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(...) Given the kitchen table location, it looks more like a strawberry parfait muffinoid... (...) Amazing .. he can to post from his cell... 3GA, your security is asleep. (URL) Dr. Cranium "Evil just got way more hungrier..." (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) NEWS FLASH! OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION OF DEEP SPACE SPAMCAKE PLANETOIDS! (URL) -Grand Admiral .space Curator (URL) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) For towniacs and trainiacs, spamcake comes from little white crates that have the "deelicious" logo found on this (URL) page>. (...) While speculation remains on how spamcake actually forms in space, no incidents have been officially confirmed (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) A fine beer that is. Most of the German brewers still manage to turn out fine products and in Germany the tradition of small breweries is still alive. (...) Well it wasnt really Stella, the brewery did a lot of housebrands for supermarket (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) You might also want to address the theory of spontaneous Spamcake genration. I was making a minor repair to my astronaut bust yesterday, and discovered several pieces of Spamcake hidden inside her hair. Must have self-generated from cosmic (...) (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Very nice first show. You may want to consider crossposting to events next time instead of making two separate posts... helps keep the threads together. (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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Good Morning, here is a link to pix of our 1st Great American Train Show this last weekend: (URL) you enjoy. We are planning to do 3 more this year. Our Layout is a 8' x 12' table and we have plans to increase it to 12' x 12' with a 4' x 4' open (...) (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Jan, What a coincidence, last night I was kegging my first attempt at a Pilsner Urquell. I will starting drinking it in a week. That is a very nice MOC, and I feel like shedding a tear for the small Netherlands brewery ruined by Stella. (...) (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks John, I have no problems with that at all. Send me what you have. Anyone, LUG or LTC that wants a link to their diner from the original Spamcake Diner page can email me their link at the spamproofed address above. I prefer email rather (...) (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ahh, one of my favorite Town topics-- The Spamcake Diner™. Tom, I think you should also include on the page links to various "franchises" of the Diner from around the world. I will gladly provide some links to a SD or two that I have (...) (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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Hello Spamcake fans! Every so often the question "what is it" pops up, so I've made a page explaining what it is (so far). For town and train themes, its definition probably won't change. For space, it might change a bit over time. Linkage is found (...) (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ditto (...) Thanks much Larry :) I'm glad you think I didn't overdo it. (...) You're in luck Larry. According to what I've read, during the 17 or 1800s, a new invention appeared for Post Mills. It was a small rotor attached to the back wall of (...) (21 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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Much snippage. (...) I think he has helped you a lot. Manfred's eye for detail and ability to generate constructive suggestions is nothing short of amazing. (and that database he pointed you at... what a labor of love! The people who did that must (...) (21 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) The brewery and the brand are real, so is the story. (URL) has some info on the current state of the buildings, and that's where I got some of my inspiration from. It was right behind my old school so I went there a lot. -- Jan-Albert van Ree (...) (21 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) NICE! Is it a real product too? Or just totaly made up? I like the story line & the models. Josh (21 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) WBR, ==Hor (21 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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Right before the deadline I finally managed to finish my entry, titled "Hengelo Bier" It tells about the rise and fall of a small Dutch brewery. Right now it can be viewed at (URL) van Ree | (URL) Bier leeft!" (21 years ago, 31-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town) !
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I just have been told it is comimg out in February. David (...) (21 years ago, 31-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi! In my experience, a big two motor engine is rquired to pull a good sized 8-wide train. At the last NELUG show we ran engine--flatbed(w/tr...e_as_load) --box_car--refer--do...er_carrier --tank_car--caboose. I found that my single motor (...) (21 years ago, 31-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Have you seen all of the Cad's I have of my projects? Can't wait to see this locomotive! Josh (21 years ago, 31-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.space)
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(...) The RCX motor outputs are officially 0.8 amps each. This will just drive 2 train motors lightly loaded as I think the RCX DCC folk will confirm. The Lego train controller is good for about 1.5 amps and can thus handle 3 motors and 4 if they (...) (21 years ago, 31-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) (Pretend that the words in the above sentence were ordered in the way someone who *has* eaten today would have put them, please. Thanks.) (21 years ago, 31-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ok, cool. I like hearing what I wanted to hear. :) (...) Hmmm. Any idea much can one RCX typically handle? (21 years ago, 31-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Batteries are my *enemies*. You have to change them and stuff, and have some sort of accessible power switch. And all the battery boxes I have are quite large. Blech. :) (...) Ahh, but if I were going for cheap and realistic, would I be using (...) (21 years ago, 31-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) They're going to be kinda weirdly sized. Not sure yet. :) (...) I'll experiment and see what I come up with, then. (...) Aggh! No!!! Looks like I'll be putting a motor there, then. I'll hafta see if there should be two at the front, too. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 31-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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We at LUCNY run long trains - 6 wide - but often 30 pieces of stock long. Our experience is you have to have a rear driver else the magnetic couplings are likely to give out. We have never had problems with the pusher squeezing the intermediate cars (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well this all depends on what type of train cars your going to build. If you were going to build a train of flat cars and tank cars one motor would be ok. However if you’re like me and you like boxcars and other heavy models then you will want (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) 2 would be better if you're talking 8 wide cars that are proportionally sized (...) I'd put them both in front but one at each end works. (...) not pure LEGO 9v. You would have to hack something together using cutting or whatever. (...) Check (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello train folks. I haven't done any Lego train building before, but I have an Idea for a Project. I've gotten a couple of train sets and have a few more on order, but in the meantime, and before I get too far with building, I've got some questions (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Try looking at this write up, it's one solution that might help you: (URL) J. Trobaugh North Georgia LEGO Train Club (URL) (21 years ago, 30-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello, After playing for a while with my first Lego train, I've got a question which I still can not find good answer for. It is problem of putting train tracks on baseplates. Straight track fits perfectly (as long as it is not rotated to angles (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I am afraid I have to reply to myself. Last night I noticed that I was incorrect in my assumption that my train engine was running slower over the older track. I had put the rails at the end of a curve and the engine actually slows down a bit (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yeah, I agree. I love how the technic bits look like the kind of thing they actually build public transportation stations out of. (21 years ago, 30-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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Hey everyone! If you're bringing a MOC or two to BrickFest PDX ... (and you should be!) PLEASE take the time to fill out a MOC card (URL) here> for each MOC you're bringing. In addition to being really spiffy to look at, and print out, these cards (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jan-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.technic.bionicle, FTX) !!
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(...) I'm aware your not taking it seriously but The trains Ben builds (I'm assuming your talking Beneke) are models of smaller trains than the ones you build. I.E. US Vs European loading gauges Tim (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Yes, I experimented a bit with doing just that, but it's quite hard since the slope of the wings does not fit anything else (at least no slopes in my collection :-) (...) Thanks, it is indeed a very futuristic train (also nowadays) (...) (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Esben Kolind wrote: Thanks for sharing what is a very novel idea. I am not sure I like the wings used the way you used them, did you consider trying to recess them into the body? They stick out and look like a little wind would (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Kind of long but here is some more info on the bridge. (...) I do have counter-weights. They are slung under the table. We can get by this at ngltc because our water tables are lower than the other tables. Here is a picture of the (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I don't normally hang around .trains, but on my way over to .cad.ray I noticed this post. I really, really like the way you built that roof - it's very sleek and (IMO) stylish. :) I like the all-glass roof too. BTW, those weighted bricks are (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) (no pun intended). Do you have counter-weights hidden under the piers? And we *need* to see some pictures of the lifting mechanism! How much does it sag when a train crosses the bridge? I'm guessing the magnets are to help keep the two (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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