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Frank, Great work, Keep it up! I hope your parts come soon, so you can finsh the roof. I like how it fits on a large gray base plate and how you used parts from <set:7824> and <set:4555>. I also like all the cool pre-Town Jr. sets you have, you need (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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"John Warren" <warren71@webtv.net> wrote in message news:FxsK86.3At@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) Grey ones can be found in 6748 Boulder Cliff Canyon. (URL) boulder has four facet top bricks sand four facet bottom bricks in grey. (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I've got a question Steve. What sets did you use to get all of those grey octogon pieces and caps you used to make those three tank cars? They look great! John (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi, I'm currently working on a trainsatation, since I'm waiting for the bulk packs of black slopes I took some pictures of the building in progress... (URL) a train station with two platforms, and three tracks. It features a walkway to move between (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello all, I'm not sure if this is the right area to post this to or not. I've been working with my Mindsotrm set of late and have created a program that will control and detect when two trains cross at a crosstrack. My program will stop once track (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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"The LEGO Company Is Granted Global Harry Potter License." I saw this in the paper and there is a press release on lego.com I was wondereind what sets they will produce apart from a minifig with glasses. Then I realsised that one of the books has a (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ah, that is why the 1x1 cylinders are there, huh? I was wondering what they were for. If backwards is a problem the thing that pops to mind is, does the rounded technic beam need to pivot? If not maybe it could be locked down in two places? I (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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<verbose on> Thanks for the comments guys. I really like the feedback (and its fun to show off a bit). Sometimes you're just too close to your own designs to make valid crtiques. Boxcar Doors They do not slide. I used technic beams with the stud-end (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hey Steve, I really like your work. One question regarding (URL) similar. How did you do the sliding doors? Eric Kingsley did something similar on his box cars and sent a short explanation. He did his with single stud 1x2 plates as the 'rails' on (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sometimes when you put up so much stuff, there is too much to talk about, so I just look. (...) Still love those box cars. The State of Maine one could really use some decals. With decals it would look perfect. Also, I am glad you have both (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, it's not necessary that I comment on EVERY train MOC posted, you know. :-) (...) wheel hubs as cylindrical sections, and using them vertically the way you did is an idea worth more exploration. Not sure it's prototypical, though. (...) (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) car, (...) to (...) I stand corrected. It was in "Tanks and Box cars" post just before "More MOC cars. Here: (URL) ***** (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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See, no link... (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) No, there is no link there either. (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ok, I'll bite. I liked most of your freight. I used your centerbeam as inspiration for my 2 that I have now. I did modify it some to make mine unique. I loved the propane tank! I want to do my own on your design. I'm still trying to figure out (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi All, I was hoping to get some discussion going so I posted a ton of MOCs on BrickShelf. Sure I'm fishing for some complements and even some comments from Lar ;D, but really just wanted to share some ideas. With that said... (even URLs) Freight 3x (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.appraisal)
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(...) things (...) etc. (...) quite (...) Well, No, no, and... ummm no. I didn't have a prototype in mind other than what I wanted it to look like. So, it's not modeled after any specific type of tanker. Some of the busy thing help to hide all the (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) are hard to do, that's for sure. I'm a fan of "busy", as real industrial things tend to have a lot of things sticking out, small handles, hatches, valves, etc. especially if they are older and have had mods made to them over time. Stuff (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, now you aren't cause I just posted the blasted URL again. (URL) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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