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I too! Alfio from Bologna, Italy LUGNET # 2034 (...) (21 years ago, 11-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes! Lots of vehicles!!! I may have to add a second deck to my suspension bridge and double up on the cables. Thank you for providing this service. Patrick S. O'Donnell (21 years ago, 11-May-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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Hello again LEGO® Train and Town (aka World City) fans! The ILTCO is pleased to announce some exciting news, as part of our growing partnership with The LEGO Company. LEGO has supplied the ILTCO with box art for the new 2003 LEGO World City Police (...) (21 years ago, 11-May-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town) !!
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(...) I've noticed that when you post to a specific newsgroup, it filters up the tree anyway, when you view it in LUGNET, and since some people complain about cross-posting, I decided to trim my posts to .scltc and .announce. I thought that people (...) (21 years ago, 11-May-03, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.trains)
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The show has been a great success and I wanted to share a few photos from Saturday with all of you. I'm sure when everyone gets home (and back to the faster than modem speed internet) more photos will be posted. In the meantime, here ya go: NGLTC (...) (21 years ago, 10-May-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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Hi all, Does anybody knows a good source on the web for scans of stickers/decals for (grey area) Lego trains? Jeroen (21 years ago, 10-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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What, are you guys trying to hide this show from us!? This is an amazing display with awesome pics. But by not cross-posting on lugnet.trains, people like me who use a newsreader for most of my LUGNETing missed it completely! Note to others: (...) (21 years ago, 10-May-03, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.trains)
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Hi Got an e-mail this morning that the Engine Shed has been shipped! JOEHOE! Hopefully I will recieve it before my vacation... Jeroen (21 years ago, 10-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm awaitng the stand alone application that also produces .dat-files and orders Eric Sophies Jama to actually build it. Of course the application has to work on multiple platforms. :) /Tobbe (21 years ago, 9-May-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) Thanks for the good suggestions. I should've locked the cells a long time ago. I've even entered numbers in to cells containing equations. I'm glad there's an undo command :-) (...) have Excel. If not, I'll show you how the formulas work and (...) (21 years ago, 9-May-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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I recently aquired a 7745 (great train, incidentally), but one thing about it surprised me. All the wheels (except on the motor of course) were black with red axles. The instructions nor any photos I've see of this set have this. So is it some (...) (21 years ago, 9-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Wow! Very useful! Sorry for the late reply, I've missed your post. But I highlighted it to possible help others who missed it and because I think it's worth it. I only tinkered with it a little, but it seems pretty straight forward (at least (...) (21 years ago, 9-May-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) Dear Juan, I am convinced you will get into "SNOTting" sooner or later. Your models are allready so full of life and details. At some level you can only enhance your building style by pressing more details/bicks into a giving volume..... And (...) (21 years ago, 9-May-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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Here's a link to my MOC pages on my 8-wide trains... (URL) (21 years ago, 9-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm glad you like the platform. (...) Yes, but you still have 3/4ths of the set left over for other subsets! Ben (21 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi Juan, That's really great. Not only do I like the building, I love the duckies :) -Anne (...) -- There may be 50 ways to leave your (\`--/') _ _______ .-r-. leave your lover, but there are >.~.\ `` ` `,`,`. ,'_'~`. only 4 ways out of this (...) (21 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Jon (...) Thank you very much..... Do yo like the roof?..... Hey!!!! I'm very glad to hear this, because the roof is one of the few things that is entery of my "own creation"... The farm build is based on some Vollmer H0 models.... I like this (...) (21 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Ben, Very cool! It has a bit 50's/60's feel. Very nice (but a bit expensive ;-) Jeroen (21 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Welcome to Lugnet Juan! As i hope you are aware, your creations have been posted here before, and all of which look very simple and elegant. I love this farm and eagerly await new creations! Welcome to the castle family! -lenny (21 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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Hi everyone in trains (this is my first trains post in a long time), Last night I needed to borrow a few pieces from my Santa Fe Super Chief. I was staring at a pile of red, yellow, and grey pieces and I decided to make something with them. I (...) (21 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well its not exactly a free market as TLC have copyright over