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(...) ...hardly can't wait ;-)) (...) for (...) If (...) I haven't heard about the dark blue one with yellow stripes. But that doesn't mean there is none! I meant the german version used by the "Deutsche Bahn". That one is white, the windows are (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I have a start on version II. Pictures to come later today. (...) The Talgo has been a project of mine, as well. I have seen an InterCityNight, I think, stationed in Milano Centrale(spelling?) in Italy. It was destined for Barcelona, Spain. (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Latest Larger Layout (was Re: Get-together last Sunday)
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(...) Alright, here it is with some "terrain" filled in. (URL) lower right is the town, the upper left is a monorail station. Here's a closeup of the mountain and switching yard. (URL) notice that the mountain has three parallel tracks entering from (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Good memory, Shiri! Actually, her birthday is in a few weeks (teenager!!!{8^0) Her inevitable dark ages loom ahead, but she can rested assured that dad won't sell off her LEGO;-) (...) lol, well, you are right about her being "daddy's (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi James, again I am facinated by your latest train creation! The Acela looks really good. What will Version II - VI look like?? I also started thinking of building a whole train using the new S@H bulk-order (if they will be available in Germany??) (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) <snipped links to Acela photos> (...) Hmmm, if I had more 1 by 2 wide by 3 tall trans-light blue thin wall windows (like the 4561 has), I would seriously consider using the same window technique as in Masayuki Ogura's (Nyanta's) Japanese high (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Absolutely, now that real train windows and doors are available! This is an answer to my post of 1 year ago (Trains / 2365). I see the possibilities. (It doesn't look like 4561 would be very helpful for an Acela project, however. I still (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Uh-- This is a like a hard-nibbed felt tip pen with solvent in it. Took about 20 seconds of rubbing on a 1x1 tile to get it clean. Leaves behind a shiny outline of where the print was. (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) there, and very creative use of pieces (wheels, etc). Now, wasn't your daughter 12 y/o *last* year? <grin> I recognize the symptom... hehe... always-daddy's-little-girl? ;-) (I don't think my dad will ever realize I'm not his anymore! ;-) (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I haven't tried this, yet, but Jerome Teissier's City Liner bus (URL) me thoughts of trying to build a light rail city tram like this real-life tram: (URL) see 1x4x5 tall windows used for the side windows. Not sure how this tram-set would work out, (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Upon seeing the S@H gray train windows and doors sets, I immediately began thinking "Amtrak Acela". While searching for photos of Amtrak's Acela train set, I came across this link to "high speed rail around the world": (URL) Acela in particular: (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Your a little late, most of us have backordered the above items into 2010... Heh heh. Just kidding, though I know they are GREATLY backordered and ship Nov. 21st. or something. We are ALL very pleased... Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi Kevin Yes like Brasso, you do have to rub a bit, but not as much, i found to be quicker and i think safer. Paul (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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i just got my lego catolog and the bulk elements in the train section it has the grey and blue train windows. AND GREY/BLUE DOORS. SWEEE...EEETTT...TTT!!!...!!! (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hey Steve- It's a new color whose name is actually being debated right now in lego.direct (go here to get up to speed: (URL) ) It's supposed to be the color of weathered copper. I saw it at the Kidvention and it looks to be a great new color with (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sounds like a job for someone with an inkjet printer and some of those label sheets... SteveC (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) A new color, supposedly only in this set (although I would be curious if it appeared in Scala or Belleville before). I think we pretty much decided to call it "verdigris", which is a grey-green color. eric (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) Paul, did the paint come off by soaking in the polish, or did you have to rub? If so, sounds similar to Brasso. I really want something which requires less elbow grease (my hands are already @^%*& enough without sitting polishing pieces by (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi All I saw this post for the URL to: (URL) wondered what color is this? SteveB (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello I found something to take the paint off by mistake, i had somme white doors from Model team that had turned yellow from the sun,(thought it was smoke, oh well), i had a bottle of plastic polish i use for my Motorcycle windshield, well it took (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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