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Hi, folks, It's been a while since I checked in to LUGNET. I've been busy moving from California to Maryland! Anyway, for some reason the wide train windshield part seen in <set:4560> escaped my notice until now. Is this part available in any other (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: High Speed Trains-Photogallery Link-LEGO Acela v.1
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Hi James, (...) Thanks! (...) red (...) That is ordinary paper, the red lines are made with MS Word overlapping sereral squares. Than printed on a colour laser printer, cut out and fixed by paper-glue (that will go off without any rests on the (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: High Speed Trains-Photogallery Link-LEGO Acela v.1
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(...) over the front window seems to by black. So your Version1a is closer at that part of the model. (...) What about building a more tapered (hope that word is the right one..) nose in plain white. Use just a 1x2 tile to fix the left and right (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGO 2001
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(...) Ok, more specific comments (some of these have been mentioned before): 1352: 2x2 round clock tile, grey windows 1353: grey 4x8 tiles w/2x6 center studs (container tops) 1354: green 6x6 boat bricks (green cutters!), green 1x2 half pyramid (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: High Speed Trains-Photogallery Link-LEGO Acela v.1
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(...) Well, it isn't version II. More of an incomplete color study. I'm not sure what color badging I like the best...or more (hopefully) matches the real-life Acela HSEL locomotive. Here's the work in progress: (URL) comments or suggestions on how (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Some of my MOC's
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(...) It's an old 80s-era battery "box" (stick?) for the 4.5V Technic motor. Clever! Unfortunately it's only 4 wide but the corrugated sides are very nice. Steve (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Latest Larger Layout
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Hello Steve, It is looking promising, not sure about the practicality of such a large mountain! The other major problem, is that as currently drawn, it takes one more small 30.5x30.5 table than I currently have! I only have the equivalent of 18 (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains)
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| | brought some new pictures online...
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Hi Everybody, if you are interested in watching some nice pictures from official Lego Train Sets (12 V) and also like some cool flash animations :-) just follow the link... have fun a. (URL) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: High Speed Trains-Photogallery Link-LEGO Acela v.1
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(...) I use rubber bands on both my "BOB" and TGV trainsets. I imagine rubber bands would also work for a TALGO. (...) Have a good and safe trip! (...) and white locomotive is nice with its no-studs appearance. I see you are not afraid of stickers! (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Selling my LEGO inventory
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In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Harvey Henkelman writes: <snip Navy train LEGO stuff> (...) Harvey - I e-mailed you about the 4549 that you bought from me and then had to cancel, but got back that " The following addresses had permanent fatal (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: High Speed Trains-Photogallery Link-LEGO Acela v.1
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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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| | Re: High Speed Trains-Photogallery Link-LEGO Acela v.1
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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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| | Re: 2 Stud Wide LEGO® Train Cars!
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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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| | Re: High Speed Trains-Photogallery Link-LEGO Acela v.1
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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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| | Re: High Speed Trains-Photogallery Link-LEGO Acela v.1
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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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| | Re: High Speed Trains-Photogallery Link-LEGO Acela v.1
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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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| | Re: Question
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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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| | Re: 2 Stud Wide LEGO® Train Cars!
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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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| | 4561 Window in City Tram
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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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