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Hi Larry, Thats the fun of living in Europe, we had an good net of shops all around us and some of the little shops still do have some old left overs to buy for an visiting collector. I know a lot of people who work the same way, just go out and get (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Also the 1968 LEGO catalogs (for different countries) show a tressle train bridge using blue rail pieces on the front cover. Gary Istok (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.cad, Axel Poqué writes: <SNIP> I changed the numbers until L3lab loaded the part without complaint, then tried (...) mouse (...) says (...) done (...) program. (...) Agreed: Pressing CANCEL is ignored by MLCad ==> bug I could see a problem (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.trains)
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(...) This is the right behavior (at least until now) if you select absolute rotation angles. In this case MLCad ignores all view angles and uses the specified one instead. The rotation end step reverts back to the original rotation angles. Michael (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.trains)
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Hey, that's cool-- what city and what is the wheel config? -John (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi Folks, I noticed in the local paper last week an item that might be of interest to the steam train fans. In an effort to "revitalize" our riverfront /downtown area, they are planing to have a 75 min steam excursion train ride. called the Three (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sure you did. :-) You've had all that stuff for ages, come clean. :-) ++Lar (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm sorry, but I have found just another bug as it seems: I was trying to to fix the singular matrix error in the minifig torso subpart and had figured it had to do with som missing number in the rotation matrix. I changed the numbers until (...) (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.trains)
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(...) When I tried to use a rotation step (first time), all 4 windows showed the rotated model in view mode, leaving me slightly puzzled. I don't know if that's the way it's intended to be. After the rotation end step everythings back to normal (...) (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.trains)
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I've posted some pictures of my current models on my website. There's a (I think) fairly innovative railway layout with track plans, and some scenary including tunnels. An old decaying rural UK station. And a Virgin Trains intercity express train - (...) (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I've been wondering what you've been up to, Eric. I look forward to seeing this next station creation! later, James Mathis (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Wonderfuuuuuuuul!!!! Many of the stuff in these pages is also in my picture... look on page 70: the station is very similar to the one in my picture ,and, what's running under it? A Santa fe f7 (quite primitive,but it's a f7). And look at the (...) (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) After showing the picture to a collegue, it doesn't exist anymore and I wasn't born yet, the inverted pyramid was "Katimavik" the canadian pavillon, other building like in front of the picture with the top floor at 45º angle look like the (...) (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hy to all, I just released V1.9R2 of MLCad which contains bug fixes for the mentioned errors. You can download the executeable or the whole package as you like from (URL) I've updated the model section on my home-page with an example mpd file (...) (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.trains)
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"Reinhard "Ben" Beneke" <r.beneke@tu-bs.de> wrote in message news:Fu8LEB.AIt@lugnet.com... (...) northern (...) I think we are all doing this all over the world now - just encase we find that little set we are after, or can trade/sell. Pretty soon (...) (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.trains)
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I made a tour through the Lüneburg Heath (densely populated area in northern germany) on last friday. I visited at least 20 shops in mainly smaller villages and found some nice old sets there. Best finds have been two remote controlled 12V points (...) (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Anybody notice page 89's simularity to Man and his World, Expo 1967 in Montreal Canada? I was 8 then, but clearly remember standing on top of the inverted pyramid overlooking the park and watching the monorail and hovercraft. Don't know why, but I (...) (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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These look good. The non-alignment of the black stripes is a bit jarring though. I've been surprised at the value of the 6557 cab you've used, these must be one of the more expensive 9v train parts. Scott A Mike Walsh <mike_walsh@mindspring.com> (...) (24 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.org.us.nclug)
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(...) In the US & Canada it varies. Depending on the size of the station and the type of train, either high or low platforms are used. A high platform comes to the height of the car door. A low platform is not much (if any) higher than the railhead (...) (24 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm (...) flat (...) The U-shaped ones are the same height at each end compared to the straight ones. (...) I think basically the top of the platform should line up within a plate to the height of the bottom of the train door - this is roughly (...) (24 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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