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For a while I could not figure out if those red windshields on the cable car were 4 or 6 wide. Now I'm leaning towards 6 wide. Also, compare these to the light gray windshelds used on Lego train designer Jorn Thomsen's electric passenger car: (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) the top/back edge. It's already used the other way up in Zam Wessel's speeder <set:7133>. The train piece isn't as tall, and clearly you can build on top of it. Jason J Railton (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but in the upcoming 2003 sets, there appears to be a new window piece which could be useful for train builders. This set shows it (URL) on the cable car and I have noticed it in other colors on the.... (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Very cool Robert. The SW9 and calf are awesome and SD Coaster looks sweet too. B. (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Stunningly beautiful. These are great complements for the Blacksmith Shop. These work in that era and also can be used in more modern settings as well (town center buildings, or mixed in with others) Very nice work Jon! Spotlighted (like it (...) (22 years ago, 5-Feb-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) It's Avery 8665 clear label sheets. I guess you could call then stickers. (...) Yeah, I looked at Railfonts. I was trying to see if I could do it without buying any fonts but it didn't work out as well as I hoped. I'm off to Railfont's with my (...) (22 years ago, 5-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Both sets are great! I can't wait to play at Brickswest. Maybe I can get a bi-level and engine built that match these and we'll gang them up for a long train! SteveB (...) (22 years ago, 5-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes: (URL) even use the UP font for *their* font:-) JOHN (22 years ago, 5-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Are these decals or stickers? I thought you said they were self adhesive. I haven't found a source of printable decal paper. (...) I think UP uses a special font. J2 has sourced a set of RR fonts and I could swear that UP's font is included in (...) (22 years ago, 5-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You're thinking of MichLTC, and Peter Guenther. He made stained glass by printing onto a transparent material that sticks by static electricity (like colorforms(tm) do), and then positioning them onto transparent 1x4x3 panels. This material (...) (22 years ago, 5-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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I think I figured out the part that makes up the nose of the ICE train. It's a differently patterned version of the nose of this plane: (URL) Jack Stone! Gagh. -Stefan- (22 years ago, 5-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Cool switcher set. You packed alot of detail into it, especially for a 6-wide. I like the stairs at the ends best. Cool. -Stefan- (22 years ago, 5-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Thank you James! My biggest problem with the decals was finding the correct font and then sizing it correctly. I think I have the size about right, but I am still looking for the correct font. (22 years ago, 5-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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"Robert Powell" <rpowell@soundvet.com> wrote in message news:H9t1AM.7wK@lugnet.com... (...) The switcher and calf looks great. I like the decals. The hardest thing to get right is the scale proportions and think you got dead on. I cannot remember (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) We still have a couple of similar crossings operating in the Melbourne metro, I'll try to get some pics at some stage. There's also a few permanently shut (to road traffic) which were manually operated until they were closed down. The (...) (22 years ago, 5-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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Hello All, I just completed 2 new MOC's for BricksWest; a Union Pacific SW9 with calf and the San Diego Coaster that was designed by James Mathis. I made the UP decals using PhotoShop and clear label stock. I'm not terribly happy with them yet, so I (...) (22 years ago, 4-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains) !
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Thanks for sharing these pictures. (...) In lugnet.trains, Kecia Hansen writes: (...) I think it would have been good to have a model of the ICE, but since it's not a good copy the colour doesn't bother me. So long as this isn't a set with track and (...) (22 years ago, 4-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Thanks for sharing the 2003 pictures. It is good to see the product development. The display are staged (with the set numbers) to show what you get with each set. I wondered if there was any more information say telling you if there is a speed (...) (22 years ago, 4-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) <set:4565> is not in the 2003 catalog so it looks like it's being discontinued. Best regards, /Tobbe (URL) SPAM when e-mailing) (22 years ago, 4-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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James Powell wrote in message ... (...) track, (...) time (...) tonight!). Here's a further post :-) Well, that was *almost* enough train fun for me! I am still getting over being around people for the entire weekend (lone wolf type here). Once the (...) (22 years ago, 4-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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