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Hi, everyone! New Yorkers, please check in and say hello! INTRODUCTION: I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO PRETEND TO BE AN ARCHITECT My name is Paul Klenk, from NYC. I've enjoyed learning a lot since I joined recently and started posting. You are all an (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny, lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Re: More Loops at shows...
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(...) Actually that was my Lighthouse, we put it in Calum's area because he had a sea port.... I'm glad you liked it. Jeff VW (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Remote Turnouts and Decouplers
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(...) Looking forward to it. Thanks. Play well. Tim Strutt 8^) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Remote Turnouts and Decouplers
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(...) Wow! That's pretty small. Mines an L-shape too, overall about 10x10. But then mine has to enclose the point lever area too. I tried to keep it as low as possible, but I'm considering mounting the motor on top and turning it into a hut of some (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Train Engine Construction Animation
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(...) Thanks!!! (...) Dunno, I'm not that old ;-) Jeroen (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: More Loops at shows...
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(...) Yes. And even static things can be eye candy... Little jokes like the landspeeder parked at the info booth, and little more somber tableax like the firemans funeral, or the pirate skeleton below the lighthouse rocks are all crowd pleasers. (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Remote Turnouts and Decouplers
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(...) one) (...) Thanks, the footprint is L-shaped. Each leg is 4 x 7 studs. Steve (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Remote Turnouts and Decouplers
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(...) one) (...) Sorry about the delayed reply. I will be making a DAT file of the switch house sometime in the next week, and possibly a file of the uncoupler also. Steve (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Broken Monorail Motor
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(...) <snip> (...) Remark that rechargeble batteries have a LOWER voltage (8.4V) than a regular battery (9V). This causes a speed difference, and there's also some tollerance om those toy motor speed too. Take a test with some train motors, 2 (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Target update: Redwood City CA
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(...) Perhaps... (...) I don't have room in my 600 square foot house for more track. That loop will have to do me for a while. --Bill. (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Broken Monorail Motor
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(...) Who said that? :-) (...) All kidding aside, and even though monorail is an orphaned product, does it make sense for them to have their own group? I dunno, which is why I ask. I can't remember, I may even have asked before about this. The three (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Broken Monorail Motor
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(...) Well, I did actually start the thread in .town and .space in addition to .trains. To me it makes most sense to discuss monorails in .trains because they have the general characteristics of a train, and are heavily used by train folks (it seems (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Broken Monorail Motor
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In lugnet.trains, Tony Hafner writes: ... (...) ... Here's some pictures of the cover; let me know if it's not clear enough: (URL) train runs fine forwards and backwards. As Mike Walsh remembers, running backwards, it can't push closed a switching (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Help a Newbie build his first LEGO Train set!
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(...) Ya, well... I still have to take photos (more of them) of my basement. I have 580 pieces of straight track. All are used. And, I need more for my station, and for sidings (I have 3 track switches still spare, plus 2 leads for the station that (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Target update: Redwood City CA
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Welcome to the wonderful world of trains! $79 is a very fair price for the set, especially if you need the speed controller. We'll look forward to seeing you and your newly-themed MOCs on lugnet.trains! (BTW, you'll want some more track ASAP. That (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Train Engine Construction Animation
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Eduardo, The basic steps are listed below. Which part would you like more information about? Bob (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Train Engine Construction Animation
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Thanks, I did not know that. I usually don't use steps, but I will give that a try. (...) [snip] (23 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Train Engine Construction Animation
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(...) Jeroen, I made a .MOV - 2.3 megs. I had a lot of trouble getting it that small - I have not worked with Quicktime files much - the first try came out at 75 megs!. The 2.3 meg file is posted at (URL) miss the old days of animation - Autodesk (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Broken Monorail Motor
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(...) "acquired", "loaned", these are just semantics you're playing at. :) (...) Oh, well, in *that* case. <innocent whistling, sounds of a Dremel fade away in the background> Umm, the motor is fine. Just fine. Anyone got some white plastic-like (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Broken Monorail Motor
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(...) The RCX is often used as a very expensive and overengineered way to solve simple problems. Sure... I *could* try that approach. But I'd rather do it mechanically. And $200 (or thereabouts) for a relay would cut very deeply into my Lego budget. (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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