certain "compatability" issues and many enthusiasts of the product have a particular abhorrence to using 3rd party components. So I don't think it's as simple as that. srh (...) (21 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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Hi Juan, I think your Farm is great, I love the roof. The animals are a great addition as well! Keep up the great work, this is the best farm I've seen. Jon (...) (21 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Wow!!!! What can I say..... I must lern much before build something like this.... snot is a great and hard skill I have tried to do some snot things, but I find it too dificult for me to build..... Your black & white tudor boxes with one black (...) (21 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thank you very much for your comments.... It's great to see that you like my work.... That invite me to do more layouts and go on with this "hard work" :-) (...) In fact I have some proyect of interiors: tables, fire places, and so, but I must (...) (21 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Check it out. (URL) (21 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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I agree with Calum that it's not the communities responsiblity to support such ventures, it's really up to the free market. If you have a product that people want and it's priced at a point that people will buy it then it will be a success. Seems (...) (21 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) What is this track cleaner I keep hearing about? Iain (21 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I don't want to give the impression I thought HiTechnic stuff was overpriced-in fact, they were far underpriced considering the effort and care John put into them. It was a matter of time required to put orders together I think that made (...) (21 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I have created a very low-profile magnetic reed switch sensor for the RCX that I have used for years on NELUG's train layouts. The sensor lies in the railbed, and sticks up a single 2x4 plate above the railroad ties. This sensor is very (...) (21 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) No. (...) I didn't know this, but they couldn't have been overpriced then. (...) What I meant was to direct attention to the dichotomy between Lego built stuff and using (and therefore supporting) 3rd party stuff. Which of course we each deal (...) (21 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) What, do I have to support overpriced products to be part of the Lego community? Do I have to buy things that I might not need to say I'm a Lego enthusiast? As a side note, from what I heard, HiTechnic had an overwhelming influx of orders (...) (21 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) All this RCX controlled automation is great and very impressive, but this (URL) is what happens to third-party manufacturers (re- track cleaner) that are not supported by out community. Did anyone do anything with these reed switches? (21 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think it perfectly acceptable if it's a closed auction, which this one happened to be :) (...) Although that is a good idea, I still say it was a closed auction which is fine :) (...) The only reason I would say no to selling your Lego on (...) (21 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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I used a 48x48 stud base plate as "form" to mount the points (switches?) on while they were being "processed". The error in the track change switching arrangement must be a lot less than 1 stud as nothing seemed to bow or strain during the placement (...) (21 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It looks like it is QR Class locomotive built by Clyde Engineering in Queensland. * It was originally built in 1965 and was QueenslandRailway #1475 but then transfered to Tasrail (now Australian Transport Network) around 1997 and repainted to (...) (21 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Great site Jeroen! I am inspired! Anyone know the model of this engine? (URL) Powell (21 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi all, For those of you who need some inspiration (and who doesn't from time to time) for building a train or a POV-Ray scene I opened the Train Inspiration Pictures site. Everyday I download pictures from alt.binairies.pictures.rail, select the (...) (21 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dat.scenes) !
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(...) It took me a minute to realize what you acheived by running in opposite directions. Very nice; it neatly avoids the problem of having to change the points during the run. (...) Obviously, I'd have to take care to not start the system in an (...) (21 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) A few weeks ago in Muelheim, Michael Schian displayed a German Kof diesel engine, which IIRC was 12 wide. It looked fabulous and true to life. (URL) Jan-Albert van Ree | (URL) Santa Fe B-unit | (URL) (21 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Jeff Elliott writes: <snip some description> (...) Jeff, great work! I have managed an automated working layout of one loop with parallel siding and two alternating running trains. The two trains run in opposite (...) (21 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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The May Meeting Report is now up on the website. A full debrief of the meeting, along with pictures of a number of great creations. Intercity housing, elevated trains, moonbase modules, Brick Quest monsters, and space creations. (URL) the May 6th (...) (21 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.space) !
