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Hi all! Finally I have a good update of my page! I have got access to a digital camera and got some pictures of my creations. More are to come in a month, I will announce it here when ready. Take a look: Site (URL) to the subburb station: (URL) godt (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Even though at the moment the train sets available from LEGO are not all that appealing, they are the best way to get train specific parts like motors, wheelsets, bogies, and buffers and magnets especially if you can find the train sets on (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ronald, When I discovered that LEGO made trains (a scant 8 months ago),I also came out of my dark ages. You see, I always had LEGO when I was a child (the 80's)but never was aware of LEGO's 4.5v and 12v trains. The set that got me started was (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) There can never ever be enough people. -John3 (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yup. While we dismantled the old layout, we threw all the 'people parts' into a blue 3033 tub - and almost filled it by the time we were done. The *next* layout will have even more! JohnG, GMLTC (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) With a small minority adding on "and it needs more people". :-) ++Lar (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi all, I'm coming out of my dark ages as it seems to be called in these lists. Last year I went to a shop to my my daughter her first Lego and thought I'd just get myself a little Technic cart. Oops. We're now 12 sets later, and all my old Lego no (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The GMLTC can certainly vouch for that! We have hundreds of thousands of pieces, and we still worry about running out of bricks. Our standard rallying cry is "We need more bricks!" JohnG, GMLTC (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) If I ever get out of my armchair and buy a house or move into a larger apartment, I intend to have a "real layout". In my current abode, I really only have a 4'x6' table which is really too small for much of a LEGO train layout (though I do (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi all! I sent this message already by SMTP, but apearntly it failed. Sorry it it occurs twice. ----- Finally I have a good update of my page! I have got access to a digital camera and got some pictures of my creations. More are to come in a month, (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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Great job, and welcome to the inner circle of exhausted but shameless LEGO exhibitors. :) dan parker PNLTC (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.ar)
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James Powell wrote: <snip the informative lesson on steam which mostly went over my head> (...) The Thomas the Tank Engine website says James is based on a "Hughes Class 28 2-6-0 Superheated tender engine". I'm not too familiar with foreign steam; (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) confused - (...) still (...) OK, quick steam lesson: Unless your name is Abner Doble, you want to put heat INTO the steam to superheat it :) Best place to do so, is in the flues, or across the back of the firebox (even better!). Typical steam (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) A "K-8" is a standard size storage box for LEGO. It's about 30"x18"x16". I have one at home, I'll get an exact measurement and post it sometime. JohnG, GMLTC (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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Quick note about our first outing. The Arkansas River Valley Model Train Club held it's annual show and sale in Jacksonville this past weekend. We were one of four layouts showing. The others were "O", "G" and "HO". When we were setting up we got a (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.ar)
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(...) I'm still not sure - Could you please clarify what " K-8 " is/means? I seems from what I'm reading that it is not the name of a set or style or "line" of LEGO, but rather a nickname for a container that holds excess LEGO that can't be put in (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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(...) Thanks. It was really fun to see yours and see how you went about the different design problems in modeling James. Many of our solutions were the same! I especially enjoyed seeing you use the 1x4 red arch for the curve of the window, because (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) Your version of "James" looks great. I like that you can put "piping" along the side of the engine. The 12 volt motor with rod really makes a difference. (...) I'm going to try the decals, as well. I could really use some advice with how best (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) Yes, I was referring to the steam dome, whose function I thought was for super heating the steam. I think I may have my vocabulary wrong, but I think I'm still half right (not a half wit;) -John (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) More simple than that - J2 is refering to the steam dome. He's just confused - not like *that* is anything new!! ;-) JohnG, GMLTC (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Barcode Scanner programmed train set-up - thoughts please!!!
