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I finally got some time over Christmas to put some bricks together, something I've been meaning to do since I saw some of Ben Beneke's fabulous creations about 2 years ago. I'm fortunate that my old Lego collection contains the large red wheels from (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Shaun, that thing's huge! Lovely detailing though. For dry ice, how about fitting a pneumatic pump inside, piped through a pneumatic directional brick, to blow air up and over the dry ice. You may be able to get the fog to blow upwards. As an (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Check out LeeValley.com They are a woodworking supply store and they deal with high end goods. They have an umconditional 3 month return policy and they are great to deal with. You can order on line and browse in Canadian or US dollars. Check (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Snip. Shawn... you have done it again! I love how you always try to stick to real minifig scale and cover your MOCs with countless little details. About the dry ice: Isolating the dry ice with any material like felt or cotton should protect (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I had not thought of that, so I went to 'froogle' and found these: (URL) sure look like the ones I have (and at a cheaper price that I paid, too!!) JohnG, GMLTC (21 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Such magnets can usually be found in any electrical component supplier. UK residents can order them from maplin.co.uk (search the A-Z listing under magnets). They come in a range of sizes - 10mm diameter by 5mm depth should be about right and (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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I shall be out of the loop for a year or so as I go about some travels. So first of all a big thanks to everyone out there in the LUGNET trains community for enticing me into all of this ... and an especially big thanks to the team at BeLUG and the (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Have you tried fixing the plate to the boiler and allowing a second plate with tiles on top and the wheelset on bottom to slide beneath the boiler? Chris (21 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I have absolutely NO idea what their original purpose was! The store is a "surplus store", that sells odds & ends - you never really know what you're going to find there. I'm going to pick up several dozen of them this week (for someone who (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm confused here by the referents in your sentence. I thought the canopy/nose from the TT set was the metroliner canopy/nose but in grey (it was also used in white in an aquazone set)... the fireboat canopy/windshield looks to me like the one (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, it is a licensed line and we will be paying a premium, so we can hope we'll get our money's worth. Then again, they might have done a purple prototype, taken a picture, then thought no, we can make a few quid more by dumping the blue (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ah, now I see what you mean. They used those in the Time Twisters too. You can already get two of these hinged canopies in red in the Spider-Man cable-car set <set:4852> "The Final Showdown". I'm also curious as to whether the "Octan" logo on (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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Hello John. I could even imagine replacing some of the original magnets in some of my couplers, provided I can find magnets that I can mechanically fit into the LEGO plastic ring. It would also be an interesting experiment, whether the 12V (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Not sure but you may be thinking about the metroliner windshield, (URL) which made a comeback with the metroliner legend release. I don't think I've seen it in red though - that would lead to more possibilities. But I think the windshield from (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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I do believe you're right about the windscreen being Jack Stone. Now that I look closer, there appears to be a click-hinge arrangement on the roof. Oh well, it's still may be useful. However, there is train windscreen that resembles this piece that (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I would think its Blue. I doubt they would do a run of violet windows when they have gobs of blue. But since when have Lego made sense. :) Mike (21 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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I want to put some boiler stays in, as below (URL) However the front footplate moves in comparison to the boiler (to go round Lego corners/curves) meaning they need movement. There three options I can think of: 1 mount a rigid rod on a turntable at (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: IndyLUG at GATS - Addendum
