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(...) In US colloquial usage to be a stud is (derived from breeder, and then derived from "success with the oppposite sex" I guess) to be someone who can pull amazing feats off, or more generally, someone to be admired. It was a weak usage, but the (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) that I took at our last train show. I will let him speak for his (...) Why not chop off a axle at the back, and make it into a 4-4-2 Atlantic instead of a Jubilee? Then it would be right for the Hiawartha Atlantics. Or, even better, make a (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I (...) A small price for such a great model! Maybe Ben and the Bricksmith Guild could work something out? I personally think your building qualities are up to the standards they're aiming for! -- Frank Buiting Visit the LEGO Lexicon: (URL) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) is (...) You are kidding me again, Lar? You know my English is not the best and I had to ask my dictionary which told me that "stud" means first any kind of studs (like we know them from Lego, clothing etc.), but it has the second meaning of a (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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AWESOME>>> Thank you both for your help.....( I am now searching in the lot for the wheels...) regards Dave Jonathan Reynolds <scorch@tinyworld.co.uk> wrote in message news:Ft6K54.E3t@lugnet.com... (...) from (...) motor. (...) than (...) overworked (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Second that emotion. (...) (URL) the last image: (URL) Gerlach's work, also his Milwalkee Road pair) <insert pic here, I couldn't find a good one of his BN diesel> (John Neal's work) (URL) Davenport's work.. note that the studs are NOT aligned (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Truly Brilliant. A tour de force exercise in minimalist impurity. The wonder is that it works at all, not how well it works. You, Ben, are (If you'll pardon the expression) such a STUD! So when can you get these into mass production? ++Lar (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Huw, Very nice work! I love the nose extension. Very characteristic. The 1x4 light brick could be used if the 1x4 quarter round green bricks are used instead of the green 1x1x1.3 with tab. Since the 1x4's don't have the tab, maybe that 1x4 light (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes it does, but since the torque runs via the vertical shaft, the wheel sets are trying to spin and due to this fact, the engine runs on straigt track at least as bad as most engines do in curves, probably worse. But I works and runs just a (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Huw Millington <hmillington@cix.co.uk> wrote in message news:Ft5t6n.IKK@lugnet.com... (...) it (...) piece. (...) How about the 1x4 twin light units from 9v Town vehicles, connected via cable. The bulbs would have to show through the front, (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) KL (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I made a small update of my pages and added some of my latest buys like 116(yeah!!), 166, 4546 and new pics of 7727 and 7730. But what I would like to post here is the supplement of my april fools site: (URL) added two new pictures there with power (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains) !
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(...) You are correct, Sir! I was wrrrrrr.....wrrrrr rrrreally in a hurry;-) -John (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Okay Mike, here are some pics of the GMLTC's own John Gerlach's (J-1) Hiawatha Hudson [1] that I took at our last train show. I will let him speak for his beauty:-) (URL) wheel config is actually a 4-4-4; John (J-1) can explain:-) (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) If you cannot get any of these wheels there is another solution. I have had one of these motors since (about) 1969. The motor was overworked and abused, regularly with 12v instead of 4.5v and gave no trouble at all. I took it out of storage (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) lol Nothing as exotic as that;-) --although that was my first inclination to use Ninja doors. BTW, here is a picture from a Walther's catalog showing the prototype which inspired my shed: (URL) The doors you "built" look very nice. I really (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Thanks for the close-up pictures. I thought (incorrectly) that you had used some black "doors" from the castle or ninja sets or something and had mounted the black arches to those doors. The doors you "built" look very nice. I really like the shed. (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) grey (...) damaged and he replaced it with a red one. (...) Dear Mark, and this is really not the revanche for my april fool joke? I can't believe! I'm a collector since a really long time and I never saw an old grey window and I never saw a (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Make them red-orange-red. -John (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) ...Well cool! Now WAMALUG can use the event to encourage Buffie to let us play in the mall too! :-) ...you can go back to ignoring me now... wubwub stephen f roberts wamalug guy ((URL) #160 (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ga, lugnet.loc.us.ga.atl, lugnet.org.us.dixielug)
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