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Still only two cars: one engine and one passenger car. But, I did get a hold of a digital camera to take some more photos of my Cisalpino passenger train model. There are a few picts of how the front nose is constructed in case your interested. (URL) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 8 vs. 6 (was: Excited to Finally be here...)
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One other "take" on model railroading (the one that I prefer, of course) is not to worry too much about the detail of models vs. prototype, or even scale, as long as you can recognize "that's a boxcar, that's a hopper, that's a Pullman, etc." I (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Monorails
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I don't think this would be possible with 9V trains, seems to me the curve radius is too tight to get enough incline on each "loop." -- William A. Swanberg CPT, SC Commander, 229th Signal Company (TACSAT) swanberg@msn.com "Reinhard "Ben" Beneke" (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 8 vs. 6 (was: Excited to Finally be here...)
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On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Larry Pieniazek (<Fpoosu.HrL@lugnet.com>) wrote at 22:22:06 (...) Probably not. I think either John G misread my post, or I misunderstood his disagreement, because I ended up wanting to write the same thing again :-) I guess I'm (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 8 vs. 6 (was: Excited to Finally be here...)
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(...) But I don't think that's what John said. He merely said that his creations were of the highest calibre. And, after I got to MSP and gave him some lessons, they are. :-) He's not claiming they're any particular scale. (...) And now I agree. I (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 8 vs. 6 (was: Excited to Finally be here...)
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On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, John Gerlach (<Fpo6pw.Bp6@lugnet.com>) wrote at 15:51:32 (...) You can make the body look right, but the wheels will be in the wrong place. You can make the doors look right, but a minifig won't be able to get through them. I'm (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Monorails
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(...) Why shouldn't it be possible? Actually I only know the spirals of Jan, a friend of mine, who built them for 12V track. But they are far to big, to get them on most tables. With an increase of one brick per 16 studs of track, all the 12V (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Centipede Train (and others)
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(...) I think these are the most enjoyable models to make - combining two different themes together and coming up with something very unusual. I did the following as a combination of trains and Star Wars. (URL) I'm also interested in any other (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Favorite Lego Train?
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(...) Mulling this over I think 12, domestic first class postage included, printed on heavier stock paper (not fancy imitation lambskin but not the thin inexpensive stock I normally print on), if I can print it 2 up (2 pages per sheet of paper to (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: 8 vs. 6 (was: Excited to Finally be here...)
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(...) You'll get me in trouble writing things like that - people look at me strangely when I suddenly burst out laughing here at my desk... (donning flame suit!) John1, GMLTC (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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