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(...) Not at all. I thought 100 new parts would be plenty. Maybe 50 new each year. Child's play. -John (...) Alllllrighty now, Stevo's in for a mil-- any others? -John (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)
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A good idea, but I think your numbers are too low. Heck, a train car's couplers, plate, wheels, and bogie plate cost about half that alone ($25). When I imagine what a good quality train car should cost, I think in comparable terms ie O scale cars (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) When I see that yellow nose against black and white, I get squeemish. ;-) However, I recall that Brit-Rail's InterCity 125 was adorned with a yellow nose, as were most of their locomotives in the early 1980's. I liked their "look". So, I (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi, Dave. Thanks for posting the pictures. The color and details look good. I like how you incorporated the rubber bands into the roof line to also model the detail of the real-life TGV's electric power distribution above the center line and between (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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So with all this talk about starting a LEGO train theme spin off I had an idea. A new challenge. Create a train themed MOC (I think, trains) using easily accessible elements; bulk, freestyle buckets, per part piece from private bulk sale... The cost (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Great topic. And many of us train heads have thought of this is several very similar ways. Some even doing it (train guild, MOC sales...) But to even partially realize a spin off there would need to be at least a million upfront. Run the numbers on (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)
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Christopher Masi wrote: <snip> (...) Interesting you should say that, Chris, because when building 8 wides and larger, I have found it to be exactly the opposite case. When I have a large project in the works, I find it very time consuming to (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hey, I think I just found my marketing director! Steve, were you thinking of a company like Dacta? How about naming it "LOCOBRIC"? At least it describes how I feel about LEGO;-) -John (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)
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I have posted some images of a high speed locomotive I put together last night. They are on BrickShelf at (URL) . The front uses one of those big 6x8x3 windscreens (part# 551) covered with tape. Is that pure? No - but it looks a lot better than a (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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[snipped all ng but lugnet.dear-lego and lugnet.trains] (...) Here's an interesting thought (well, it was interesting to me, when I thought of it): TLC could/should spin off Trains to a subsidiary development/marketing company, to accomplish the (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)
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(...) It's a very pretty model and has some very interesting features. However I would not call it a TGV, it's rather far off that shape. The TGV has a very distinctive nose profile which this one is significantly different from. See the TGV of (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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TGV.... I think it looks a little more like THALYS (www.thalys.com) with the high engine. But that is also a kind of TGV AFAIK. Do you have a picture of it curves? What have you done with the front boogie? Sonnich -----Original Message----- From: (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I have just put up some new pics of the my TGV. Just goto (URL) is a only temporary page for now. Enjoy, Dave (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Todd Lehman wrote: If TLC were my toy company.... First, I would do the obvious and offer as many kinds of bricks in bulk online as I could. That's a no-brainer. After all, you can't build imagination without the hardware;-) Second, I would (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Actually, without modification you cannot put the 12v power rails in the middle of the 9v track. I tried it. I had to file down some plastic off the inside of the 12v power rails so they would connect to the 9v rails. The problem is that the (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks for the update and the article post, Dan. I look forward to seeing still photos. I am interested to possibly see more close-ups (maybe?) of all the MOC rolling stock and locomotives at the event. What a huge stock yard...unbelievable (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I (...) I wanted to buy the 3171 Pumpkins set from S@H, but seeing that all bricks are 2-wide, I have hesitated. That is good, because I should not spend the money! Just look for good real life objects colored orange ;-) I have seen Maerklin (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Christopher Masi writes: <snip 8-wide discussion> <Masi points out 8-wide good for interiors> I have really enjoyed seeing all the 8-wide creations. Agreed, the interior space available in an 8-wide creation is very cool. What I've (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Of course you can't use turnouts in such a mixed system. Frank (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes, I think I mentioned that the gauge of all three tracks were the same; what I meant was that you cannot connect any of the 4.5 or 12 *to* 9 volt track; the binding methods are vastly different. -John (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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