 | | What's the Buzz? (New Moc by Steve Barile)
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(URL) Steve- I wanted to comment on your new creation but I didn't want to bury a thread in another, and it appears you aren't going to start a new one yourself.... I like this Bumble Bee-- the color scheme works very well with the medium orange, (...) (20 years ago, 30-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | My First Train MOC - Red Boxcar
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Well, it took me 24 years, but I finally built a train MOC: (URL) page>> The 1/5 stud offset technique used to make the ribs of the boxcar is a (URL) Mark Chan> roof technique, slightly modified. This was built as a Christmas gift, but I enjoyed (...) (20 years ago, 30-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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| | Re: Has anyone made an American 4-4-0 with BBB wheels?
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Yes, the piston and connecting rod design certain can seperate the men from the boys (& women from the girls). In fact that's where most of my time was spent on the Bumble Bee! And BTW thanks for the confession! :) Here's a few pics and a few words: (...) (20 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | The making of Thomas the Tank Engine
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As promised to John I have scanned and uploaded an article about the making of the Thomas the Tank Engine series. It can be found at (URL) once moderated Deep links: Page 1: (URL) 2: (URL) 3: (URL) (20 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Has anyone made an American 4-4-0 with BBB wheels?
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(...) Thanks for the exclamation point, and, yep, you got the piston thing right. I wanted a round cylinder. In the picture that I was using, the cylinder looked like a cylinder with a box on top. I choose to emphasize the cylinder instead of the (...) (20 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Has anyone made an American 4-4-0 with BBB wheels?
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Nice work Chris! Can you explain a little about your driver links. It looks like the piston rod is static and that technic element slides along it...??? SteveB PS I just finished a 2-6-0 Mogul in Rio Grande Bumblebee livery (Med Orange, Black & (...) (20 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Grade Crossing Signal Thingy...
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(...) Yeah, I am not too crazy about modding LEGO either, but there are some mods that are fine by me. Chris's read switches are just such a mod. His crossing gates are awesome, and the read switches that control them work very well. I just I (...) (20 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: How do I power a long track?
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(...) Good thought, Patrick. Thanks. I didn't build the framework that the track rides on--it was in the house when I bought it, so I didn't think to check how level it was. Mark (20 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: How do I power a long track?
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(...) Hello, Just something I thought of that may be worth bringing up as trouble shooting your problem would be making sure that your layout around the perimeter of your son's room is level all around. Sure it sounds like a power issue in the far (...) (20 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: How do I power a long track?
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(...) Thanks for the info, Mark. The train I am running is one of the Large Locomotives (Item#: KT105). I have 5 passenger cars (Item#: 10015), and 1 caboose (Item#: 10014). Total of 1 motor. I was thinking that maybe I had too many cars on it, but (...) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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