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(...) SNIP (...) SNIP (...) James, These look great. I'd love to be able to build the whole consist. I was curious if you were planning to release the MPD files? I find these come in handy for trying to figure out what parts I don't have via Peeron. (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) SNIPPY Hi Paul, I've been having some very good results using slack action coupling using technic 1 x x plates which are used in car axles. By using multiples of them, you can join the cars so close together that they actually touch- on (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Wow! That's a really good way to approach getting the parts you need. The part acquisition has always troubled me. I want people to have as easy a time building the model as possible, and making an MPD file available to assist this process (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Samarth. That sounds like a clever idea. I don't expect to be working on any custom cars of my own in the near future so no need to snap any sneak preview pictures on my behalf. I can wait for you to post them publicly. I look forward (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Thanks James. No rush, please take your time. I'll be up to my ears in Christmas festivities for the foreseeable future anyway :-) Take as long as you like. When you do get around to it (again, no rush!) one thing I found was that I'd have to (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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"Paul S. D'Urbano" <durbano@optonline.net> wrote in message news:I973Au.MDF@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) I'd (...) Peeron (...) like (...) sets (...) missing (...) don't (...) the (...) couldn't (...) MPD (...) replace (...) things (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Sets to build the El Capitan (Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level)
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(...) I've tried to modify the full 5-car LDR file to match the Peeron set part lists. Here is updated (URL) part inventory information for the 5-car Hi-Level El Capitan build> (once modorated). Paul: Thanks for explaining how you use Peeron to (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) James, Thanks for putting this together! Hope it wasn't too much trouble. I find this Peeron feature to be very powerful. Now to figure out how to get those split-level train baseplates... not going to be easy... Thanks Again! -Paul (20 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, I looked for them on BrickLink yesterday. No gray. Not very many Club Cars on BrickLink, either. Bummer. More Part Lists: I've posted the part list (URL) TEXT and LDR files for the individual cars> -- look in the individual car folders. (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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