 | | "Acht"tung, Baby!" (was:Re: Swiss SBB wine freight car)
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(...) Ausgezeichnet, Dirk! This is a really handsome car you have created, along with some others you have posted recently! I love the textures and attention to detail-- really nice:-) I also like it when you give us links to the prototypes, so we (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Swiss SBB wine freight car
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Hi, me again, on sunday I've built an swiss SBB wine freight car. The idea is from the 2001/2002 Märklin catalogue (page 505). See here for a picture of the Märklin catalogue: (URL) version is black instead of gray, because I needed more than 200 (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains) !
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| | Re: Modular Engine Shed: 99% Bulk
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James, I really like this. It really shows off what you can do with a couple handfuls of traditional Lego bricks. It is also a good example of the type of non-juniorized Train theme buildings that I would love to see Lego produce again. With a few (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 4-4-0 + flatcar posted to brickshelf
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the pics are here: (URL) 4-4-0 is the same model I posted a while back to lugnet.cad.dat.models the flatcar is basicly a drop-bed flatcar with my ute on the top. (22 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Modular Engine Shed: 99% Bulk
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In an effort to get back to reality, I've tried for a bulk brick building effort. This construction is still only CAD-based, but it is constrained to the readily available assortment of bulk pack elements, excepting a few parts. Even so, I haven't (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Who's cars are these?
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Sorry for the long delay... I do have more pics and I will update www.lgauge.com soon to include them. (...) <snip> (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | GMLTC in Moorhead, MN, June 27th-30th
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Calling all LEGO Train fans in the Fargo/Moorhead area! The Greater Midwest LEGO Train Club will be at the 25th annual Scandinavian Hjemkomst Festival June 27th - 30th. Come out and meet some of the members of 'the most disorganized LEGO train club (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Virtual Southwestern-style Train Station
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James, I really love your roof idea. I live in southern California, so I see this style of construction all the time. I just wish it were actually possible to get enough of those curved slope piece in real life to achieve what you've done in virtual (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Track Bed Ideas
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Thanks for the information. I will have to do some experimenting. - John Eric "Christopher Tracey" <ctracey@enviroweb.org> wrote in message news:3D0D29CB.403050...web.org... (...) rectangular (...) a (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Track Bed Ideas
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John Eric Voltin wrote: > How do you handle curved track? I don't believe that such a rectangular > arrangement will work with curved track. I considered using tiles, but a > large supply of gray tiles would be hard to get. Any thoughts? this fuzzy (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New site
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It is actually an IC4 - 4 cars EMU - IC3 is a 3 car DMU The difference is also, that IR4 has the "red part" from door to door on next car, while IC3 only have red doors (not in between). See the trains here: (URL) type of trains are in use in (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Pics: 3 more buildings
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In lugnet.build.arch, Bruce Hietbrink writes: Is there anything holding in the (...) Now there is:-) After looking at James' solution, I came up with a variation here: (URL) only thing that isn't obvious is that the element directly under the upside (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jun-02, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Track Bed Ideas
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How do you handle curved track? I don't believe that such a rectangular arrangement will work with curved track. I considered using tiles, but a large supply of gray tiles would be hard to get. Any thoughts? - John Eric "Christopher Tracey" (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Pics: 3 more buildings
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(...) Yup:-) (...) Actually, it does just rest in there; I built this shed years ago before I was clever enough to figure out how to mount it. Now, I'm still not clever enough, except to study James Mathis' work here: (URL) and mount it adapting (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jun-02, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Pics: 3 more buildings
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Hey John, You're right, those train engines do steal the show. :) Nothing against the building, they're just some of the most amazing models I've seen. On the red building, I really like the round window above the entryway. I'll have to try that (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jun-02, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains)
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| | Pics: 3 more buildings
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The updating continues. 1. I'm not sure what I did, but I noticed that I had deleted pics of my SOL green building. There some new pics of that. 2. I reshot a few of my tan building. 3. I took some new ones of my engine shed. I thought that it would (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jun-02, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains)
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| | Captain Blackhole of the Blackstar
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Pictures here: (URL) is a shot of the captain, his crew, his (stolen) droids, his treasure and the T3000 supercomputer he "appropriated" from the "grain hauler" he looted a few years back. blackskull1, blackskull2 and blackskull3 are pictures of (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jun-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Virtual Southwestern-style Train Station
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(...) You know, if you ever want to move to Minneapolis I'm sure we could find room for you in our little group... What do you think about the occasional -40 degree temperatures in the middle of January? ;-) JohnG, GMLTC (22 years ago, 15-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Virtual Southwestern-style Train Station
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(...) Ha. But, I can't really build this, and I'm small-town compared to you Big-time Builders. All you makers of huge-o-mongous layouts, sculptures, and scenery. Yeah, all you Train Club folks, you're Big-Town Players! I really admire your (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Track Bed Ideas
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(...) Hi Chris, thanks for the reply and link. that is exactly what I am looking to do. I found your study of ballast as well. (URL) didn't know it was called ballast....(townie factor) Thanks for the compliments & thanks again for pointing me in (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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