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(...) That looks good. The one thing that stands out is the ladder. You make an effort to recess it at the bottom, but not at the top. Did you try doing it at the top? You would have to put a tile between the roof and the ladder, so I don't know how (...) (21 years ago, 14-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello, Last weekend, MonLUG participated in it's fourth Montreal area train show. And what a great weekend! :-) It was our best layout ever, we were as popular as ever with visitors, Jean-Marc Détraz from NovaLUG dropped by for a visit and we were (...) (21 years ago, 14-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.ca.monlug) !!
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Kevin Maynes wrote in message ... (...) Mea culpa. It's on my list to do a complete write-up, but it keeps getting pushed down the list by more important/urgent things! Kevin ---...--- Shopping Mall is back: (URL) TOWN PLANNING information: (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I don't see any really big gaps, but the nose looks too steep. Spiffy technique though on that. (...) Neat engine. (...) I have to agree, the model is too tall. There seems also to be only one door per cab as you say. I think it's also a bit (...) (21 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Gak! I don't think there are any decided 'standards' out there yet, nor even any 'recommended practices', but looking at the image, a full 9 bricks is far too high for a hi-cube car. I've seen plenty of hi-cube boxcars, both auto parts and (...) (21 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Looks very nice, but like you said, a little tall compared to the real one. Nice detailing though. And those 7-wide coaches look nice behind it too. Too bad S@H wouldn't give us more colours in train doors and windows. I can only imagine the (...) (21 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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After modeling the (impossible-to-build) 7-wide passenger coaches with hinge shovel scoop bits, I stuck to 7-wide for a go at a Swiss Re 4/4. The Swiss Re 4/4 is characterized by a steeply sloping complex angled face and large front and side-front (...) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) other things!) - build whatever looks good and runs well. If it looks too short, add some height. If it tips over in the corners or hits something over the track, it's too tall! Modelling real world trains in 'L-Gauge' is all about two words: (...) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) here is a image that can best explain my question (URL) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Huh? I'm confused. I assume you mean for rolling stock? 6-wide or 8-wide scale? Or do you mean clearance for overpasses? -Tim (partial train nut, but posting so you can clarify for the sake of the complete train nuts) ;-) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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hello what is the high standard for height? like for instance regular standard is from base is roughly 7 bricks high (21 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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"Mike Case" <mcase@metrolink.net> wrote in message news:3e960a92.154209...net.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) It also looks like the forklift element from 4512 has also been retooled to use the click hinge: Link to really bug image: (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The dark windows will have lots of uses. (...) When I first held the JS canopy, I thought that the strips were plate thickness and plate aligned. Only when I tried to put it together did a relize they where not. Thet were white turntable (...) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hmmmm? For some reason my sub-directories got moderated, but not the main one. So, here's the links for the moderated directories: (URL) well. Tim Strutt (21 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.monlug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) I wonder how far "out" the nose swings beyond the edge of curved track? Maybe not too much since the nose tapers to 2-wide? When I first saw pictures of this new passenger train set, I thought the loc's front canopy window was direct from (...) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks. I am pleased with that effect as well. (...) I don't have any of that part, but I do have 4 of these: (URL) I will have to give that a try tonight. Thanks for the suggestion. :) -J +---...---+ Jason Spears MichLUG - (URL) MOCpage - (...) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I really like the ribbed effect for the sides, and especially the roof. Looks really good like that. Have you tried it with a sliding door ((URL) Do you have any such doors to try it with? I think that would look even better. Peter (21 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Well I sat down last night and put a few ideas that had been bouncing around in my head into the brick. The result, my first train car, well the first that I am sorta proud of anyways. Boxcar - (URL) was loosily based on James Mathis' creation here: (...) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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They are actually the 2x3x2 Container Cupboard ((URL) 44 for each boxcar. SteveB (...) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Well, I finally have all the pictures and movies posted to Brickshelf from our Train and Town Layout this past weekend in Montreal. I had a problem trying to get them all into a single directory, so I had to break them up into a few directories. (...) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.monlug, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.mon) !
