How do you get it apart? How do you like your design in practice? I would like to see pictures of your whole engine, if you have them handy. Using the track to power the RCX was one of the ideas I was considering. The other was using the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Hi Steve Shipping a Metroliner would be a parcel between 2 and 3kg. There are three ways to ship this to the US: Seaway US$23, allow 30 days for delivery Airmail Economy US$25, allow 2 weeks for delivery Airmail Premium US$38, allow 1-2 weeks (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.shipping)
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(...) I've done just that. It's easy. I added a second wire directly to the motor. It even has little eye connectors for putting the wires. To avoid the motor from going to the main power I simply put electrical tape over the pressure pressed power (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)
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Has anyone investigated the possibility of disconnecting the motor from the pickups on the wheels so it can be powered from the top plate without driving other trains on the same track? Ideally one of the two top connections would still connect to (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Design for 9v Train Light Sensor
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I've put up a design for a sensor which can identify and count traincars at (URL) web page is long enough so I won't repeat it all here... --Ben (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Mark, I just got off the phone with s@h. They have 6557 in stock for $22.00. -Rich (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains)
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A few weeks ago I started dreaming about this set and the three brown inverted brown slopes it contains... Hoo Boy!!! I sure would like them slopes. -- Richard (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains)
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(...) over (...) Wow - I'm surprised that S@H ran out of that set (although I wasn't watching to see if/when it was put on sale for a weekly special). What, did all the train geeks buy dozens of copies to get the white train canopy? -- (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains)
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I still have my Lego phone. It was made by Tyco. It has a small drawer in the side of the phone for storing a few bricks and the top of the phone is like a large baseplate. Even the phone's buttons have studs. I didn't know it was rare. I'm actually (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Check your local Tuesday Morning store. That is pretty much the only US store chain that received the set. Also, I am sure you have called S@H (8004534652, incase you did not) and they told you it was discontinued. However, it is not rare for (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Given that you can replace most of the plastic panels of some mobile phones these days (the 5110 springs to mine) replacing the plastic with lego shouldn't be too hard. Even if you cant replace it with lego then you vould replace it with a (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Does someone want to split a 6544 Shuttle Transcon 2 set?
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I saw this old (1995) set in a store today. I could use the pieces that comprise the space shuttle, but if someone is interested they could buy the other half of the set (the blue jumbo jet) off me. It looks like it has some of those little windows (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I hear you - I'm dying to buy the 4558, but no chance of that happening anytime soon... especially at the current average price of $400... -Shiri (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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Regrettably, I visited the store today and they had no 6557's left. Sorry to Mr. Linsey and the others that emailed me about acquiring this set. The store does still have almost all the other Divers sets if anyone is interested. -- Paul Davidson (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains)
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