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(...) Its not that harsh, this is from one of the more serious model railway mag's at the time, with a fair amount of 4mm finescale. It is more that they are a good toy, poor model type statement than anything else, and they do at least credit lego (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thats A wonderfull model for lego Brian .. wow im in love! Im trying to model a 2 - 3 - 3 - 0 steamer in cad with the 12 v engine parts... now I got some Ideas LOL (locomotive museum anyone?) -T Burger (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Everyone, Several people have inquired about the stickers used on some the cars that I posted pictures of last week. Here are four more cars plus the original pics with updated descriptions... "(URL) An old-time Austrian beer car lettered for the (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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James Powell wrote in message ... (...) gone (...) may (...) really up (...) That's harsh! 1983 had some fantastic Lego train sets. I could onyl imagine what they would write about today's crop of sets if they disliked the 1983 sets. (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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The shoe is the hard part. Getting to the shoe seems pretty straightforward. Look at how the croc or metroliner does it. (URL) shows the croc pretty clearly. (wasn't there an alternate model for this set???) All those parts except the shoe (top (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Bite your tongue. But glue it to the roof of your mouth first so that it really hurts. Infidel. (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.books, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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Welcome Alan! Sounds like you have a great *starter* set-up;-) So you say you are not on the dark side yet, but I say give it a try. Start out with a box car. Kitbash your sliding doors from one of your boxcars and see what you can do. Basically, I (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Glue? Chris Just couldn't resist. (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.books, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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Hello, I am trying to make a pantograph, but none of my attempts have been satisfying so far. Any suggestions ? Gilles (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) which I thought was an excellent touch... (...) Those are Wonderfull ideas for abandoned tracks, a good addition could be remains of posts (a 2 x 2 brick along side?) or extra ties so each section has 4 ties rather then 2, break up some ties, (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) The WAMALUG abandon track arose when the LEGO Outlet store got a few cases of the old straight gray rails. We're planning on putting in a few old boxcars with 4.5v wheels and some hobos hanging about. Of course, this camp may overrun if Kevin (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Hello, hello... and welcome to trains, trains! Got any pics of your town? BTW, the WAMALUG town has an abandoned track, which I thought was an excellent touch... (25 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Oops. I didn't mean to post it twice. Alan (25 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello all. I have a town with a train connected to it. I enjoy trains, and have a Metroliner, a Load and Haul Railroad, a Freight and Crane railway, and a Level Crossing(the red 9v one). I am not on the dark side, John.:) Alan (25 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello all. I have a town with a train connected to it. I enjoy trains, and have a Metroliner, a Load and Haul Railroad, a Freight and Crane railway, and a Level Crossing(the red 9v one). I am not on the dark side, John.:) (25 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) But not very well. They have a tendency to pop out again. At least that's been my experience. Anyone have any clues as to how to get them to stay? (25 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.books, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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On Wed, 19 Jan 2000 04:02:08 GMT, Allan J Smith uttered the following profundities... (...) For those with the tractor wheel links, the inside "tubes" of 1x4 plates fit into the holes on the links.... (25 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.books, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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Hi everyone, Yesterday I did some experiment with a spiral consisting of 75 straight and 48 curved rails. I also test the switch and the new + crossing rail. Following are the results. 1. The electrical resistance of one side of a straight or curved (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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This is a good general reference link. It's the NMRA or National Model Railroad Association. It has links to a lot of good resources including links to most major US prototype railroads (URL) you're safer doing it as (URL) as that link redirects to (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Suzanne D. Rich wrote in message ... (...) that I (...) your (...) be (...) lists (...) that (...) like to (...) wish. Sorry for not e-mailing... I'm getting tired of OE crashing when I exit OE after sending an e-mail (which uses Outlook 98)... If (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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