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In lugnet.org.us.indylug, David Gregory wrote: <snip> Our layout wasn't much different from the one we set up for the October GATS (...) The layout was actually quite different in a number of ways. Additional detailing was done by many of the club (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) pic of Hogwarts Express: (URL) I was pretty disappointed when I saw that. Same train, new (smaller) station, $10 (US) cheaper. Oh well. The rumor was that this would be a 9V compliant Hogwarts Express but the picture still shows the 2x2 spoked (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The Knight Bus in the movie should be purple. Some have been spotted during filming around London: (URL) here's hoping. The train windows make for good London bus windows. I'll certainly be after one of these. Does anyone know of a livery that (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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Regardless, it still look sloppy to me. "Erik Olson" <erik@olson.pair.com> wrote in message news:Hr04LM.1Gtt@lugnet.com... (...) way (...) like (...) operator (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Err - are you sure? I can't see a train windscreen anywhere. It looks to me like the windscreen on the big boat is a 'Jack Stone' hinged cab piece. Is there something else not visible from that angle? Anyway, the proper train windscreen was (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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| | IndyLUG shows at GATS, January 3-4
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The Indianapolis area LEGO Club (IndyLUG) once again set up a train layout at the Great American Train Show. As you can see from the picture below, IndyLUG won second place. (URL) Our layout wasn't much different from the one we set up for the (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us.in.ind, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) It's not a gap, NYC subway cars do have a narrow window there for the operator to lean his head out of. I thought it was a neat little outcome. (21 years ago, 5-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Neat find. Thanks for sharing. I am thinking that judicious use of these would allow very very long trains to be run. (...) I hope you do! (21 years ago, 5-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Hi All, Unfortunatly the train car is only 18 studs long (notice the small step in the front and back of train car) and it uses the small train wheeles and does not come with any 9v track. Again, unfortunatly, the train car does not have any (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I wonder what the inside will look like, probably nothing too fancy since it's a 16 stud long train... (21 years ago, 5-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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Josh, Thanks for pointing these new sets. I really hope these are preliminary shots and not the final sets. The way the end windows match the side windows is really poor. Using the 1x2x2 "airplane" windows results in a gap on the side of the car. (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yep. I've done it before. It even works with a regular Lego magnet in between the two, because then it is a "more powerful" magnet force holding the two cars together. Works well with the engine to first car magnet- if you needed more than (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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I noticed it, and the first thing that struck me after I carefully scanned the picture for new pieces and stuff was the fact that almost all the decals in the photo are crooked. I've seen this kind of thing before and I've always wondered: Who (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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YEESH! Looking good guys! (URL) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: New 2004 Sets!
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~Jus' two more things: (URL) anyone get a good look @ the 'dark-cloaked' figure in the background between the train and the minifig on the right…nice! (URL) and here’s yet another set with a train in it that shows TLG’s commitment to the Rail-heads (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2004, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Not rumors anymore...two of the seven sets (Street Chase and Cafe Attack) appear to have Jack Stone-like characters. Luckily just those two. Doug (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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Ever since the GMLTC became one of the first clubs to build our trains 8-wide, we've run into problems trying to run long trains. Simply, the LEGO magnets aren't strong enough! Try to pull several 8-wide cars around a 180degree corner, and we'd (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: New MOC: 4-8-4 Northern
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(...) Hiya Lyndsay! Great to hear from you ... in answer to your question, I'm not exactly sure. I only had it set up on a relatively small loop (exactly one dining-room-table in size), so I'd suspect it will have many of the same problems when it (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Aw, man. That's really spiffy. And from experience with the Hudson, I know it looks even better in person than it does in photographs (black being the hard to photograph hue it is). Not to worry about the scale--the locomotive is a work of art (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Looks like this piece: (URL) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hey Shaun, Sorry but I don't know of any software/freeware that will do that. Anyway...I wouldn't worry about the file being .mov (quicktime) because most people can veiw them (including me) so just put a link to the file so we can download (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Erik, I can certainly take some video files of the engine running ... unfortunately, my digital camera only captures them in .mov format. Is there a freeware program for converting from .mov (quicktime) to .mpg or .avi? Alternatively, does (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New MOC: 4-8-4 Northern
