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(...) Hi James, You are right there is no absolute need to use a modified switch point with your drive mechanism. The story is that I tested it with a new switch point and an old 71427 motor quite used. The system went to some problem of torque (...) (21 years ago, 13-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Hello Manfred, I was finally able to get a micromotor to test this solution. Thank you for the pointer. It is quite difficult to find micromotors around here (in France). And it seems impossible to buy from Pistco/Dacta for French import, at (...) (21 years ago, 13-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Ed, I went on testing your proposal. It works so fine, I planned to introduce Amaury Jacquot's modification of Chris Alano's mechanism you use to reduce a little bit the footprint (expecially the width) of the power unit. You will see that (...) (21 years ago, 13-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Hi Mark, It is cute :-) and thank you for your encouraging comment. Cheers, Philippe. (21 years ago, 13-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Sorry for bringing up an old topic again, (...) The rare trainbase seems to be the prototype for the trainbase, which is listed as x902c01 on peeron. Recently I received two of these parts and I have just finished an LDraw part, posted in message (...) (21 years ago, 13-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Thanks Jason. I also have plans to work on a small switching tower using the same drive mechanism in the base. Cheers, Mark (21 years ago, 13-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Pushing it... 3 more 8 wide trains
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Now I'm pushing my luck ;-) Morrison-Knudsen MK2000D: (URL) RS3: (URL) AS616: (URL) who surfs Brickshelf may have seen these while they were public last night, but I renamed them today... Comments? Josh (21 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc)
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(...) <snipped pic since that seems to be proper netiquette> Nice rendition of the Hiawatha. Yeah, I had thought about doing that, but I could never figure out how to make the windows look right. I tried clear macaroni, but those are too sharp of a (...) (21 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Mathis "Trains of Brick" Poster Prints Available
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(...) Thanks to Jeroen, this poster is now available in printed form in both 17x11-inch and 33x22-inch posters via a link from digitalbricks to CafePress. As Jeroen describes: "When you click the BUY link, you will be redirected to the CafePress (...) (21 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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| | Re: The Coolest Picture
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(...) Thanks, Ray! Funny you should mention Radio Shack, because that is where I got the white 5mm LEDs. I wouldn't recommend using those, however; they are a costly $5 each, and I believe that they can be obtained online for about half that price (...) (21 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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