 | | Re: 4-6-4 Hudson Yellowbelly
|
|
(...) Thanks. I like that part, and have recently bought many for future creations. They are amazingly strong, and connect very tight. (...) The driver wheels themselves are red spoked lego wheels form the 70's painted grey. The rods are a (...) (22 years ago, 31-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: 4-6-4 Hudson Yellowbelly
|
|
I saw this a couple days ago as I was browsing brickshelf. Very nice. I like the use of the stunt stick/backpack attachment thingy on the small headlights. Are those drivers lego parts from the old car sets? Or are they another manufacturer? (...) (22 years ago, 31-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: the perfect way to sell lego trains
|
|
lots of snipage here: (...) I think so too, Thomas starters run from $25 (basic circle w/1 engine no cars) its $40 (basic figure 8 w/1 engine 2 cars) they go way up from there (...) yep (...) I think some options here would be good... 9v train motor (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
|
| |
| | Re: Rheingold Express in 8-wide
|
|
(...) Wow! I really like this one...is the lettering that says "Rheingold" SNOT or is it a sticker of some kind? (My question may be answered when folder becomes public, oh well.) (...) Very nice. (...) The train station is incredible! Sounds like (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.de)
|
| |
| | Re: 4-6-4 Hudson Yellowbelly
|
|
(...) Thanks! (...) The drive wheels are only connected to the chassis by couplings, the top is "pressed on" the chassis by 2 springed wheels holders (the red ones). Over curves and switches, they puch up slightly higher, and therefore don't run. On (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: Rheingold Express in 8-wide
|
|
(...) Wow, amazing stuff! (...) I considered going, but the (ICE) traintrip would take 4 hours from Amsterdam and the Dutch Railways wouldn't give a quote on the price for a ticket on the website :-( Maybe next year I'll come for a whole weekend and (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.de)
|
| |
| | Re: Rheingold Express in 8-wide
|
|
(...) <snip> (...) Only one comment: Ghaaaa... :-O *drool* Amazing creations, Ben. Congrats for the success of this meeting!! :-) Pedro (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.de)
|
| |
| | Rheingold Express in 8-wide
|
|
Hi all, Frank 'Pudie' Abel, a co-Afol of the FGLTC has built a really beautiful Rheingold-Express train. That was shown yesterday at the FGLTC end-of-year-show in Hattersheim. It might appear as an ISCC II gallery as well ( (URL) ), but I think it (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.de)
|
| |
| | Re: Monorail Freight Destinations
|
|
(...) (URL) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: Monorail Freight Destinations
|
|
(...) construction of the awnings. This link comes up blank for me though: (URL) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: 4-6-4 Hudson Yellowbelly
|
|
Nice looking engine. I am interested about your drive wheels. How good do they run. I always had problems going over switches, and and with three drive wheels how will does it fit over curves. How are you connecting your drive wheel to your rods? I (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: the perfect way to sell lego trains
|
|
It is my belief that as long as LEGO® markets trains toward children, we won't see much progress being made. I too, would like the company to aim it's train line at fine hobby shops worldwide...then we should see a sharp rise in interest when the (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
|
| |
| | Re: the perfect way to sell lego trains
|
|
snip (...) snip I disagree, as a child the only lego train set (as opposed to a single vehicle) I could ever afford was the unmotorised 7715 (URL) had a battery motor from when i was younger so used that, doesn't give you the remote control I am (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
|
| |
| | Monorail Freight Destinations
|
|
Hello again, Having de-lurked to post the pictures of my monorail freight train some months back ((URL) its time to de-lurk again to post the "raison d'etre" for the train. At one end is the port - (URL) - where the Costal Freighter brings the (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: The Rock (for my large church)
|
|
"BrickBuy" <pjanssen@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message news:H7sBJ9.IJ6@lugnet.com... (...) of (...) pieces (...) transportation. (...) more. (...) Great MOC. Two things that really jumped out at me: (1) the different strata of rock; and (2) the (...) (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: a trick to make NEW trainwheels work - PICTURE SERIE
|
|
(...) Only heard about a few Germans who did it in October, when this thread popped up. They all got wheels with at least 75% bad ones among them. As long as TLC (or the involved third party producer) has not done a design change back to the old (...) (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
|
| |
| | Re: 4-6-4 Hudson Yellowbelly
|
|
Are the drive wheels painted!? I thinks I may have to paint the Drive wheels for me 2-10-0 Decapod I'm starting... Looks awsome! I never thought of building a shrouded locomotive. Josh (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | LTrax v0.01, an LDraw-Compatible "Track Designer"
|
|
I'm proud to present a working (well, sort of) sketchy version of my latest creation, LTrax. In (URL) , you'll find the 108 kb zip file. It's a program inspired by Matthew Bates' Track Designer, but *much* less advanced. (I spent a couple of days (...) (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: a trick to make NEW trainwheels work - PICTURE SERIE
|
|
(...) But what to do if you don't have a dremel or file? Anyone experience with sending the wheels back to LEGO Consumer Service for replacement? Don't forget that there are a lot of kids having train sets (especially with the Sinterklaas [December (...) (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
|
| |
| | Re: The Rock (for my large church)
|
|
(...) I don't expect any derailments, since the only track that is going through is straight (2 tracks, each 12 sections long). The tunnel on the "waterfall" side is a "dummy" for now. Anyway, the large black wall contains a section that can be (...) (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains)
|
