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On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, Larry Pieniazek (<3889ACFB.61D0EAD6@...ager.net>) wrote at 13:13:31 (...) I just checked. The hemisphere is held on from the inside, so you can use a 4x4 cross shape with the 1x1 corners taken out like this OO OOOO OOOO OO This (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The Challenge (was Re: Train Control)
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you'd need to deal with the (...) etc. Only if you want the train to stop in the tunnel. IR (can) have good propagation, my IR remote for my stereo works fine bounced off the wall, but it has to be pointed in somewhat the right direction (1 bounce (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New mod to double decker passenger train
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(...) Do you mean his 8wides? I tend to agree, and it wasn't till recently that I realised it... 8wides make modeling too easy, you get more room to work in. That's fundamentally what bothers me, he's cheating. Or do you mean the fact that US proto (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The Challenge (was Re: Train Control)
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(...) Theoretically you need it only to change a setting... so just make sure that all your potential crashes happen in front of you! :-) (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Too bad we have to choose between LUGNETters. What I think would be a powerful message to TLC would be if some LUGNETter won the contest each and every month. (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Wow, using that half sphere is BRILLIANT! Per Tony's comment, it is going to be hard to get rid of the round to square transition, though... (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi Douglas, sorry I have no black nose-piece as spare, but is set 6473 already discontinued in the US? Here it's still in the shelfs. After my first view on James Mathies gorgeous "Starlight Express" engine, I also bought two copies of that set (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, Masayuki Ogura (<Foq59p.3C4@lugnet.com>) wrote at 06:41:49 (...) That train looks great! The only thing I'd say is, can you get rid of the corners where the new nose piece meets the rest of the body? It would look a lot smoother (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, John Neal (<38891BB1.735F7B6C@...west.net>) wrote at 02:53:57 (...) Eurotrash? Surely, there's more skill in getting detail into a small model than messing about with overbloated Tonka trains :-) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:Foq00p.qz@lugnet.com... (...) new (...) the (...) lighting (...) Wouldn't line-of-sight be a problem for trains? I don't know much about Mindstorms infrared sensors specifically, but besides (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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