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Kim Toll wrote in message ... (...) Mmmm, yummy Kim! Looks excellent! So are you going to enter it in the Town Building Contest? Kevin ---...--- TOWN Lego Building contest! (URL) Hospital 2396 piece kit! (URL) Lego parts store: (URL) Guild of (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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(...) Thanks Bruce, As with most projects, I thought about it for months before I did it. I'm sure the other PNLTC guys got tired of me talking about my ideas for a modular sculpted module! :) But when it came down to working on it, I probably spent (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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Wow, Kim- where to begin? What you have done is excellent-- very interesting to the eye. When a module or scene can draw your attention in as yours does, it is very effective and pleasing indeed. Trying to bridge the gap, so to speak, between (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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(...) the two-level effect. Probably my favorite detail is the canyon with the waterfall running through the middle. It made me think of Cornell's campus, which has this gorge running through the middle that is really pretty (though it's been ten (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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(...) Because you're having a premature senior moment? (ILTCO NG) (...) Thanks. Yes, I do need to make a few minor corrections based on our conversations, but haven't yet. -John (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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The GMLTC will bring it's "in progress" layout to La Crosse, Wisconsin, this weekend, to display at the 21st annual La Crosse and Three Rivers Railroad Club's show. For those of you who saw us at the Jackson Street Roundhouse last month, you (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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The next update on my site is a page showing my Mountain Town train module. It is a fully brickscaped train module of a small town (or part of a small town). (URL) the town perspective, its the first complete, fully detailed town scene I've done. (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build) !!
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Hi everyone, Finally, I found the way to post pics and put them in sort of order. Here is some pics of my latest creations. Unfortunately, the quality of the pics aren't the best but they give you a good idea of what it is. Here are them all: (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Thanks to Thomas' recent post of a rendered Santa Fe "B" power unit, I have been reminded of his excellent efforts in trains of some 2 years ago! I encourage you to visit his BrickShelf gallery. (URL) certainly appreciate his effort and skill to (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) ?? Why do I remember this model and remember talking about windows and rear openings with you? I also remember telling you then that it was a cute model but to be produced you might want to work it up as a 6 wide. 0-4-0Ts tend to be quite (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It's possible it's an artifact of the way the categories work. Note that German eBay has a category for LEGO trains while eBay US does not (or didn't as of a couple months ago, though US eBay does now have multiple categories for LEGO). Do (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) If you're willing to stumble through eBay Germany (Babelfish is a good friend of mine), it's pretty easy to get 12v stuff for not unreasonable prices (I got a 7740 for about $150 including shipping - though it was missing most of the stickers (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks, James. Yeah, it's a small loco (they don't get much smaller!) It doesn't even have a tender-- hence the "T" in the name designation for "Tank", but that made it easier to model (I thought that that would make producing it cheaper (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Yes, these are tres cool. I am going to have to abandon 14 wide and go to 18 wide! :-) I would love to know: does anyone have any idea of the gauge of the track (distance between the rails) used in the LLs? -John (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Thank you Steve Wooster. Trains at LL Windsor: (URL) wow! Love these trains. Especially love seeing the Eurostar :-) (URL) Mathis (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Admittedly, I've never noticed a locomotive like this before. The image that shows the profiles of both your LEGO model and that of the schematic is striking! The scale and call-out of all the distinctive element features is excellent. later, James (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Here is a little tanker I built about a year ago and never posted. The exercise for me was to create the most realistic looking MOC that could also be produced as a set by TLC. I also wanted to include in the set a bunch of "train goodies", so that (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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At this point I really don't mind what happens to Track Designer, I have zero time to spend on it. I'm basically going to open it up to the community and you guys can do whatever you want with the source, modify it, rewrite it, port it or put the (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: sfsc b-unit, here is mine
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(...) Hi Adrian, Nice looking b-units. Could you tell me how many SFSC sets it took to build both b-units. I'm not aware of what other sets have the grey wheels so it seems to me it took 4 sets to build what you have, including locomotives. Thanks (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Gray VS. Black Metroliner Nose
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(...) my defunct voyager site are grey nose jobs I did in 1998... (rummages) ah yes.... (2 URLs) that site needs to be overhauled. Embarassingly poor quality pics and a lot of the models are way way non state of the art for nowadays. (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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