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(...) Hi Mattias, The pins behind the smokestack are this piece, in black: (URL) To connect the wheels to the piston rods, the axles are extended slightly to each side, and attached to one end of these: (URL) The piston rods are then connected via (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | BrickTopia - Greed Square Train Station (MOC)
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This is a new, Baroque-Styled train station for the "Greed Square" area of BrickTopia: (URL) is traditional, there is much corrupt behavior going on inside: (URL) BrickTopia Page: (URL) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) If you click the image it enlarges a bit. I have a feeling it uses the small train wheels like the (URL) just wait what the train guys have in store... Jeroen (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi again Shaun After studing the fantastic pictures in more detail I have two small qustions Just behind the main smokestack there are two pins standing up side by side, How are these made? How have you connected the piston rods to the wheels? (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Some of the parts might have been cool if they wern't bley. It's sitting on 4.5V track hard to tell from the small pict what it would take to make it 9v compatible.-Ken (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm leaning towards saying Dark Grey Train window, with, ummm BLACK glass? Maybe trans black? Measure it by eyesight, its 3 bricks tall, the opening matches a 1x2x3 train window... Josh (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) My thoughts were Plue, then I looked, then thought PURPLE! But its more reminicant of Violet really... Look at the SAD reissue of the Hogwarts express too;-) Josh (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It's fully navigable from the main site, and in fact they're taking pre-orders based on the visible numbers and pictures. So it's a seller. Whether or not they're OK with TLC in using these pictures and taking pre-orders so far in advance is (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Is that bus purple, or blue under funny color distortion? Even blue makes for a nifty model but purple (train?... they look train given the rounded corners) windows would get a lot of people quite excited I expect, even if it doesn't have (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) spidey sets. Are those pics OK to distribute? what's the provenance there? (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think a few of the Beta Testers have posted some pics. Here are a few links (2 URLs) Jason's Rocket> (2 URLs) my not nearly as good 1830 loco> (2 URLs) my totally cruddy 1920 electric> (2 URLs) John Gerlach's gorgeous Challenger> (...) Ah (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Wierd go to the lego section & you can see all the new spidey lego sets-even 'jack stone' spidey-wierd (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Check out the doors. I hope thats a new door and not just a sticker.. Too bad all the grey windows are the wrong grey.. :) Still, pretty cool. Mike (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) *jaw drops* Awesome! Can't wait for this set. Thanks for posting this, Josh. :D Joe (21 years ago, 3-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | New NYC Subway car!
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Looks like we get Subway cars in May! (URL) (21 years ago, 3-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New MOC: 4-8-4 Northern
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Shawn, i gotta say you've got one of the BEST looking Steamers here! I'd LOVE to build that well! I've allways wanted a 2-10-0... But YEESH! Its just, amazing! Josh (21 years ago, 3-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hey, Like I said earlier I really like your model and I was wundering if you will be posting any mpg's or avi's of your model moving so that we can see all the moving parts? Anyway that was just a thought. Erik Bush (21 years ago, 3-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Once again, you manage to blow me away with your engines. This is beautiful. Now the question is if Jeroen will make another poster (I hope). I still have your 4-6-4 poster sitting on my desk. (21 years ago, 3-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hi Shaun, Congratulations to your latest steamer and welcome in the real scale for LEGO model steam engines. And don't worry about the problems with driving curves. That all reminds me on the Big Boy. Being pushed slowly, it can handle curves, but (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Erik, I'll have to try the Dry Ice then. I'll definitely post pictures and let everyone know how it works ... Thanks again, -s (21 years ago, 3-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Lar, Thank for the feedback. One of the big (HA!) disadvantages to building to this scale is that everything else has to grow along with it. That is, any train-related building has to get larger in order to fit in scale-wise, which gets (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Very good model! I think that it is very "real" looking and I have tried putting dry ice on LEGOs and dry ice will not crack or damage your LEGOs if you put cotton under it. All together a good model> Erik Bush (21 years ago, 3-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Hi Shaun Another great creation from SLCO (Shaun Locomotive Company)!! I can clearly see it is a development from the previous Hudson, but this new Northern looks much better. You have got the proportions absolutely right now when the engine (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: New Version of pbForth with DCC Support Released
