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(...) Can you overlap the tile with a plate or brick that is attached across the width of the tile or possibly from behind the tile? (...) OK, I never real-brick-built this. Thanks for letting me know. Off to my brick pile... (...) I like the 2x2 (...) (22 years ago, 18-May-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Huh... I guess I forgot to tell you: there is no such thing as Radio Shack here! Plus, is the US designation the same as in Europe? (...) These I have a couple (from my "little chemist's" pack); I will use them shortly, thank you! (...) (...) (22 years ago, 18-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: British EMU .mpd and Virtual Eurostar Experience (was Re: Work in progress, an EMU)
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"James Mathis" <thakius@nmt.edu> wrote in message news:Gw84or.MEM@lugnet.com... (...) experimenting with various designs today. (URL) liked your design, and used it as a basis for the green and red version. I'm not entirely happy with the front, (...) (22 years ago, 18-May-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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All, After several weeks of what must surely have been hours of work, Jeroen has produced another terrific poster. And this time, I had the honor of having him develop the poster with my Locomotive design! He has also created a desktop (...) (22 years ago, 18-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) <snip> (...) 20# wire from Radio shack works fine. Also, for quick prototyping, use small alligator clips. they can by clipped on the ends of sidings, or in loops, pressed horizontally into one of the four slots on each side of the track. (...) (22 years ago, 18-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Hold on for a few weeks. I have a new design to present which meets all your criteria for a remotely operated switch. In the meantime, you should absolutely design your layout for manual switching. It is much more satisfying (and prototypical!) (...) (22 years ago, 18-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Do you think,too,that James Mathis is every day more clever as a train builder? (URL) Foto - Crea e condividi i tuoi album fotografici online (URL) (22 years ago, 18-May-02, to lugnet.trains) !
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In lugnet.trains, Ed McGlynn writes: (snipped) (...) This one, I have put to work so far in my current layout. It's the easy part, I think... (...) But how will the TS reach the inner loop, if the switch in the center is set to straight? Shouldn't (...) (22 years ago, 17-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I will, thank you. BTW, is it possible to use a regular wire (non-LEGO) to make tests? Later I'd replace it with the real stuff, but in order to test faster I may need to use this procedure (if it is possible, what are the specifications of (...) (22 years ago, 17-May-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That looks a little taller than I'd like to build one. I'm tempted to lower it overall and just use curves between the bogeys. Even though it's not so realistic it might fit better overall, and it means (allowing for bogus motor bogeys) you (...) (22 years ago, 17-May-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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