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(...) Can you get it to me within the next two weeks? SRC StRuCtures (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains)
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Ben, Great job. Its all those little details that make it interesting. And now we know why all your MOCs look so good... your railroad supervisor sits at his desk all day invoking spells to build the railroad! :-) -BMW (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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Hi Ben, Great work! I'm a big fan of those little details, it makes a creation so much more alive :-) I especially like the stairs: (URL) good use of that piece. -Frank (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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Hi Folks, I have added some more details to my engine roundhouse from late 1999. It got now doors from Legoredo®, a side building with a furnace and especially lots of details in the inside. I have uploaded some first pictures at Brickshelf: (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build) !
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Thanks for the input :-) Heiner Berg has some nice signal poles I'll build. Holger's telegraph poles gave me the idea of building a scene where the poles are being build. I also like the billboard idea! I have the rest of the week to build so ideas (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Why not attempt something a bit more unique? Consider events or history related to your region or community. Maybe a unique industry or festival. If there's an upcoming flower or Spring festival, why not have everyone turned out for a parade? The (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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in article G7xG78.6B2@lugnet.com, Frank Buiting at frank.buiting@infopulse.nl wrote on 1/29/2001 7:59 AM: (...) Pop machine. newwspaper rack. Telephone booths, with sound baffles that can be pulled down over the figs head (to muffle the sound of the (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Didn't need to, like retainers on a real train, the whole thing was set into action before hand. I suppose, one could use a rcx with the rotation sensor to sense the speed of the train, and apply the brakes in proportion to the speed of the (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ah. Very neat. But, do you have a way of triggering it automatically if the train starts to run away down a slope? Jason. (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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"James Powell" <wx732@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> wrote in message news:G7w3zt.CJw@lugnet.com... (...) from (...) which is (...) one...but, I (...) (too (...) I tried to follow that same idea. Way back when(RTL days) I asked if anyone came up with a (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) A coal park, for refueling your steam engine can be build very quickly, just some walls, a dump a pile of loose black bricks in it, and put one of tose small cranes from set #4565 Freight & Crane Railway next to it to make it look realistic (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Without the small Pnumatic cylinder, I Ldrawed the trucks for my brakevan. Note, that this only shows one side of it fitted with brakes, whereas both must be fitted, and this requires lots of fine adjustment (as regards to gearteeth) to get it to (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi Frank, Congratulations! Showing your MOC's in a libary sounds very good! And your ideas to go into LEGO train and technic history is very nice. I would like to visit this libary, even if I couln't read any dutch ;-)) I build an easy telegraph (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) In this case, there is no need to. I'll see if I can Ldraw the trucks this afternoon, its a snow day. (...) (URL) photos of my 2 cities in Victoria. The 2nd one was in a 1 bedroom apartment, and it filled the living room (about 4 4x8 sheets (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I would suggest to take a look at a model builders magazine or the Märklin catalogue. Some nice ideas to be copied are for e.g. on Heiner Bergs homepage: (URL) this ones: ;-) (URL) take a look at his genious trees: (URL) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi, The local library invited me to do a LEGO display (their display cabinets will be empty while waiting for the next exhibition material and they asked me do fill them in the meantime). More details about the display: I have access to two glass (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) So how did you convert from train wheels onto a technic drive? (...) Oops! (Sorry Adrian!) I got lost in the message threads. (...) So, if Adrian's reading, how steep is the rise on the Limacion? (...) through that stuff. (...) I meant I'd (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ah, I was wondering about reversing the power setting too. Thanks for the info. Chris (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'll sit down and Ldraw some of it, but not right now...I just don't have all that much time. It uses a small Pnumatic cylinder mounted in the car, driving down through a 2R curve (the 2x2 macaroni bricks, stacked) pivot point, to the Technic (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, James Powell writes: I tried most everything in the way of developing brakes for (...) A working brake van? I'm fascinated. Please explain. Fantastic layout by the way. It took a while for me to spot the (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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