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(...) That would be great and that is my hope as well. My fear is that the mediocrity of recent 9 volt set designs reflects just the opposite. I see no vision, no master plan, no desire other than to put out junk. But even the *junkiest* set would (...) (24 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Well, I saw the duplo freight train ( (URL) ) in the S@H catalogue, but today I saw the new Duplo passenger train ( (URL) ) in TRU. I was impressed by the freight train, and I am equally impressed by the passenger train. So, a thought pops into my (...) (24 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Inspired by Mike Walsh and others, I decided to make a four car monorail. I left my Airport Shuttle alone -- which turned out to be a really good idea -- and created a clone in black with a yellow stripe, dictated mostly by the color of my available (...) (24 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: So who wants to update Track Designer?
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(...) Obviously Buchannan has some pull withing the media. He is a career columnist, pundit and talk show host. Plus, tv execs know there will be big fireworks with Hitl^H^H^H Buchannan there. KL (24 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Gondola Prototype. Looking for opinions
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(...) works pretty well, if he is in a good mood or if he is very sleepy. Chris (24 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) My list is with the NGLTC individual who took over MB's Train Depot site. However the general ideas in it where. -Link to exsiting L-CAD programs. - Use LCAD Parts libary of baseplates instead of set numbers? - Automatic Layout generation. Not (...) (24 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That's cool, things have been a bit slow at work and I'll have some time to work on it. Is there a list of suggestions somewhere ? Leonardo (24 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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<snip> (...) Thanks if he would only come... (...) Well yes *but* all the ones I have are red which doesn't look good with blue (or brown which I am trying to do this in). They also doesn't jive with the length of my cars. (...) Yes but so far I (...) (24 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The train base plates will let you hide the tops of the wheelsets. Just my two cents, Chris P.S. I should mention that the gondola looks very cool. (24 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) He's got my vote. ++Lar Harry Brown 1.6%... Buchanan .6% (but who gets on Meet The Press sunday?) (24 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Sketches/Photos up
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(...) funny, MY Marklin catalog shows only the end 2 units with bogies, the center three are one axle per end. (URL) then click on featured model, DB cargo sprinter (this link may not work forever) ++Lar (24 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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The Cargo Sprinter, yet another model I've had my eye on (the Beyer-Garrett is the other). In my Marklin catalog it show the flatbed with bogies. I'll try to remember to scan tonight and add to Brickshelf. BTW I figued I'd build 6 or 5 wide (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) If Leonardo has the willingness and ability and the time, then he would seem to be the man for the job. I think a good chunk of us here have the first two - it's the available time that is the hard one. :-) SRC (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I did the NGLTC tables, but the thing about Track Designer is that you can't export/import single elements, its all or nothing. Maybe who ever updates it can add that feature. jt (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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"Matthew Bates" <train_depot@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:G1nynq.2EH@lugnet.com... (...) any (...) code (...) Speaking of Track Designer, has anyone modeled the PNLTC tables as Track Designer elements? Mike - mike_walsh@mindspring.com (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: NALUG takes 2nd at Great Edmonton Train Show
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(...) Sadly, I've got no revolutionary new assembly technique to share here. It's just a bunch of 1x1x4 antennae for stanchions, with the long plastic piping found on podracers snipped to length for the handrail, and a wee tiny dollop of "ShooGoo" (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains)
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No one else with MFC/C/C++ experience has volunteered so unless there is any objection I'll offer it to Leonardo. I'll try and collect all the source code together this weekend. Matt (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Nice to see another Cargo Sprinter model. It certainly is less "beefy" than the one I built. The profile of your Cargo Sprinter allows the load of 4 wide containers to look good. I find that this Cargo Sprinter model is quite a challenge to get the (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: NALUG takes 2nd at Great Edmonton Train Show
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(...) Well considering that train bridges are currently the prime focus of StRuCtures, it's a natural for NALug to showcase them. The simple monorail one at the show last week was a basic concept test - larger and more elaborate ones are on the way. (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: So who wants to update Track Designer?
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In lugnet.trains, Matthew Bates writes: Hi, I've used Matt's TD a long time ago and I saw that the train tracks were being added to the LCAD library in the current vote, so I had the idea of turning it into a plugin for LeoCAD. That way it would be (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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