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(...) Rob, Funny you should mention that. I was thinking along these lines. I'm useing one of the cheap RC micro cars to power a hand pump Velocipede. I'm retaining the reciever, and powering it off an internal battery. Or I could power off the (...) (20 years ago, 23-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Yes. Mat (20 years ago, 23-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)
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This trains newbie asks: is the 9V adapter for running trains the same adapter that is used to run RCX version 1.0? (20 years ago, 23-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)
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Time to build your own using a modded powered truck from Atlas and a pager vibrate motor... Rob "John Barnes" <barnes@sensors.com> wrote in message news:ICC6pJ.Ap0@lugnet.com... (...) (20 years ago, 23-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yeah, I'd thought about that, but the bogies on N gauge locos and N gauge rolling stock are very different. They aren't cosmetically interchangeable. Well, as far as I have been able to find so far, anyhow. JB (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It is very nice. Perhaps you coulf fit a motor in one of the frieght wagons? MAt (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Excellent! I love it. I just wish there was a way to get an N gauge motor into that style of locomotive. But the N gauge notors are 2 wide throughout :( JB (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You are correct, sorry. It's seems to be the same wheelset base, but with one axel removed. And it placed the corect end forward, edded for the drive rods to look right. Thanks, Mat (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.year.2005, FTX)
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(...) Ken, nice work. Let us know how well this operates. I did some experimenting along these lines last summer, but I didn't think of cutting and bending tabs on the ATLAS track connectors, very cleaver. I was going to grind flange off the base of (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
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In lugnet.trains, Mathew Clayson wrote: snip * (...) Percy has a 2-axle wheelset, and it was assembled correctly: (URL) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.year.2005, FTX)
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Hello all. I just wanted to share with you the start of my newest project. It will be a dock sceen to go with my Maersk ship. I just built 4 container cars and a Union Pacific engine. The cars are actually about 2 and half studs wide. The Containers (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) What bugs me, is that non of these sets are powered. Thery all apear to use the older 3 axle steam wheelset. But at least they get drive rods. And the short wheelset for the tender is nice. Also, I found it interesting that non of the models (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.year.2005, FTX)
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(...) Don't listen to him ;-) As a seven wide, this looks excellent. The need for this scale was especially brought out when I saw the interiour shots, where you get a 1 stud wide gangway (or whatever it's called) which would not have been possible (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Should be easy enough even for an average-skilled builder to work around. What concern me more are the other parts there- the boiler half is pretty useless, and don't even get me started on the cab (SOLID??!!) eww. And yeah, Larry, that is (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.year.2005)
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(...) Beautiful. I am very impressed. Looks like you should build some more trains! -Matt :) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) It would be much easier is the face disk was a separate piece from the rest of the boiler. But it looks like the face is part of a single front piece. Check out the bottom right inset picture on this box art. (URL) are four engine pieces to (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.year.2005)
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(...) I can't speak for Samarth, but I was thinking of just that, because it's a LEGO face... no more non LEGO or stickers or whatever. (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.year.2005)
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"Ken Rice" <(KAY)enn(ARE)ice@e(...s.(SEE)om> wrote in message news:IC9w1y.rDK@lugnet.com... (...) Welcome to the Darkside Ken!!! Awesome work. I've been wantig flex track for LEGO for years! Rob www.brickmodder.net (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That's funny. I wonder how long till the posters start getting ripped down and sold on ebay? jt (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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From (URL) this> Shinkansen website: (URL) It's aparently translated as: "A warning. Don't cross the yellow line! Or you become food for the shinkansen." (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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