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Please take a look at the stack on this LEGOLAND Billund steam locomotive. I am wondering how the red and white circular stripes were constructed. The stack appears to be 4 studs diameter. The stud pattern on the circumference leads me to think (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LLBillund Train Piece Question
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Oh sure, those are macaroni plates; red, white, and black! Don't you have a baggie full of those? ;) SteveB (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yep, and I'm not sharing them...unless you'd like to buy some from me. ;-) Here's another picture thanks to Dirk: (URL) Mathis (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Fenders for Light Shrouds (was: Re: LLBillund Train Piece Question)
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Check out the use of town vehicle fenders used for the headlamp shrouds on this red loc: (URL) clever! later, James Mathis (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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James,it's a sticker! Just like the "740" one on boiler lid. Ciao Gianluca (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Ha! Look at the 1x1 antenna pieces on the front of the loco. Even LEGO mods their elements! I feel better now!!!! LOL -Rob "Have Lego, will Dremel" Hendrix (URL) Mathis" <thakius@nmt.edu> wrote in message news:HD1L5z.930@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Just to explain what these colours are. Danish steam engines had chimney-bands (skorstensbånd), which marked whom it belonged to. The one we see here is the state railways (red-white-red, Danish flag) DSB, but also other state-related railways used (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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It's interesting to note the 1x2 bricks that form the walls of the circular depression in which the train sits. They are bent to form a curve in the same manner that Daniel Siskind 'discovered' with his boat hulls. Seth. (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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