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(...) Neither are most Lego fans. I mention Minifigs to people buying Lego at work and they give me a blank look. It's kinda sad actually. =/ (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I suppose Lego trains could be L6 for 6 wide and L8 for 8 wide. Anybody else want to start a Lego Train Scale naming convention? Mike (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ahh, if you phrase it "What scale are LEGO trains?",a question the GMLTC hears constantly at train shows, the answer is a quick "L" scale (the GP isn't savvy enough to handle "MF";-) What scale it approximates with respect to model (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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D'oh! I saw your title and thought that you meant a DeHaviland Dash 8, not a GE DASH 8/9! (The DeHaviland is an airplane, not a locomotive.) -Cheese (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Well, I finally got my digital camera and got it up and running, so I made up a quick and dirty web page to share it. Please let me know what you think. (URL) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) My "set list" at my web site is a bit old. I'm not sure how many more LEGO sets I've acquired since I made that list. (Not very good with accounting.) Maybe the set count is at 500 or so, now? Not really sure. For the former 430 set count list (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It's all relative. Five minutes to replace a few bricks versus Several months painstaking skilled modelmaking/painting. I know which I'd rather do! (cue 'age of instant gratification ruining classic creative toys' debate) Jon (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, I'm not so sure about the robust construction even when dropped part. I think most creations disassemble themselves when dropped on the floor. The difference from fine-scale models is that chances are nothing actually broke, and even if (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I agree with William here - there is so much more to model trains* than the phsical realism of the models. I would love to explore automated operation, bar-coded freight yards and more 'realistic' operation, all possible using Lego trains of course. (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message news:FpqBAD.2Hr@lugnet.com... (...) have (...) guys (...) as (...) large (...) comes (...) covering (...) I will second that. My collection grows faster an cheaper when I buy with the intent to (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Wow I see what you mean.It looks a bit fragile ! I think a monorail would take up less room and of course they can throw themselves into reverse automatically. (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I don't think James has that much, he's just a shrewd builder. As to how people afford large collections, I know people that have very large collections who have got there with a budget of 500 a year... the rest comes from shrewd trading (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Those pictures are slick. I have been very impressed with the work i have seen many of you do. I dont have a ton of lego. Maybe 200 sets. You guys (and girls) seem to have lego out the wazoo. What do you people do for a living to be able to (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, John Neal (<38A246A4.48DF7A6E@...west.net>) wrote at 05:03:40 (...) Ok. point taken :-) Perhaps what I mean is, there is no ultimate answer to the 'What Scale Is Lego?' question. Perhaps it deserves a FAQ entry. Perhaps there is (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Tony Priestman wrote (...) I only bring up scale because of the track gauge issue. I think trains built 8 wide compared to 6 wide "look" better. More realistic? Kinda. I just want my trains wider than a snowmobile. I want my trains to be able to (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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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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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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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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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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(...) 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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