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(...) Oh ick! Well I guess I'll wait till I see the parts in person, but my first reaction is to say they ruined two perfectly good parts. :-\ I suppose the remake of 2873 isn't *that* bad, or it could have it's uses, but I just don't get 2582... (...) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I went back and looked at some of the other pictures and it looks like several of the parts have been retooled to use click hinges. Unfortunately, part 2873 ((URL) has been changed and it looks pretty ugly. The box art for 4512 shows the new (...) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Is that 'shovel' element in any of the new "Designer" sets? Very cool idea, James (as always!)... And, it would oh so easy to convert to 8-wide! ;-) JohnG, GMLTC (21 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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"Bob Hayes" <bobhayes1@aol.com> wrote in message news:HD57t6.15I8@lugnet.com... (...) (does (...) four (...) [ ... snipped ... ] I went back and looked at the picture and something else caught my eye. On the back end of the 2nd Class car, there (...) (21 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Jeez!!! You'd have to clear out every shop on Bricklink and then some! Cool design! -Stefan- (...) (21 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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The more that I look at the box art for the new passenger train ((URL) the more that I dislike the engine. Maybe it is the bird beak front, or the canopy windscreen (does it come with an ejection seat?) I just noticed that the sides are only four (...) (21 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Okay. I didn't realize that part was available in bricks. I have some plates in that color off the Republic Gunship and a Racers set. Spiffy. -Stefan- (...) (21 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Not so hard, it's already been done. Look at the bottom of this page: (URL) (21 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.fun, 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. (...) (21 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi James, Hi Dirk, as supposed by Dirk I really loved the 7wide passenger cars. Not only because they are 7wide, but because of their great design. I really like the solution James found for the undercarriage. Perfectly done! Same with the (...) (21 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Very useful to view the hi-res. I think I will learn many potential techniques and become inspired by elements and constructions in the pictures you show. Thanks for posting the hi-rez. (...) Not many at Bricklink. I have a few only: 5 black, (...) (21 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi James, I really appreciated to see my hi-res pictures referenced by you. So it was very very useful to upload such big images... The idea to use this as a roof element is congenial. Hope you get enough of them! I'm sure that Ben Beneke will love (...) (21 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Oh, I really like this and look forward to seeing how to make it! I never ever would have thought of making a clock out of lego... thanks for snapping me out of my limited imagination. :) "Chris Phillips" <drvegetable@attbi.com> wrote in message (...) (21 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi fellas, So, anything further on this by any chance? Of particular interest at the moment would be just how much gear you had on hand.. boosters, throttles, jack panels, that sort of thing. Specifically how much boosted power was available? Also, (...) (21 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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I think you're certifiable, James! Wow, that's awesome!! I never would have thought to use that element in that way. Now, how are you going to find that many of them to make the model in the ABS? -Tim (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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This picture gave me an idea: (URL) for the street lamp. Thanks to Bruce Chamberlain for identifying this element for me. I was stumped. Now, how to possibly use this scoop hinge element for a roof? I like this piece for the curved end does not (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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It's called yellow-orange, a little more yellow then the straight Orange (as the name might suggest. :) You can see the difference (kind of) here... (URL) better here... (URL) and a photo of two adjacent bricks here... (URL) Henry calls it med (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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I'm slowly building a web site on the MOCpages site, here's the most recent (...) (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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(...) Rio Grande is one of my favorite railroads. (...) So are your Lego versions orange and gray or yellow and gray or did you use another color? -Stefan- (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Steve Barile writes: That's a beautiful building (is that you on top? ;-) and a great story too! Will use "What, have you ran out of yellow bricks!" at work too. Jeroen (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Man, I run into that all the time! You kinda expect to with some rare colors... but once in a while I can't believe I don't have enough 1x1 plates w/clip in yellow or something like that. Also my wife gives me the major roll of the eyes, usually (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Great structure you got there Steve! Thanks for posting some pics of it. I also like'd seeing some of your brick inventory in the background. Do you run into not having the right brick piece in the right color very often? I know I do! Ray SCLTC (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Great work Steve! I really like delivery system in the middle. Have any close ups? I also like the mountain in the background. How's that coming? Robert (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Thanks Eric, And no, that is not "MY" my blue. It's yours now. B. (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Hey did Pimp-Daddy make that!?! Is that "MY" blue! LOL! Hey I see how it works. Nice job. e (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Jake, Sorry for the delay in posting these close-up pics of hopper car (taxes, a school field trip to the zoo, and exams kept me busy). Anyway, here they are. (URL) basically built the center beam of the car first and everything else around that. (...) (22 years ago, 9-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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"he Rio Grande boxcars are neat." Ah, someone noticed! :) These are yellow-orange, not regular orange. The difference in color is hardly noticeable when their on their own but when doing a s-by-s comparison it's a day and night difference. The (...) (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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Awesome grain silos! The strip of lt. blue(?) around the elevator is a nice touch. Spiffy use of the Jack Stone columns and the space-corridor thingy piece also. The Rio Grande boxcars are neat. -Stefan- (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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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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(...) 