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(...) Indeed it does. <snip> (...) of (...) Thanks Dean! It seems that what you did with the Scout should also be possible with the Barcode Scanner. I would appreciate it if you could send me some more detailed specs/instructions! Wessel (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | RE: Meeting in Germany
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(...) Oops, you're right - my mistake! I posted this right after reading the post about Christer's ICE train ((URL) so I mixed up the names :-( yep, that's me.... and just for your information, I don have a lugnet # yet. Thank you all for the great (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Oops, you're right - my mistake! I posted this right after reading the post about Christer's ICE train ((URL) so I mixed up the names :-( -Frank (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) It's not Christer but Sonnich Jensen. Regards, Ben (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Right you are. Maybe he means a feedwater heater? Those sometimes are outside mounted. ++Lar (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) Um. Um um...the _superheater_ goes _inside_ the boiler, not outside :) (of course, it is not the great Lar++, that would be much more fun! he never makes Misteaks!) Nicely done, I like how the boiler is constructed. A Q1 might look good done (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) Nothing too spectacular, a Rockmonster is printed on the inside of the RockRaider mug and it appeared after I drank the coffee. It was funny "Hey! A Rockmonster!" so Holger drank his coffee immediately to see what was inside of the Slizers mug (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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Here are some pics of an attempt to model James from the Thomas the Tank Engine stories. It was a joint effort between me and my 11 year old son. We tried to be as faithful to the original model of James from the videos (spent lots of time searching (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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Very nice, James! It was fun to see your rendering of James because my son and I have built one as well, and it is interesting to see the similarities and differences in our two interpretations. We brought ours to the Kidvention in July, but I don't (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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SRC <LEGOArches@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:G2JFwE.DBF@lugnet.com... (...) show. (...) I (...) and (...) track (...) to (...) Not (...) run (...) boys (...) it (...) donation (...) about (...) I contacted Brad and made a request for some help. (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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Frank Buiting wrote in message ... (...) Thanks Frank! What's the story behind the Rockmonster? Rose (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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I've just been enjoying Ben's photos taken at the Muelheim meeting. Very nice settings for the models. Nice photos, too. (URL) Ben. I really enjoyed seeing them! later, James Mathis (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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"r2" <lego@r2eng.com> wrote in message news:G2JKt8.501@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) Ben has a good picture over here: (URL) don't know if the two people on the left post on LUGNET... The guy with the grey coat is Casper van Nimwegen (LUGNUT #196) (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) that (...) Another precinct heard from! Not without handrails, it doesn't. They'll fall off, and OSHA will have your operating license. :-) ++Lar (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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Great pictures, Frank. I would like to know if any LUGNET posters are in the pictures. It is always nice to have a face to place with a name. Rose Frank Buiting wrote in message ... (...) :-) (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think it needs more people. -John (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Looks like you guys were having a lot of fun. Well, wish I could have been there but I was riding the Bluebell Railway, a fullsize steam preservation operation. Located between Brighton and London (more or less) it features about 20-30 (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) the "Thomas (...) Good luck! Remember, EVERY club needs a Thomas, and some of his friends. :-) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) A pilot is the part of the engine frame assembly that is forward of the truck (or behind it, at the rear) and forward of the pilot steps. In the olden days of steam, a locomotive might have a cowcatcher pilot, which was pointed and had bars so (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi Larry, indeed, Andreas is a great train-creator! He mailed to me that he already answered the questions. I will ask again, if he could post them on lugnet.trains so everybody interested could read the answers and even more. My 2nd hand comments (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Looks like an ICE train is in development. This one by Christer Sunesson at the BrickShelf Gallery. Not sure if it's been announced here before or not. (URL) Mathis (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) We're looking at incorporating a kid's play area into our show layouts. How did TLC's donation come about? Did Brad contact you or vice versa? SRC NALug (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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Has anyone ever attempted to make a real layout like ones in Model RailRoader? You know made for opperation and really cool? kai (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Nice James, James! (Sorry, couldn't resist!) I have to go back and look at our Thomas etc books to build a Thomas for the show we're doing next month... Annie and Clarabel are going to be a challenge though. Kevin ---...--- Personal Lego Web (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) To show my ignorance, I have to ask a question: What is a 'pilot'? (You mean Han Solo sitting in the engineer's seat? <grin>) I'm guessing you mean the snowplow on the front?? To the rest of the world: The GMLTC considers Larry to be a 'train (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi all, after that great day yesterday I just added my brickshelf galeries: (URL) thanks to Ben, Frank Buiting, Jan and Pudie for taking digital pictures!!!! My own analogue pictures will be developped and scaned in a while ;-(( You'll find my (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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I have tried to make a toyish steam looking engine. The intent was to have it look like locomotive named "James" from the "Thomas the Tank Engine" stories. The power unit is just the 9volt LEGO train motor. I have a 12 volt unit with wheel linkage (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains) !
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(...) I wouldn't recommend this way. I do not know if the Barcode device can handle battery 'errors'. I've just done this for my Scout. *Warning! I'm assuming the Barcode reader using 9 volts! IF it doesn't use whatever is rated for it instead!) Get (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes, I was thinking "why do that" till I took another look at the front window bars which cannot have a red stripe since they are 2 1x1s... (...) I'd rework the pilot, those slopes don't look quite right. Nice, otherwise. (...) Larry (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Oh cool! Now I really want another monorail set! I really like the sliding condutors seat! :: : Kyle : :: www.hvl.cjb.net (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Oh cool! Now I really want another monorail set! I really like the sliding condutors seat! :: : Kyle : :: www.hvl.cjb.net (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Andreas (...) I think Andreas has been answering questions directly by email, I got a lot more detail on the pantograph questions I asked mailed directly to me from him. We gotta get him on here, man. This guy is good. Just think what he could (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Further revisions and photos of my three car close-coupled monorail are now presented at: (URL) Mathis (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Just a follow up to the results of the Kids area at the recent NGLTC show. First of all it worked great, these kids were climbing over each other to play. So next show the table will have to be twice as big. For this show I had a 3'x6' table, 2' (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Barcode Scanner programmed train set-up - thoughts please!!!
