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Nice job. I really like the gondola and tank cars. Keep up the good work. (21 years ago, 5-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) Not at all. I forgot about that second one. The small steamer's gonna be neat to see. I'm planning on making that little yellow diesel shunter eventually. I like building those small ones too, but I like trying to get them to work with other (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Announcing Full Throttle - Control LDCC From Windows
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I have just released (URL) version 1.00> of a program that I call Full Throttle. This Windows application uses your Mindstorms IR tower (either serial or USB) to communicate with an RCX that is running (URL) Mark Riley's LDCC replacement firmware> (...) (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics.rcx, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Question about the new trains
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(...) I have had the new Train sets 4511 and 4512 for two weeks now and can report that the problem with the train wheels rubbing is not apparent with these two sets. I actually bought two of 4511 so as to make a decent length train. Grahame (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Industry Building Diorama...
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That is neat! Thinks for providing more building inspiration! Josh (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Three 8 wide freight cars, & a fire engine!
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High Cube Plug Door Paper Box car: (URL) Gondola: (URL) Gallon "slope build" tank car: (URL) 4x4 Forest Fire truck (Forestry Engine 2): (URL) coming) (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc)
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hey, thanks, I'm glad you like it. I'm always looking for smallish scale stuff to build. Inspection cars are so much fun, and they are typically so odd that I just love making them. There were two other things that I may build out of your photo set. (...) (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi all! On August 16th I will show some Lego trains in Valga, as a part of the Eurobuss tour. The Eurobuss will drive around in Estonia and inform about the European Union. As a part of this there will be an addition to the local paper, which can be (...) (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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(...) I have contacted LEGO regarding this issue as I was disappointed with the rolling status of the Sante-Fe wheels. LEGO said that if I wanted to they would exchange my wheels for new ones (one-to-one) and I would have to mail them in but that at (...) (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Cool inspection car! Definitely hits the original on the spot. Glad those photos were useful to someone. -Stefan- (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Mark Riley wrote: snip I use (...) Please post some pictures. I'd much rather spend time cutting than filing. Brian (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Question about the new trains
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(...) In fixing my wheelsets, I've observed that the gray wheelsets are made of a softer (more butter-like) plastic. Instead of a file, I use a hobby knife to cut out a small portion of the frame where the rubbing occurs. It's easier to cut the gray (...) (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) ... (...) ... I don't think so. We've been running some of the same trains at NCLTC for nine shows (some shows for over a month), and the well-run trains still work. The undercarriage is well-worn where the bogies touch the plates, but the (...) (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Yikes! Hadn't thought of that. I'll have to check this out on my wheel-sets. If this is true it means that over time I'll be back in the same mess again! From Cary Clark's reply to my post it sounds like this could be the case that perhaps the (...) (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) ... (...) ... I also filed down enough wheels to make a six car Santa Fe successfully negotiate a 'dog-bone' torture track (all curves) on a low regulator speed, with one motor. Like Paul, I thought I had it all figured out. This weekend, I (...) (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Question about the new trains
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IMHO, the problem lies in this theory: * The axles are made of metal. * Metal is harder than plastic. * When putting metal in direct contact with plastic, the plastic will wear. * Check the spot where the point of the metal axle meets the plastic (...) (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Question about the new trains
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(...) Good question! I've been wondering this myself. I just recently went through the grueling process of filing down the plastic in all 28 gray wheel-sets of my Santa Fe Kit. What an improvement! I got the train set last fall and the first time I (...) (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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I was hoping someone who has bought the new trains (4511 High Speed Train or 4512 Cargo Train) could answer this question. Have the wheels been fixed? I hope LEGO has sorted out the problem with them sticking, but considering the way quality control (...) (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: DCC - Need some info.
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I've started collecting questions and answers into a FAQ format. ILTCO as a host makes much more sense then what I would default to (www.IndyLUG.org). (...) (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Inspection Car MOC
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I recently saw the neatest inspection car in a group of photos by Stephan Garcia taken at the Hoosier Valley RR Museum. As soon as i found the time, this is what i came up with. (URL) love the inspection cars. enjoy -tk (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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