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(...) I would be happy if a LUGNETter was among the eight contestants every month. I think I would be a bit uneasy if an AFOL won the contest every month. It can hardly be encouraging for children to see that an adult with a gazillion bricks and (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) No, perfectly legit. You are family;-) I didn't even notice you on the GMLUG roster! Hey, that would be great if an Ohio contingent came to the Fest in La Crosse! Do you hang with the Mikes of Columbus? Jody Neal (no relation) is around there (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.us.gmlug)
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I saw the cross post a split second after the click. Doh! I am in Columbus, Ohio. There are a few other serious collectors here too. John Matthews (who checked which newsgroups this message goes to before hitting the button!) John Neal (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) lol Fundamentally you don't know what you're talking about;-) No, building *smaller* is easier I'm afraid. You have a lot fewer options building smaller, and thus less possibilities for creative building. [1] How many people have built (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) LOL That's funny that you used "Tonka", because the Tonka factory is only a few miles from where I live (I taken kids there for factory tours). The factory is in a suburb called "Minnetonka". Perhaps now you can see where they got their (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Funny you should mention 10. I started work last night on a 14 wide box car scaled to Belvillians and using G scale wheels. I custom built the trucks out of LEGO, but will need to <gasp> glue a few pieces in order to hold the wheels in place (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, James Powell (<Foqo64.7Ax@lugnet.com>) wrote at 13:30:04 (...) Or you could use magic, and do it with mirrors :-) (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, Larry Pieniazek (<3889AFA6.279A1D8F@...ager.net>) wrote at 13:24:54 (...) The latter, I'm afraid :-) I don't think John's cheating: just playing to a different set of rules. I must confess to the attraction of 8 wide. Although (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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Thank you for coming my train page !! I improved my SHINKANSEN nose section. It's a small change, but I think the new version is much better than old one. Please come and see new version. Thank you Masayuki Ogura my train site (URL)These creations (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Mark Harrison wrote in message <38886DE0.882FBC00@o...net.au>... (...) The 165 should have the dotted baseplate. (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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