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| I guess I should post this to RTL first, but I thought I'd try it hear... On PNLTC, there's a Chessie Caboose. I'm guessing that stickers were used on the caboose... Now, I've just recently gotten into trains (so I know very little and next to (...) (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| Mike - You'd probably be real close if you looked for O scale decals. I've seen other LEGO train-heads use Kadee O scale couplers instead of the standard cylindrical magnets, and they seem to apply nicely to the existing LEGO train scale. Perhaps O (...) (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| I've done some experimenting with model train decals. You can buy dry decals and they apply quite easily and nicely onto LEGO bricks. O-scale prints match the LEGO train scale altough they might be a bit too big depending on your preference. As for (...) (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| Michael, I used dry transfer decals for my steam engine ((URL) You can find these at most train hobby stores. A word of caution though, they are not easy to put on. And, it's going to put a foreign substance on your LEGO bricks. I'm not sure what (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) <snip> (...) Thanks! I'll try it with the photo first, but I might be e-mailing you soon. :) And the digital picts in stages sounds like a great idea... I tried LDraw at one time... seemed like a very sweet system, but don't have the time (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| Michael Huffman (mhuffman@mindspring.com) asked: | Is there a "LDraw for Dumbies" out there? You can find Bram Lambrecht's LDraw and LEdit tutorial at <URL:(URL). Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: Jacob.Sparre.Andersen@risoe.dk -- -- Web...: (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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| Hi All, This is the first chance I had to get onto this news group. My company has firewalls and really doesn't like too much personal use on the web... Anyway, I used the wet version of the train decals. I like the way you can slide them around (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| Funny how these threads spam groups so fast. LeoCad is great. The only trouble is that it is really slow. I have talked with the author and he is really nice, however he was busy at school. I ran LeoCad on the fastest PC in the world with a (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.trains)
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