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"Huw Millington" <hmillington@cix.co.uk> wrote in message news:G46pKs.5v4@lugnet.com... (...) I didnt buy any more. I still had some left over, plus I am reusing the ones from the glass roof of the old facade. regards lawrence (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) To be honest, I'm of mixed feelings. I think the new facade, while *extremely* ingenious technically, lacks some of the warmth and panache of the current Georgian facade. I am very impressed by the engineering feats of the rounded corner, and (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: New Gondola and a Commuter Rail station
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(...) We did have ropes, and they were constantly getting crowded back into our layout. We did have some kids touching stuff on the layout, but only 1 who did any grabbing, and that got stopped real fast. (He was grabbing at the bridge!) (...) We (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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"lawrence wilkes" <lawrence@thewilkesf...rve.co.uk> wrote in message news:G46oLC.2wB@lugnet.com... (...) decide (...) Looks fantastic! Excellent use of the bulk windows (how many do you have now?) I vote for the facelift. Huw (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: James Mathis really has caught the 8-wide bug!
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(...) All is well now EXCEPT that i can't get printing to my shiny HP 2100 Laserjet (network connected) to work yet. Installed JetAdmin and I created a port but can't get connected to it. JetAdmin can print a page fine, but the printer isn't seen by (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Eric Kingsley wrote in message ... (...) although (...) hence (...) Are you going to have ropes around the layout? We didn't and were surprised how well-behaved the kids were; a lot of them clung to the edge of the table, but I didn't see any (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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Though the architectural heritage of the Georgian Facade of the Metro Terminus is appreciated, due to its poor state of repair it has been decide to replace it. The architects model of the new terminus is now on display at (URL) sweeping glass and (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) <snip> (...) Yup they are sunk into the roof as far as they can go. It's not at the top of my priorities at the moment but if I have time I am going to see if I have enough brown 2x2 rounds to do this. If so I may drop the roof line down a (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Did you sink the POOP pillars into the roof, or is the bottom of the roof at the top of the POOP pillar? The roof can be made three bricks lower if the pillar is connected to the 2nd from the top row of roof bricks. Just a thought, Chris (...) (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | The perfect brick theory (was Re: James Mathis really has caught the 8-wide bug!)
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(...) Cool, I remember when I realized that the 6x8 ultra low slope was the perfect slope for a box car roof. It occurred to me right about the time that the box cars were being sent to the PNLTC 2K event. Then I remembered that you used that slope (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I built the Big Boy and Garrett around the dimesions of the technic gray pulley. It seemed to be the correct size to use as a driver. So I scaled the real train dimensions down to match the driver to the pulley, then built the train to those (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ah...I suspected that. <moment of silence> </moment of silence> Sorry, to here about your loss. Regards, Chris (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) This is actually a bit of a hybrid. The table top dimensions are the same as WAMALTC but the leg design is the same as PNLTC. The table tops are 40.5"x40.5" which is the same as 4 32x32 baseplate by 4 32x32 baseplate. (...) Yah actually we (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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Eric Kingsley wrote in message ... (...) show (...) layout (...) RECENT vlc "FIRST SHOW" EXPERIENCE): (oops caps lock!) Are your tables 4 baseplate by 4 baseplates? Is this a variation on the PNLTC standard tables, or have you developed your own? (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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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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| | Re: James Mathis really has caught the 8-wide bug!
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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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| | Garden Rails (was:Re: James Mathis really has caught the 8-wide bug!)
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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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