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(...) Enough interest? How about this: I think there'd be a HUGE interest! What would it take to convince you? We have no DCC session on tap as of right now, (1) and this would go well in robotics AND trains!!! Please do come! 1 - we were angling (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: Stockholm Arlanda Express: Train and airport station
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Hello Egil The station is great. :-) The way lights come down really work well. And the train front. Three cheers !!!! We want more !!!! Per (21 years ago, 3-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | New Version of pbForth with DCC Support Released
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All, I've just finished updating the pbForth webiste with information on the latest version of pbForth that supports DCC. Yay! Yes, you can use Mark Riley's excellent train control firmware, but if you want to write code that starts and stops trains (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Pretty nifty. A little oversize in my view (whether it's to scale or not) but we're used to that from you by now. I'd love to see what this looks like with BBB wheels instead of those tyres. Can you elaborate on where the dry ice bucket is? I (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Santa Fe Stickers (was Re: Santa Fe Decals
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(...) Ah, ok. Decals are something quite different than stickers, at least in common usage by trainheads (although the dictionary definition admits of both meanings) (...) Yes. (...) Yes. (...) Almost certainly not. Try this search for more info on (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Mini Figure from 4551 Crocodile Train
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Hey Everyone! Does anyone know the part number to this guy or where I could find him? I entered the Peeron inventory number into bricklink, but it says the item does not exist. What should I do now? I hope you can help! Thanks Brendan (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) inexpensive, and available at most hobby shops. I do not know if it will work with the Lego decals. It is made for water transfer decals, but it might be worth trying. And yes, it does keep decals in place even on uneven contours and slopes, (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | New MOC: 4-8-4 Northern
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Hi All, Well, after at least 8 months of on-again off-again effort, I've finally finished up my 4-8-4 Northern Steam Engine: (URL) The most amazing thing to me was the sheer size of the engine; I stayed true to a minifig-compatible scale of a little (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.org.us.nelug, FTX) !!
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Hey Chris, Had the exact same problem with mine. I think you are correct in assumming that it is the stiffness of the decals that causes the problem. I just kept pressing them back down whenever I remembered. Doubt there's a fix that wouldn't (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Santa Fe Stickers (was Re: Santa Fe Decals
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(...) Just the stickers that came with the sets. (...) Solvaset? Is that something I can get in a hobby store? Is it for the decals I recall from plastic models decades ago, and not for the glued stickers? Would it be useable with the Lego glued (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Do you mean the stickers that come with the set, or did you go out and get decals somewhere? (an increasingly common practice among trainheads who want a wider variety of logos and lettering than you can get with the stickers LEGO supplies and (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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I've put the decals on my Santa Fe cars and engine, and most are staying on OK but the ones on the curved fuel tanks are popping off from the curved part. I live in a quite dry environment, so perhaps the decal glue doesn't work as well here. What's (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Nice model, I recognised it from the photos of the station For those that haven't been there this station is amazing, its built under the airport and cut out of very dark coloured volcanic rock (I think) With the stainless steel and glass and (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) SNIP (...) did you do several versions of the SNOTty nose & then 'pick' your favorite? heehee...sorry that was too easy :) Great stuff overall! Jeff SNIP (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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Very cool station - I really like the lighting in the shots of the station. It really looks "urban!" (21 years ago, 2-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I wanted to model a train, and since my big brother (Esben Kolind) already built most of the danish trains ((URL) I searched the internet for inspiration and came across the Arlanda Express. I've never been in Stockholm, actually. (...) Thank (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) In lugnet.trains, Egil Kolind wrote: Hello Egil A very good start for the new year. A great model Egil. I like the subject. I immediately recognised your train as a model of the Arlanda Express. Why have you chosen to model this exciting (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Stockholm Arlanda Express: Train and airport station
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Hello, This is my latest creation: The Arlanda Express train and Arlanda Station. Arlanda Express connects Stockholm (Sweden) and the international airport Arlanda. Pictures of the station: (URL) of the train: (URL) spent a lot of time shaping the (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.se) !!
