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Hi everyone, It appears that this MOC is going to be delayed a bit longer than i thought because I'm busy with the real world (amongst other things) and bieng the attention whore that I am, I couldn't wait to post at least something. So I decided to (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) SNIP (...) Hi James, great models as always! One of these days I might have the spare parts to build them... BTW, would it be possible for you to provide us with more pics of your Union Pacific Excutive Touring Set (exteriors and interiors)? (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I have had the same response from customer service ( or at least a lady on the phone at s@H ). They seem to have no memory of the events that happend the day before when you rang and spoke to the same person to make sure you get the same help. (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sorry, I took that page down. Please visit the (URL) El Capitan folders my BrickShelf gallery>. Thanks for your interest in building it. later, James Mathis (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Hi James, the above link seems to be "down" Thanks again for a great model, got the split baseplates and I am about to shop around for the rest in a couple of days. Looking forward to build it, caurse "I can build it!" :o) Thomas (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) If you'd rather do a little hardware work, than learn pbForth, I have a couple suggestions. 1) You could use LEDs instead of regular lights. An LED will only light, when the power is going the correct direction. So you could connect 1 LED to (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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[big snip] (...) I do have DCC in the latest pbForth, but I've sort of dropped official support for older versions of MacOS. That being said, I think the instructions are still up on the site for getting it to work. :-) Please post here if you;re (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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Christopher Masi wrote: [snip] (...) [snip] (...) I know, replying to myself, bad form. I have also discovered that pbForth has DCC worked into it. The good new here (although I have only looked at the introduction on the home page) is that Raplph (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ah, so you have dabbled with LDCC? Gave up? Not enough fun for the amount of effort? Or will you be going back to it? (...) Oh, I was just expecting to send power out the top of the motor to light the light, and have a small technic motor (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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(...) [snip] (...) [snip] (...) Sorry, I should have thought of that when crossposting to .robotics.rcx (URL) picture has a good view of the headlight and the trolley poles. The trolley poles are the long things on the roof that pick up the power (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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Chris, Thanks for asking these questions. I think this has been discussed before, but it is always good to rehash this at least for the .trainheads! I think that remote train operation and LDCC etc is very exciting but perhaps only for the strong (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Chris, I'm not up on my trolly design. Can you explain or show pictures of the "lights" and "trolly poles" You can not use NQC and LDCC. It's like running two operating systems on your PC. Only one works at a time. Steve (20 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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OK, so I made a trolley go back and forth using NQC and my RCX. My wife's response to this was, "I that why you wanted a Mindstorms set?" Her tone implied that while whe thought it was cool, she also thought that I had just reached a new level of (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Of course you have to remember when printing "non-solid" colours (ie pretty much everything but black) on clear decal sheet that the brick colour will affect the result. Obvious I know, but I forgot once! Tim (20 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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On New Year's Eve I was asked if I'd like to help David Jolley with a display in Irthlingborough (UK) to raise money for charity. I was visiting my parents nearby at the time, so took along as many of my models as I could fit in the car. David had a (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.announce, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Maybe it's just me, but I am planning to do mine (if and when, not going to preannounce anything!) in black. I'm not seeing this color difference as huge enough to warrant using tape or paint. It is like those Thornton trucks... (URL) post> (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) True, I should also mention that most sign shops carry a wide selection of vinyl decal sheet. This stuff is thinner then electrical tape, and has less shinkage. I've also used liner tape. Commonally avalible in 1/8" and 1/4", which is extremly (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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You could also print your own stickers or decals (on white or clear) with just the "right" gray. SteveB (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) That's a good idea. I'd go for removable tape than permanent paint. I'll look into this. Thanks. later, James Mathis (20 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) snip (...) Well first thing I'd do is try it without ganging the outputs - that's really only required if you're going to be drawing a large current, and it doesn't sound like your trolley does that. ROSCO (20 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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