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(...) Well we all copy nice ideas from each other (some even without even remembering we saw it somewhere), anyway that's the idea behind Lugnet (...) What do you mean one day? If you hadn't mentioned that it was your first MOC I'm sure nobody would (...) (21 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think in order to maintain the correct distance between parallel tracks in layouts constructed with regular LEGO track pieces, anyone making these would have to use the same spacing. I think it allows these custom type pieces to be more (...) (21 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Just to forestall any questions... In which Matt asked my opinion, and I gave it, as just another user, nothing more. I think what was outlined is correct but it IS a fuzzy area. I just hope if these ever go up again I hear about it, or (...) (21 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Jeff Christner writes: <snip> (...) I'd say the $80 was quite reasonable, and the lack of response should not be read as a lack of interest. Probably most of the train folk are like me, and don't often (or ever) check (...) (21 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Amusingly, your custom switch tracks appear to have the exact same spacing as the ones that John posted at the beginning of this thread. He appears to have dealt with the fragility problem by bridging the split with a 4x6 plate. Granted, it's (...) (21 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Horst, I have, inspired by John Neal of whom you've already heard. I've only built the one boxcar though, shown here; (URL) since bought a stick of track for it to sit on, and replaced the grey 1x8's with brown. It's also spent a good chunk (...) (21 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hello Horst, As John Gerlach mentioned, I have experimented with larger scales of trains. My first venture was the 14 wides, which I calculated to be about 1:29 scale. I used G scale trucks and track for them, but I only built a few and never (...) (21 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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"John Barnes" <barnes@sensors.com> wrote in message news:HEDsv3.KnE@lugnet.com... (...) Looks great John, If I had one other item suggestion for Lego to make, it would be flexi-track. This would solve most our problems with the turn radius of Lego (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) John Neal has built a few 14-wide trains that he has mounted on G-scale trucks. You can find pictures here: (URL) seen 'em in person, they look lovely. JohnG, GMLTC (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello, has anyone ever tried to build a train that has a larger gauge than the usual L-scale (be it 6, 8, or even more studs wide)? Obviously, such trains could not run on LEGO track, nor use standard LEGO train motors and wheel sets ... Greetings (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Posting this reply since I just noticed there was a post in addition to an e-mail reply. Reminder to folks, please don't both reply by post and by e-mail since it causes such double answering as this. (...) I purchased them (two). Check out this (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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From how I understand auctions and their acceptance here (based on recent converstations with Larry P) it would be permissible to post something like this here in lugnet.trains: "I just invented a cool switch, here are the pics, bla, bla, bla... I (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Wow, I didn't even notice that, cool. (...) I did post about it in market.auction, but the only people who contacted me about the track did so after the auction ended. I sort of wanted to get a base price for what people were willing to pay (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I solved the unreliable light sensor problem [1], although my version still sticks out two studs from the tracks on one side, and five out on the other. Also there's an extra wire, due to shining a light bulb at the sensor. But we just ran a (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I would also have bid, had I known about these. Unfortunately, I don't check market.auction very regularly. Would it have been permissible (TOS-wise) to say in .trains, "I just built these new custom switches. Also, I'll be auctioning them (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yeah, I am after an all-Lego solution; not just for purity reasons, but I'd be too worried about frying the RCX with my less-than-impressive electornics skills. Besides, given that my whole layout seems to be elevated 18 bricks high, it's (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks, Derek. Tell you what: I'll do the sensors, but I'll need you to do the roads ;) Jeff E (21 years ago, 3-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) And just how many of the 20,000 are from Larry? <grin> JohnG, GMLTC fut lugnet.larry ;-) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Recap of our two weekends of "A Day Out with Thomas" at the Minnesota Transportation Museum's Jackson Street Roundhouse. ((URL) days, several thousand visitors, a LOT of them being kids. We had a pretty good time! The new town layout looks good (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) *snip* (...) Hi Jeff - I remember your Nova switching yard site well. I have a bunch of O-scale Kadee couplers attached to LEGO plates based on your