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John I am surprised you didn't make that an "Eight" Hundred dollar membership fee. *grin, duck, run* -Nick John Neal <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message news:395B6C7E.294F49...est.net... (...) <snip> (...) my (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) it's (...) The wagon plate is made of plates (including one 6x8 trap door frame plate for power connector access). (...) I probably have enough corrugated to make a third northeast direct style coach. What I really need is gray curve top (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Nope. The problem is the buttons and the connectors. Removing the battery cover gains about a half a millimeter, where we ned almost a full brick width. KL (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes: Too bad they don't have a 1x3 or 1x1 corregated brick so you could stager the bricks on the sides. I would think the middle of those cars are quite fragle. Do you put any kind of supports behind the sides? jt (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Maybe not... I built this car and another like it and have enough corrugated for 2 more (each car contains about 200 of them) AND I collected most of these *before* the SW sets came out ! (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Uh, BTW, Lar, things have changed a little since you left; dues are now required and we have officers-- I happen to be Treasurer. Please Paypal my account your $100 annual membership fee ASAP;-) -John (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) I will have to agree with Larry on this one, that does "rock". I didn't even know the Code Pilot had sound, very cool indeed! jt (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I think Kevin already cornered the market on the gray corregated bricks: (URL) Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:FwwMHu.H8F@lugnet.com... (...) <cut> (...) can (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Very nice model, Kevin. Really cool. (...) fit in (...) no (...) Would removing the battery cover help a bit in getting the CP to fit inside? Mario (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Dude, you rock. This is an awesome model. Sound! Who'da thunk it... But this part about a custom plate I am not following. It looks to me like it's built up on a frame made from individual pieces. Am I missing something? Did you actually cut (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Like GMLTC is "organized" .... <big smile> It's the most disorganized, and therefore the best, train club extant. No dues, no president, no bylaws. ++Lar (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) ^^^...^^^ You mean *didn't* look so good, right? <grin> Nice job!! -Shiri (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Oops, I just looked at an overhead picture of a real P42DC, and it apparently only has one fan. I'll have to delete the aft fan. KL (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Also, the gears for the fans should be reversed when DCC control :) KL (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I just uploaded pictures of my latest train creation. I modeled the P42DC Amtrac locomotive seen here: (URL) originally tried to duplicate the color scheme in that picture but it look so good. Instead I used the classic 4558 color scheme: (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains) !
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(...) "NO" club for Chris! >;^D <g,d,r> -John (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) sure what can be done about it. I think it would look great when you put the blue glass in to match, it's a pity you can't articulate the cars using bohies it would look so much better. I hope one day we can get bogies and bases as spares. (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) We're leaving Minneapolis on July 11th, so if you could get it to us by the 10th it would certainly make the trip. One question: Do you belong to an 'organized' train club? We've decided that we're going to limit ourselves to 'LTC' or 'LUG' (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That would be my website, here: (URL) Armada Warship: custom ship model for sale! (URL) Lego Web page: (URL) Kits & Custom Lego models: (URL) (24 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I thought I had procrastinated too long, but Dwayne's post got me thinking. Is it too late to send a box car to the Kidvention, or is there still a chance to slip in a late car? Thanks, Chris (24 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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