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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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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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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(URL) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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LOL! :-D Thank you Steve! Your houses looks good BTW! Pierre MonLUG #1 (...) (snip) (22 years ago, 7-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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OOPS! Well now you all know what I've been starring at wow! This (MonLUG)layout is fantastic. So here's a couple shots of my little town, not decorated yet. (URL) for all the pointers, it helped me get right to work. One slight inovation was the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) (22 years ago, 7-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Cary, I remember that i got also once a problem with a 9V motor (from a new Metroliner set). I could replace him for a new one after contacting LEGO abouth it. The train could run for abouth 10 rounds and then stopped, but the light in the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello You can see this original train in the web of sncf.fr (URL) regards Pascal BRUGIER FreeLUG (22 years ago, 7-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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I've rebuilt my SD40-2 from the ground up. It can be seen at (URL) to LEGO creations, then Locomotives. I had found it weak in a couple of places so that sparked the redesign. The base was pieced together from various plates and was prone to (...) (22 years ago, 7-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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In addition, there's Paul's previous under construction building: (URL) member of our club did one using yellow, so if you did't have all the tan lying around... This one looks remarkably close to NELUG's. - Thomas Michon Webmaster, SCLTC (...) (22 years ago, 5-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Shaun, Thanks for the link, that's a great picture! FYI the SCLTC pic is of a two story town hall building, also a great pic! (URL) are just so cool! They remind me so much of the old Atlas (HO) models of "Houses Under Construction" SteveB (...) (22 years ago, 4-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hiya Steve, Tom Duggan made an excellent one. Here one pic I found: (URL) (22 years ago, 4-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) They work pretty well. I run my 12v "Grasshopper" Atlantic on 9v layouts. I have to keep it at a kind of high speed, or the motor jerks and sticks (but that may just be mine). I use the quick-and-dirty method to make it go. It's powered from (...) (22 years ago, 4-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi All, I'm planning on building, or should I say half building, a house under constuction for the next PNLTC train Show (April 17-19 in Portland). I know the SCLTC has one and I recall seeing others. If you don't mind me using some of your ideas (...) (22 years ago, 4-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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I would like to announce that on May 9-11 at the NMRA Southeastern Region 2003 Convention at the Chattanooga Choo Choo Holiday Inn Resort in Chattanooga Tennessee the North Georgia LEGO Train club will join forces with the MidSouth LEGO Train Club (...) (22 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.loc.us.ga, lugnet.loc.us.tn, lugnet.loc.us.ar) !!
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(...) Although the 9v -> 12v conversion is very nice, as you said in another post, 9v is really the way to go. In fact, I don't have any 12V track, but I am planning on getting a 7745, or possibly some other 12V trains. Of course, you can simply (...) (22 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) <snip> (...) Hey All, I'm cross-posting this as there are quite a few interesting building techniques I think the community as a whole would like to see, Once again, that link is: (URL) lugnet.town, lugnet.trains Followup: lugnet.org.us.lucny (...) (22 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.us.lucny, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Mike, it took maybe 3 hours to convert the first motor. Then I did 2 at a time and needed less than 2 hours to convert 2 motors. An that included all works: making the connecting bushes, opening the housing, drill the needed holes etc. That (...) (22 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Cary, that sounds not to good... :-( (...) I always swapped all 4 rubber bands (at maybe 33% of all my motors - especially those that have not too much ballast but shall pull longer trains). (...) Only on 9V nowadays. In the past a few (...) (22 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Pictures from RichLUG Train Show: 3/22-33
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On March 22-23, RichLUG participated in the annual Wings ‘n’ Rails Show at the Aviation Museum of Virginia ((URL) here in Richmond, VA. Here’s a link to a folder in our BrickShelf gallery that contains some pictures I took with an elderly 35 mm (...) (22 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.richlug, lugnet.animation, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.town)
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In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke writes: ... (...) Last night I finally got around to filing down a few of my many defective wheel sets and successfully got a single Santa Fe engine (for the first time) to pull five stock Santa Fe cars around (...) (22 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Apart from the concern of running the motor built for 9v at 12v Ben's method requires breaking open the casing, building the 4 contact bushes and fitting them and connecting them internally. He also says "putting things together might be a bit (...) (22 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Ludmilla BR 232 diesel engine from DB Cargo originally manufactored in russia for GDR
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In lugnet.trains, Dirk Meier writes: Hi Dirk! Thanks for sharing the pictures and some info on the prototype here and at 1000steine.de! To be honest, I do not like this creation of yours that much as I did with past designs.... That is basically (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi all! Before anybody trys to convert his 9V train motors, I have to jump in and warn that these 9V motors are really to weak to "pull a fish from a plate" (as we say here). If one exchanges the rubber bands of the wheels against the rubber (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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I noticed the pictures on brickshelf a few days ago and recoqnised it immidiately; you have got the (special) design of it very well. I think that this one is hardly possible to build 8 (or less) wide, so this makes it reasonable to make it 10 wide, (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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As you say this is hardly possible. We did that in 2001 (www.hot.ee/sonnich/lego/ - under galleries you will find the Baltic Train Event), and found it hard (impossible) with curved rails. We used straight rail for a "border" station between the (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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While I can't say I like those particular diesels, you definitely got the look of them down. The SNOT work on the model as well is awesome and the way you modeled the roof especially is really sweet. I look forward to seeing pics of it with the (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi again! After nearly finishing the complete renewing (decorating is not the right word here ;-)) of my dining room I found some time for modelling a new MOC. This BR 232 from the german railway (Deutsche Bahn) was formerly used in the GDR. It was (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Inspired by the works of Leo Dorst and Eric Harshbarger, I set out to build a working clock mechanism in a form factor that could be displayed on a train layout. The result of this two-week effort is my LEGO Clock Tower, which made its debut on (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nelug) !!