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Whilst cleaning up my Lego room I found the storage case that comes with the Jango Fett co-pack and discovered it holds two speed controllers PERFECTLY. Its like it was made for it. Check out the pics. (URL) cool. Mike (21 years ago, 1-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You can find more infos about both model and original tram at: NEW ADDRESS (without annoying ads): (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 30-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks! I forgot to say that I got help from Erik Amzallag from FreeLUG for some drawings. (...) I used a drawing program and the functionatily of TD only. I don't have the source code. (...) Yes, I've seen Cary's presentation at Brickfest, (...) (21 years ago, 29-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Awesome! There are a lot of nice elements there! Did you create these elements using the built in functionality of Track Designer, or have you cracked the format of the registry and the .tdl files? As you may know, there is a new program on (...) (21 years ago, 29-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, FTX)
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Hi folks, During the last few weeks, I worked on my custom registry and updated it to version 9. I've add many new elements since the last update. Now featuring many new sizes and color of baseplates, new roadplates such as the Creator roadplates, (...) (21 years ago, 29-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, FTX)
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Hey Florida Train Folk (or comparable LUG), I've dropped off the lugnet scene, but i just wanted to pop back in to give you an encouraging word. I'm in florida visiting family for the holidays and went by the orlando LIC. Your display looks great (...) (21 years ago, 29-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.gflug, FTX)
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| | Re: A TrainHead is born . . . and he has a few questions!
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(...) Careful use of a razor to slice the numbers up will give you lots more as well, join the front part of one number to the tail part of another. In general the FAQ for trains is quite helpful for beginner questions, see the header of this (...) (21 years ago, 28-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Actually there are 8 numbers! You can turn numbers 66 and 606 up side down, to have 99 and 909 as well... Kecia (21 years ago, 28-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Lego Stores are good for track, also. And yes buy curved track on Bricklink, its WAY cheeper that way! Josh (...) (21 years ago, 28-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It hasn't been a problem for me- I do have some stickers that don't stick very well, and I think the question has been asked elsewhere on LUGNET- perhaps do a search for it. (...) Sort of. Santa Fe used numbers & letters at the start to ID F (...) (21 years ago, 28-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, I acquired my first actual train this Christmas, the Cargo Railway (mmm, sliding doors). So I'm with you in stepping into the dangerous, dangerous world of trains. Hey, can I start building 80-wide? ;) best LFB (21 years ago, 27-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Toot, TOOT!! Greetings, Ladies & Gentlemen, my name is David Simmons and I suspect I will now become a frequent visitor of this ng. This holiday season was a major event for me Lego-wise and Train-wise. At first I thought my father had just bought (...) (21 years ago, 27-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Well I've finaly finished the Geeps & a few SD's: GP7U: (URL) High Nose: (URL) must remind you that these ARE pelimary designs, most are in the chassis building stage. Comments? Josh (21 years ago, 26-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc)
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(...) I agree. But I haven't seen anything else even close. I think it represents the grab holds well enough that there is no doubt as to what they are even if they are not 100% accurate. Thanks for the feedback. Merry Xmas Mike (21 years ago, 25-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: A couple of pictures of my 'Challenger' using Ben's wheels
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Looking Good John! I'm hoping to get buy to see another one of GMLTC's Layouts some time soon... Josh (21 years ago, 24-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Spiffy! Very nice work indeed and it certainly shows off the drivers. I wish one of your closeups had been on a regular curve so the blind offset would be more obvious (either that or they WERE on curves meaning that the offset is miniscule!) (...) (21 years ago, 24-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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I knew I had taken a few pictures, just needed to get them uploaded! (URL) The overal locomotive shot> (URL) of the front set of drivers> (URL) of the rear set of drivers> And just for fun, a picture of one of the (URL) Pacific passenger cars> I (...) (21 years ago, 23-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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I have an extra engine and motor from the 4534 LEGO Express. These are still in their white boxes, and I plan to give them to a family for Christmas. Are the instructions for the engine contained in the small box containing the engine, or were they (...) (21 years ago, 23-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Would you mind awfully if I threw it down old-school?
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(...) Not entirely accurate - it was the 'Rainhill' trials, and the prize was the contract to build and run that first commercial railway. There was a documentary on British TV recently where they re-ran the trials using working replicas of the (...) (21 years ago, 23-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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