ideas from several years ago, and now I shudder because I showed them to John last weekend! (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I do! Very nicely done. I look forward to seeing more from you. You put lots of nice details in this MOC without crowding. Selective compression done well. I gotta learn to do that :-) I like the focus on animals, scenery and activity. It adds (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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Congrats on the 20,000th post to .trains! Wow, 20,000 posts! That's a lot of info. (...) I think it is OK to post such a link (to a closed auction) since it's for information use and you don't have a conventional site. In future if you do auction (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) If I understand the concern above correctly, using the switches like this does not effect the usage of regular switches to make sidings and such if the switches that are modified are used together to make a true crossover. I hope it's ok to (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Whoops. Not being a Train collector, I didn't actually realize that these were customized parts. I had to track down images of the switching rails and curved rails so I could count the ties (there are 5 missing between the switching tracks on (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes. I believe he covered that in audience questions at his presentation. Thanks again for sharing! (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Most Excellent!! I look forward to using these pieces on future LUCNY layouts. [1] Our club has absolutely no reservations about using any modified pieces made by John or other members. Other clubs may feel differently, but we think they (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.lucny)
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Hi ! Thanks for the link. Very interesting. Convergent technology :) Slightly different approach - very similar result. Ben only neglected one vital caveat. The actual metal rail joints have to be very very well burnished to ensure they don't have (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) For reference: (URL) then click on the PDF or powerpoint from what is currently the third entry in the library: Title: 9V Track Geometry Modifications Author: Ben Fleskes Abstract: Ben Fleskes' Track Geometry Presentation from BricksWest 2003. (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) He's right ya know... (...) Mine's probably about .57seconds :P <-- Minifig sticking his tounge out! Parts I wish TLC (still) made: x81 with/without windshield 4216 ((URL) ((URL) ((URL) ((URL) C. (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yep.=20 (...) Whoa, buddy, not just the links -- they're everywhere :)=20 (...) Does =20 mean anything?=20 (...) Oh well. That doesn't keep it from being a cool bridge :)=20 (...) Hi.=20 (...) What's ^this stuff supposed to mean?^=20 Matt (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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(...) how long do you you think it would take before people started griping about them being POOP? My guess is about 1.3 seconds. (21 years ago, 4-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Had to do it :) (URL) (21 years ago, 4-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) thanks a lot for shearing your creation with us! That sceenery is in fact very nice and well thought out. (...) Who does not? We would not see so many brilliant MOCs all around without borrowing some of the best ideas here and there. Ben (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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Hola! (...) I do! (...) What a friendly place! Very nice. (...) :-) (...) As others said before: You already are. You've built something with LEGO and uploaded the pictures of it to BrickShelf. That's exactly what we all do. And you even did a great (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.announce.moc, William Toenjes writes: <snip> I can vouch for the niftyness of this model! It's even niftier in person. (I believe I was the photographer for this shot: (URL) ) Early boxcabs are tres cool in my view and not TOO hard to (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I've just seen a bridge that instead of being lifted up is instead lowered under the water onto the river bed. That would be cool to see modelled. The hard part would be covering up the lowered bridge with fake water. I suppose a cover (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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Dear Juan, Your farm moc is excellent. It has many wonderful details. I personally like the balcony on the house, the open passage underneath and ninja doors, haycart, and the ducks. I agree with you that other people's creations are great (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) and elegant creation, judging by the integrity of the modelling, the detailing of the surrounding farm, etc. In fact, this is just another reason as to why the tudor design will never go out of style! It's absolutely classic. However, I have (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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Hi there!!! This is the first time I post a MOC on lugnet. Hope you enjoy it..... (URL) It's a Medieval farm layout composed of 4 baseplates 32x32 studs..... Some of the animals designs (cows and sheeps), are from Onishi Shinji, but are too cool to (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains) !
