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(...) I think you are right but my problem what that I didn't have enough 2x2 rounds for the pillars so I had to use the long POOP type pillars that come in the Fright Knight's castle. Actually you know what... I think I might have enough 2x2 rounds (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi Erich I like both off them,but i think on your commutor station, you maade the 2 wings too high, i think it would look more realistic if you would have started the roofs lower, making the roof from the house part go higher then the wings, but of (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Folks I finally finished my Brown Gondola. I think the pictures are pretty self explanitory. (URL) also created a small commuter rail station. (URL) of these will be debuted at the Willmington Massachusetts Greenburg show December 2nd and 3rd. For (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) A small joke. I had a bit of a hard drive failure on my 600x. I'm mostly back, with the exception of about a dozen mails that were in my outbound mailbox that I need to figure out how to rescue, and with the exception of the fact that I can't (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The 6x8 ultra low slope was the sole inspiration for me building 14 wide, and the 1x2 gray corrugated and the 1x1x1.3 half rounds inspired my 8 wide passenger cars. -John (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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James Mathis wrote: Ha, interesting you mention garden railway, James. I plan on running a garden railway one day, only using my 14 wides running on G scale track. Right now I only have three 14 wides completed, with 4 more in various stages of (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) My ideas for the passenger wagons on the Acela are very tentative at the moment. I have not yet tried even a preliminary start. I am very ready to continue the Acela project, for I heard on the news that the Acela made its inaugural trip (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think that is so funny, interesting funny, not ha ha funny. So many models are built around a part that the builder thinks is perfect. James thought the boat bridge window would be perfect for a DB212. Kim thought that the sloped round (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Great crash of Nov '00? Chris (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello James, I am not a very frequent poster but have any ideas on cars for the acela? (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Thanks. What's a NOHAB? Kim (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) Actually, I believe this is a 3/10 stud offset rather than 1/2 stud. Here's how I come up with that number: Based on the the pictuer at: (URL) generally caluclate things base a unit that is 1/5 of a stud width (which is 1/6 the height of a (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Thanks for telling us all about Markus new web site. I just enjoyed viewing all the sites. Always great to see new creations. I really like his ticketcenter "look". It is very nice. There are some great MOCs. I like his white and red passenger train (...) (24 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi Train folks, a friend of mine, Markus Strick from Aachen, Germany just brought his personal webseite online. It's nearly 100% LEGO train related. He uses a nice way of navigating: A real german ticketcenter like it could be found at every station (...) (24 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm not for sure if this is a new way of attaching "stuff" or not: (URL) of the models at this site is a box car based on Gianluca's design. I think I've approached the stud-offset in a little different manner, but achieving the same offset (...) (24 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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"Sonnich Jensen" <sjensen@novocetec.com> wrote in message news:000d01c04efc$b6...tec.com... (...) again? (...) I talked to people who had a LEGO factory tour in Germany and they have seen box designs for remote-controlled signal posts... -Frank (24 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I have to agree. Not enough screen realestate to see all the angles, and no way to tell (for certain cases) that you've just embedded a brick inside of another one. I am happy to say that all my models have survived the great crash of Nov (...) (24 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I just flipped the tailgate around at the finger-hinge junction. The 1x4 "finger" plate to which the tailgate is attached is still studs-up. However, the 1x4 "finger" plates are offset 1/2 stud to produce a slight slope to the front "grill" (...) (24 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Christopher Masi writes: <regarding sliding doors construction comments> Thanks. (for some reason Masi's reply was not inserted into this reply?) Enjoy box cars! :-) later, James Mathis (24 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Very nice! Thanks for showing it. Best wishes toward finalizing the modificaitons and building your blue wagon! later, James Mathis (24 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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