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I've also been considering (as I believe many people have), the ways in which 12V and 9V trains might run together. Slotting the 12V conductor rails into 9V track seems the most obvious solution, but there are two major problems; it doesn't work for (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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I am doing some experimenting with running 12V rails inside 9V rails so I can run 9V and 12V on the same track. Obviously the switches don't work, but I always though the curves and straights would - but I find that there are ridges across the (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Wouldn't converting the 9V motor as Ben Beneke described it have been easier? (URL) has all the details and seems a lot easier and safer. Good luck! (22 years ago, 31-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi, I wondered how, or even if, people have put 12v motors into 9v trains. The motors themselves are almost identical in build but the 9v motors have those side pieces and the wheels are slightly bigger - very noticeable when you put a 12v plain (...) (22 years ago, 31-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Origin of these printed bricks?
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(...) Hi Ian, I only own the German 113 version. It has 4 white bricks (size 6x1x1) with red 'POST' letters in the luggage car. And the passenger car comes with 6 bricks (size 6x1x1) in blue and the print is a white field without colour where the (...) (22 years ago, 31-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Thanks Jake, I'll take some close up photos this week and post them. Robert Powell suggested that I do the instructions in MLCad and put them on your site which I'd like to do. I'll begin working on the instructions just as soon as I finish my (...) (22 years ago, 31-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) writing; mine are blue bricks with white writing? Unusual. (22 years ago, 29-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | "Sneak Peek" Inventory for Train Engine Shed (10027) Added
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Thanks to LEGO Direct, we have put up the inventory for the new "Train Engine Shed" (10027). Of note, Box car sliding doors in black, Tile 1 x 2 in green, without the money pattern, lots of slops, bricks 1 x n, and numerous tiles! Check it out: (...) (22 years ago, 31-Mar-03, to lugnet.announce.peeron, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.trains) !!
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The Richmond Lego Users Group (RichLUG) presented a train layout at the RF&P Wings and Rails train show on March 22-23. Pictures of the layout can be viewed at (URL) pictures can also be accessed in the photo gallery section at www.richlug.org (this (...) (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.us.richlug, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Hi Bif, since Germany has probably been a much bigger market for toys trains, the Hamburg, Genover + Basel have for sure been more 'often' sold than the UK-version (but they are still really hard to find nowadays and I saw the six of them (...) (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New MOCs: town vehicles and a tie crane for train
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(...) (snip) Thank you Ray. Well, since they are not all "my" ideas, go ahead! :-) And send me pictures! :-) Pierre (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) (snip) Thank you Stefan! I've put many hours on the camper and I'm happy with the result. Pierre (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) (snip) Thank you Mike! (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thank you Robert! Don't forget to send me pictures!! :-) Pierre (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) (snip) (...) Thank you Ben! I'd be happy if my model was more realistic, but I think it does the job for the moment. :-) Pierre (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thank you Nate! (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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Thanks for posting these Pierre...some great vehicles there...Hope you won't mind if I borrow some of your building ideas! Ray SCLTC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pierre Normandin" <pierre_normandin@hotmail.com> To: <lugnet.town@lugnet.com>; (...) (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) (Snip) (...) Thank you Larry! A co-worker who is in HO trains gave me the idea. Pierre (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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