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(...) No. We cut it from large sheets of 3/8" plexiglass. We used plexiglass rather than wood so you can see the train much better. Our son can see it from his bed looking through the shelves. We started with the corners, and worked towards the (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Very nice room. Were the shelves pre-fabricated? (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) As far as I know it should be perfectly ok. Especially since if anything you're having over-voltage which is if I recall correctly less straining generally than under-voltage. Esger PS. might any of you UK people be interested, I have a UK (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) <snip> Hi Jeff, I'm not sure if you want to keep it a "100% lego" solution, but if not I think a reedcontact for magnetic detection might be simpler (and a lot smaller!). I dont know how well that would tie in with an RCX though. I have no (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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Greetings, I've always been somewhat intimidated by the great 8-wide locomotives fellow GMLTC members John Gerlach, Dan Siskind, and John Neal have created. After spending much of last weekend surrounded by the real thing (see (URL) G.M.L.T.C. to (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains) !
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"Jeff Elliott" <jeffe@telepres.com> wrote in message news:3EB2F2A8.4CCBC6...res.com... (...) Iain (21 years ago, 3-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) this. Althought, since the train station is on your side I don't really need to do anything. :-) Derek (21 years ago, 3-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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"BrickBuy" <pjanssen@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message news:HEADxF.1KGs@lugnet.com... (...) Eric Kingsley (NELUG) did something similar in his son's room. See his site: (URL) Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring.com (URL) - North Carolina LEGO Train (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Nice job, I like the idea of using clear shelfs. jt (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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We build a train loop all the way around our sons' bedroom, he loves it!! This has likely been done before, but we are pround we found a way to combine my wifes' hobby (home remodelling), with mine... (URL) if my wife would only let me extend the (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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I was languishing at home today with a cold, and I got to thinking about running trains with an RCX. I've been dreaming of having one or two trains automated to pull into a station, wait, pull out again, etc. But all this hinges on having the RCX (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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See here (URL) this has been discussed before (URL) <pjanssen@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message news:HE9w8n.zE@lugnet.com... (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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I wonder what the difference is between set 139 and 139A. When TLC makes small changes to a set, they usually do not change the set number. I see that the electronics block is slightly different, but wonder if there is a functional difference? I (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi folks, Here is a project I've been working on for the rtlToronto/train4.5 layout: (URL) is a yellow cargo loading station with small warehouse and office space. I hope you like it. Calum (21 years ago, 2-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains)
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Cross-post to .trains, as there are trains at the bottom! Jason Railton In lugnet.legoland.windsor, Huw Millington writes: On April 12 and 13th, the Brickish Association was invited to put on a display at LEGOLAND Windsor as part of the LEGO Sports (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Thomas Burger your AOL email address is NO longer valid. Can you please contact me. I am working on a new LDraw Help Desk Tutorial and would like to use some of your images for the tutorial. Thank you, AHui LDraw Help Desk (21 years ago, 2-May-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm heading up to the Sunshine Coast on Monday (Did I mention that I moved to the Gold Coast?) so I might just brave the Brisbane traffic and stop off at the show.... Zac (21 years ago, 2-May-03, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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Hi, Did you build your own 12v stepup transformer or did you purchase one? Is there any in the US that you would recommend? Bob -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...net.com]On Behalf Of Frank Filz Sent: (...) (21 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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prize2707 <paul.1@virgin.net> wrote in message news:HE7t7t.1nDF@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) The specifications for mains voltage in Europe _was_ 220VAC +/- 10%, that is 198-242V, while the UK _was_ using 240VAC +/- 10%, that is 216-264V. You can (...) (21 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I have run both Euro and UK 12v transformers with my stepup transformer in the US. Not sure if that's a good datapoint though. Frank (21 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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