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Let me say that this is NOTmeant to be derogatory in any way. I just checked out Ben's "a Baltimore and Ohio Royal Blue 2-6-2 steam engine" (URL) it got me thinking. Ben used a stud forward building technique along the length of the engine, and I (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Ben, It looks nice. It looks like you are using rounded off "FreeStyle" 2x3 bricks [1] on the cab and on the tender. I have been looking for those. I have only found one FreeStyle set that has them in blue, and that $20 set only has two of them. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) something. (...) Very cool! It's the first aerodynamic steam engine I have seen in the net so far: great shape! I like the amount of rounded bricks, the use of seats as valves/cylinders and the cool colour of course. Regards, Ben (the ABS one) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Stop the madness!!! Ben's bingeing again! SteveB Ben Fleskes wrote in message ... (...) something. (...) early (...) now, I (...) truck. (...) chairs as (...) cylinders. (...) forward (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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All this talk of modules and standards inspired me to actually build something. (URL) a Baltimore and Ohio Royal Blue 2-6-2 steam engine circa, late 1930s early 1940s. Not sure if the wheel arrangement is correct since the leading and trailing truck (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains) !
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(...) Something that came up on the call is that for geometry reasons, if you want curved modules not to have overhanging track you need your track centers on multiples of 8 studs away from the module edge. So the outermost track should be at 8 (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: infrared remote control of LEGO trains using NQC and RCX
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(...) I have to go with John on this one. Afer all, he's my acolyte and some of that infallibility was bound to rub off on him. (...) No, the moral is, you're not going to be able to prove me or John wrong about stuff at this point in our (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Minifig What scale are they??
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(...) later ~ craig~ (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: infrared remote control of LEGO trains using NQC and RCX
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(...) I have seen people put the 12V center wheel from a 12V motor there. Not sure how they did it. If you do, you lose the outer cladding (which simulates the truck sideframe members, spring hangers and other stuff). (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | GFLTC Take on Modules...
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With over 70 post with in the last 24 hours, most on the table and module design. I thought I would give the GFLTC take on display modules. We don’t just use tables, we cover them, making them cabinets. It make it easy to setup and operate at shows. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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