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(...) I know very little about model trains sooooo, what is HEP? (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'd be cautious about using any sort of soluvant to remove stickers. I used some "goo-gone" or something like that to remove the sticker goo on the back of a CD case and ended up having the stuff eat the cd case! (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Yesterday I picked up a second 4559, next on the agenda (soon) two or three 4561s...the car chassis from the 4559s will be turned into TTX type flatcars and the passenger cars from 4561s will be "modified to create better looking passenger cars...my (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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There is going to be one hard and fast rule for this book. All models for which instructions are shown have to use elements that have been used by TLG in a recent set that people are likely to be able to get. This is an idea book so everything we (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes. Rendered images a re not appropriate for building instructions. (...) I didn't know that. Dont you need to have an IR tower to do that though? (...) I have had some very bad experiences in the past with povray and I have sworn that I wont (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes: <slight snippage> (...) But for that you've got to use ldraw... and we all know what kind of computer runs ldraw best, don't we.. :) K.M. ..just pokin' at the hornets' nest... (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I have a video clip of it in the 72 car version, the present one just has more cars...however, I cannot get it up on my geocities account, and have been too busy to get my Roadrunner account page setup. As for Ben's question, a mixture, with (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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How many axels does each car have. 2 or 4? Or is it a mixture? Ben F PNLTC (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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----- Original Message ----- From: Jonathan Wilson <wilsonj@xoommail.com> Newsgroups: lugnet.trains Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 12:17 AM Subject: Re: 9v train idea book: I might be making one, anyone interested? (...) other (...) thing (...) (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You can make them virtually any color you want...virtually;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Of course you can fake the nose piece with medium slopes. KL (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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If you mean the bottom piece, I think black, grey and yellow are the only colors it has appeared in. If you mean the top piece I think black, white and grey are the only colors it has appeared in. note that White and Yellow are orphaned, neither has (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Are there any nose-pieces in blue? I have seen the black/grey/yellow but would realy like a blue one.... -Rich (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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If you go to the Hobby Store and talk to one of the knowledgeable individuals they will point you in the direction of I believe "easy off" by Polly Scale. I've had my can for almost 5 years and can remove decals that have been on for years or cover (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) This must be an awsome sight. That train must be in excess of 40 feet long. What is your track layout to allow for this train? Do you have pictures? (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Go write a Mac version? I've occasionally written some code to render LDraw files, and if *I* can do it... Steve (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Dear John Torsten has made the outer red rings (with a big flange) on a lathe from plastic material you can buy in any diameters (he used 50mm round material of red PVC). Only to fix these outer rings on the spoked wheels he uses O-rings: You (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Decals that have had nothing sprayed on them should come off fine if you soak them long enough. They adhere with a water based adhesive. Solvaset basically softens the plastic enough to get it to conform to irregular surfaces, so you SHOULD still be (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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8Wide opines (mid whine): (...) Not very bright, you mean? (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Nothing new about this German red double decker passenger train except for some new pictures. (URL) was able to borrow a digital camera and do better than laying the model on its side on a flatbed scanner finally. The double decker train is still in (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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