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(...) This fact was hammered home after I did a couple of thinkgs on the weekend. 1. Played with my kids and build another 4-stud wide big rig. Small, realistic, high vroomability factor. 2. Started sorting my kids LEGO and found selection of (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) The classic LEGO scale (1 door = 3 bricks high) used by LEGO from 1955-1972 is in almost perfect HO train scale. Gary Istok (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) Terminology alert. I'd tend to call sections that are designed never to mate with anything else something other than "common", They're more or less unique, since the interface across the module boundary is non standard and unique to that (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) "How to Win Friends", by Larry P... <g, d & R!> JohnG, GMLTC (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I agree completely. That's why we try to do that exact thing on our 'common' sections - the sections that *always* line up next to each other. Building vertical is good - it adds a lot of interest and visual appeal... JohnG, GMLTC (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Depends on what theme: Police and fireman have a graduated scale based on tenure. Medical staff have a similar but more progressive scale. Adventurers, Rock Raiders and Space work for a "finders fee". Castle only have scales on their mail. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) something. (...) early (...) Chairs as skirting!! Wow is that cool. And using the LL928, what a great touch. Makes me want to go out and blow a hundred just to get a copy of that sticker/brick (I forget which) We're starting to see a nice (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Good point, I really wasn't thinking about how much a legomodular would weight. Mike Poindexter wrote in message ... (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Christopher, Just a quick question kind of off the subject. But on your pictures of your SD40-2 there were some black and red wires ((URL) What are those for? James Christopher Masi wrote in message <38DB335C.B5F154D@cm...ne.edu>... (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Robin, I was wondering how you run the layouts when they're in cabinets? I noticed that at the GATS show your layout was against the wall, so you wouldn't be able to stand behind it. (or that's what the picture looked like) How do you change rolling (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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Thank you all for the suggestions. I don't have time to comment now on each one (things are a bit crazy in the office this morning). But I have printed all of the suggestions and will be taking them into account as I build my table. I do believe I'm (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi Christopher, I think that's quite natural. Fine detailed models with studs in changing directions will be more fragile than massive models with all studs upside... As an example Torsten Werneckes bavarian 4-4-4 steam engine is quite stable when (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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FYI, it's more expensive, but if you use birch plywood for the top/sides/girders, the table will be much lighter, stiffer, and stronger than using plain plywood or LDF/MDF. You could go all the way down to 1/4" birch plywood and still take an (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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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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