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Thanks for the comments. Yes, Larry, I was so excited that I forgot to put the link up, but you were very correct in figuring it was here: (URL) tighter curve has put a lot of restrictions on me. Although the loops I have running right now are (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hmm, I think you are little ahead of your time. Perhaps in another five years when LEGO releases larger radius track, you'll be on to something. Building to scale should be as much about functionality as well as meeting exact scaling. But I leave (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, my trains are usually long enough and massive enough that I see effects on the locomotives. You can hear the motors suddenly starting to work harder as they come into a curve, and surge forward as they come out of it. (the momentum of (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Daggum, it's HUGE !!! Maybe if you interspersed a straight track between each curve piece the overhang wouldn't be quite so...blatant. Nice work though, I really wish it wasn't UPAC, between them and Santa Fe I've seen too many western (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I've noticed this as well. At the GATS show today, I asked others to observe it just to make sure it isn't just me. I notice it mostly when the train goes through an s-curve. The front of the train doesn't surge, but the back does. I think Larry is (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Recent "big loco" and "big car" projects by others have started me thinking about speed surges and wondering if there is a relation. I notice that my longer locos and longer (car length and number of cars) trains experience high frequency (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I think Mike forgot to say where, and I am guessing it is here: (...) I like the comparision pic with the HO scale model pic. You've got the proportions right! But it's so HUGE... I think 6 wide may have been a better choice. Still, very nice work. (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I have uploaded some pics of the EMD DD40 I have been working on. It is almost done. I only need to change some items to the proper colors when I can find the parts, finish adding details on the roof and a few other things. It is 8 x 76 studs, has 2 (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hey all, I assume those of who bought this PC game know the promo 'fig I'm referring to. I'd like to get the head with the red mask on it that someone mentioned recently and now I can't find the post. I have a Train conductor (yellow torso w/red (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I have seen a picture of a very young Conan (of GMLTC fame) standing next to his Saturn V model. It was about 9 or 10 feet tall and properly black/white striped. I was told it was taken about 15 years ago. But then he had a lot of bricks, even (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.trains.org)
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Andreas Frank Werner wrote in message ... (...) discovering (...) now (...) and (...) parts (...) Generally no. From a purists standpoint, replacing older bricks which have had changes in how they are molded (minifig heads and 1x1 cylinders for a (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello everybody, I recently left my "dark ages" after 20 years of LEGO abstinence discovering that all of the nice things for LEGO-Trains I couldn't afford as a kid are now highly-desired relicts from the past (12V trains, electric points, signals (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Since we're being silly, doesn't that mean the building we're displaying in would have to be made from Lego too? And, the electricity to power the trains would have to be made from Lego Solar Panels, or using the Technic motor as generators... (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Needs some background... (URL) Larry Pieniazek - lpieniazek@mercator.com - (URL) Mercator, the e-business transformation company fund Lugnet(tm): (URL) ref: lar, 1/2 $$ to lugnet. Note: this is a family forum! (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ray)
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"Farlie A" <ba124@city.ac.uk> wrote in message news:Fq6F1s.8rn@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) Actually, the raised baseplate from the RR Headquarters makes a good start on a small tunnel/mountain. The gap down the middle of the baseplate is just the (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I am Farlie A, Concering railroad scenery , Yes it can be done in Lego(R)! However I think we need some parts on bulk order: namely Classic Trees as well as flowers. Additonally we need a new part to act as tunnel or tunnel mouth - Possibly a ew (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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"Thomas P. Rafert" <trafert1@gte.net> wrote in message news:38AE13DC.DD860A...gte.net... (much snippage) (...) you do. (...) (URL) (...) close (...) the (...) layout (...) to use (...) the (...) I actually considered this as well, but without (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Interesting that, not having seen any of these layouts, I hit upon the basic structural ideas behind all of them. Maybe I should take a trip to Vegas? -- William A. Swanberg CPT, SC Commander, 229th Signal Company (TACSAT) swanberg@msn.com (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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So then, wouldn't this require some type of anti-gravity device (made entirely out of Lego, of course)? : ) -- William A. Swanberg CPT, SC Commander, 229th Signal Company (TACSAT) swanberg@msn.com "Ben Roller" <broller@clemson.edu> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Now Larry, if I've got enough bricks to cover the table surface I'm sure you do. :-) Yes, I know I use Duplo for structural support and a ton of BURPs for terrain, but hey all together it doesn't look too bad. (URL) > (...) I had talked about (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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