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Hello everybody! Some time ago I acquired the Technic Barcode multi-Set. I've used its Barcode Scanner to write little programs for my trains and it works pretty good. For example I put a touch sensor brick on the track and programmed the Barcode (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Meeting in Germany
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(...) Yes completely managed by Legofan Peter Reinartz, who is collector off all old kind of Lego stuff from wooden toys till the era of the closed Lego-"O" began in 1971(?). I think he owns more than the worths of a small house in Lego materials... (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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Hi Selcuk, nice that you like my vehicle headed crane. That one isn't finished jet, I build it as an eyecatcher for the fair.... That Sunday morning was a special LEGO fair!! It was held for the second time in Muelheim in Germany. Some traders (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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Amazing models (I love the crane especially, being a vehicle headed type) and of course an amazing "shopping center". What kind of a shopping fair is this? A fan created one? There are great amounts of very very rare items, including the early (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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That crane is quite gorgeous! Two questions: 1. Does it all fold away or it is it really a static display model? 2. As far as I can see from the images it doesn't have a hook or anything to actually lift objects. Does it have a method for lifting (...) (24 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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This looks like a great get together for LEGO Train fans in Germany!!!! Thanks for taking and posting the photos. Beautiful building fronts. I like the roadway with lower trackside. Well done. Many good creations, new and old, in a very nice forum. (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Brick'n Fun Fest - Orlando, Florida, USA...
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Greetings Florida LEGO Fans, In less then two week the Brick’n Fun Fest kicks off in Orlando, Florida! The home base of the fest is the Greater Florida LEGO Train Club display at the Great American Train Show. We will have our main display plus (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains) !
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(...) John, Your locomotive is quite excellent. However,it looks more to me like a GP-40 (without dynamic brakes) rather than an SD-50. The GP-40 is a four motor diesel, and your engine is a dead ringer. -Harvey (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I was going to suggest checking Kevin's GP 38, but I also wanted to suggest my design. (URL) also thought about using thread and little antennas/joy sticks. If the thread is held taught, and glued to the antennas it might look right. Oh, I (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The motors are not symmetrical - if they're on the 'wrong' way they hang up on the stairs. It's a *very* close fit! And I have no idea if it will handle the grades that the GMLTC is planning for our next layout... JohnG, GMLTC (24 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Thanks Frank, for sharing these great pictures with us. I'm just trying to upload further photographs I have taken in Muelheim and in Dinslaken at Ralfs home. I really enjoyed this day and the meeting with so many people I only knew by postings in (...) (24 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Frank, well done - fantastic pictures are following a fantastic day in Muelheim and Ralf's garden. Some words about my red-white-crane. Like my train-crane (the yellow one) the inspiration came from a real GOTTWALD crane. That company used (...) (24 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Go for it - if it's in the interest of increasing the recognition factor, go right ahead. Lego uses stickers, why can't you? (...) Check out my 8-wide GP-38-2, at (URL) picture in question includes some rough digital enhancements for the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Meeting in Germany
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Today a couple of AFOLs met in Muelheim. It was great to meet all those people you only know by email and LUGNET postings! In the morning there was a sale in Muelheim and in the afternoon we build a big loop in the back of someone's garden (I think (...) (24 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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I just posted the first couple of pictures of my Union Pacific SD-50 model. (URL) to the 'purists': I used a small amount of red striping tape to make the horizontal line around the cab. I'm still debating using some decals to add some detail to the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 12V Train System
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Yes, it can be made to work; my 12V system works just fine here in the US. I just got another 7863 to up my number of remote controlled points to a whopping 4--I need to set my system up sometime soon again :-) Since the 7864 was never sold in an (...) (24 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Do you mean you need an adapter from 230V 50Hz to 110V 60Hz? I'm sure something exists. Alternatively you could try and source an American 12V Lego Train Controller. Nicholas Allan Lars Brandt <lfbrandt@home.com> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Not so new; I have been building my trains SNOT (Studs Not On Top) for years. The only stud visible is when I pose with my MOCs[1] <g,d,&r> [1] If that joke escapes translation, LMK and I will explain:-) -John (...) (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I have a 12v lego train system: train, track, switches, and controller. I got them as a kid in Germany. Is there any way to make this system work in the American electronic system? I'm not an electronic guru, but Radio Shack doesn't seem to have a (...) (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi again, I have read all your comments and questions. I am not sure, but I think Andreas doesn't post on lugnet ;-(( But I will contact him by E-Mail and give him all your questions! Andreas build another 8-wide engine, see pictures on his gallery (...) (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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unless the flange on the middle (...) My dad did, with my new loco...oh, wait, that's not lego :) (The engine at (URL) the first 3 photos. He kind of had a accident with it, and it went down to the ground...broke the flange off one wheel, so he (...) (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sorry if I seemed overly critical. Stretching the borders of what TLC did and revising/extending is how you learn. You're doing fine, don't worry. Keep it up. I do think you ought to see if you can't get all your crane folders with one picture (...) (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) and (...) Being relatively new to LEGO trains and cyberspace as well, I am still learning. In the case of my crane, I am simply using the available parts in my LEGO inventory to enhance existing sets. However I am building original stuff of my (...) (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Fair enough. Of course, my Hiawatha is 8 wide:-) I just wanted to chime in the fact that one could move them apart and still have them work in turns. One full stud apart doesn't work, however, unless the flange on the middle wheel was trimmed (...) (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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John Neal <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message news:39E77D30.91241D...est.net... (...) don't put (...) my (...) together (...) I agree but since the whole six wide thing looks "toyish" I figure I might as well be consistent with my models :) jt (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Greetings! I have finally got my web pages about our September train show participation past all the local critics :-), so I'm announcing them here. They can be seen at: (URL) also put up a little page for Lego fans that are also geeks: (URL) Don't (...) (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sigh, I meant north America. We all know of the *FINDS* to be had over seas... Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:G2E8ty.GFt@lugnet.com... (...) prices (...) stores (...) Stores in Sweden do as well. I found both 4555 and 4532 in a toy store in Kista. They had track as well. Mike - (...) (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Which is a regional thing. I was just at a ToyWorld here in Bournemouth, Dorset, UK, and they have track, both kinds, and points. Ripoff Britain prices of course, but stores in the UK do indeed sell the train line. As did stores in Germany and (...) (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sadly the Akasa Server died this morning but my tech ensures me it will be online again tonight. It would seem it was just bad timing on your part. heh heh. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Robin (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) *Actually*, I have successfully used 3 trucks separated by a half stud in my Hiawatha tender with no trouble in the corners. The 3 wheels right together looks too toyish.... -John (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The only issue is LEGO's refusal to allow stores to sell their train products... (...) I agree. I like the Duplo Trains. They are cute. (...) I agree again, Most of the 2000 line is looking quite good. The Adventures Dino stuff is GREAT. (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) This phenomenon seems to be not unique to Lego. Around where I live it is quite easy to find the Thomas trains or the Brio trains in the toy stores, while you have to go to special hobby shops for the sophisticated stuffs. To me the new Duplo (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Oh yes, of course... Silly me. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I've used three trucks together and they work find as long as you don't put any space between them, just put them all together. jt -- James J. Trobaugh North Georgia LEGO Train Club (URL) Husby <nntp@akasa.bc.ca> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Nah, he uses the same technique that Tom McDonald uses for his guitars: The fingers go into the slots on the 1x2 tiles with grilles. And then the centre stud under the grille goes into the hollow stud on a 1x2 plate with one stud. That's a (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Wondering that myself. My guess is that the rod hinge bars have their fingers force fit into the bottom of that 1x2 plate. Could not tell for sure, though. (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I didn't think the Curves could handle 3 sets of trucks? How does yours corner? Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Agreed! Beautiful LEGO train creations by Andreas. I hope to eventually learn answers to the following two questions: 1. How are the two red commuter passenger cars coupled together? 2. Concerning the red locomotive, how are the top bars are the (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Here's some feedback, I think you should put all your pictures into one folder, you might be doing something wrong, it seems like it's one picture per folder right now... This crane seems interesting enough but it's not all that different from (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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hmmmm that could be a start for a DSB (Danish State Railawys) their trains are red! -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...net.com]On Behalf Of Adriling Sent: 12. oktoober 2000. A. 18:52 To: (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Friends, I've brought back my breakdown crane. Leaner,meaner and yes, more of the red and black attack. Three-axle trucks, the crane body is much longer and more built up too. Plus I've added access ladders for the minifig operator so he doesn't (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Gosh there gorgeous looking creations! You're right; they look unbelievably realistic. Anyone know if he's on Lugnet at all? I hope he has more where those came from. Nicholas Allan Holger Matthes <matthes@fh-aachen.de> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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