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Hi, Does anyone know if phone or thermostat wire is a suitable or (more importantly) safe replacement for the 9v train wire? If not, anyone know what I can use? I am running 45 feet of track in a loop and I want to run additional wires from the (...) (19 years ago, 19-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: A Steamer with a Boiler that actually is Round
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(...) --SNIP-- (URL) Macaroni love> ;) Although not the first use of macaroni the combination of the curve bricks and macaroni to make 'circles' with studs at the top is quite neat. What I really like about this MOC is the 1x1x2/3 slopes at the top (...) (19 years ago, 19-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | A Steamer with a Boiler that actually is Round
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A Steamer with a Boiler that actually is Round ===...=== (URL) Macaroni bricks seem like a good choice for modelling the boiler of a steamer, except that it isn't obvious how to fasten the domes and stuff that are supposed to be on top of it. The (...) (19 years ago, 19-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.se, FTX)
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| | Re: McCoy's 7893 Airlplane Train Conversion
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(...) Yes: (URL) don't know that those two parts will work with anything but each other, curve-wise.) N.B.: The tail piece top and bottom are held together with screws; I don't know if those are separable. (19 years ago, 19-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Train Station
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Well heres a train station I built about 2 months ago and now just posting it now. Been busy so I havent posted much lately. But heres my train station that is on my town (which is under development) and my first attempt at a 8-wide train. Here is (...) (19 years ago, 18-Feb-06, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: WAG-7 Class
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(...) I like it! You have captured the locomotive very well, and it has grown on me the more I have looked at it. I would be hard-pressed to call it "beautiful", though: the prototype feels to me as something of a freak-showish monster: An electric (...) (19 years ago, 18-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | Re: Railcar slash Woodlouse
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(...) Hi Martin, That is exactly what I meant and I think it's a big improvment. One more suggestion ;) Did you look at changing the curved edges to a 1x1x2/3 slope? That might work even better although it might be worse. I can't believe you've (...) (19 years ago, 17-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: McCoy's 7893 Airlplane Train Conversion
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Warren, Have you tried it with the doors? Not to mention using the tops with the door cut-out would require less copies of the set. SteveB (...) (19 years ago, 17-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: McCoy's 7893 Airlplane Train Conversion
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That works! The new ICE could have a similar look when stretched and with more coaches. I have plans for this same conversation... it might be my first 8-wide!!! Sooooo.... what to do with the extra wings; BUWPs! SteveB (...) (19 years ago, 17-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | UPDATE: NMRA NTS 06 in Philly (still time to join in)
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Hi All, Well we are on the verge of creating the 1st draft of the master layout for the NMRA National Train Show 2006 in Philly. I would like to extend an invite to all train clubs to join in! We had a great time last year and this year promises the (...) (19 years ago, 17-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains)
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