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Wow, Timmy G, I was hoping I'd hate this train, but I have to say that it is excellent, and worthy of Soren's containers. I really dig the color scheme you chose for the engine. Do me a favor and post that Rusty Duck moc so that I can fire another (...) (19 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) That locomotive is beautiful. Have you built it in real bricks? I may build something quite similar if the articulation works well- the wheel covers look like they might be a bit close to the grey center section but I'm not experience enough (...) (19 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Having not actually used the new trains, some of this is conjecture. Running one for a weekend on a layout first will give me a better perspective. But.. From what I have seen, I doubt they would be suitable replacements for the existing (...) (19 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) snip (...) snip (...) I think that both of these look very good...but more like 6" models or so than full sized... (URL) is my 4" model. James P (19 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Way to go making trains cool (ie. spacey). You are a real asset to the community. You've got me hatching plans for some sort of walking container handler now. If only I could step away from the computer for an evening or two... Allister (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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I ran across something interesting at my local LEGO store, and had to pick it up: a make-it-yourself Key Chain Name Kit. It contains 73 pieces (59 of which are 1x1 black tiles with letters printed in silver) and retails for USD$4.99. (URL) The first (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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In lugnet.trains, Eric Kingsley wrote: Dear Eric, (...) The club is already inactive as club. 1000steine is running and guiding the fan activity in Germany. Me and other (former?) FGLTC members join the 1000steine-land and other shows like the (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That's cool, Mathew! I used a similar technique for my steam tractor, but I think yours looks better. Only the boiler on mine is SNOT, although the front axle is studs-down, to allow it to steer. And I used slices of bike inner tube for the (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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This is pretty neat and spacey. Is the .dat available somewhere from you for download? I'd like to build my own version someday. -Stefan- (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Tim actually wrote this. I've just been compiling our responses. That's a good question.We purchased 20 packs of track at a brick and mortar with the 10% LUG discount several weeks ago.That was still $240 for 160 straights. Would I pay LEGO (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks. My main goal for this, other than having a working crane, was to have it fit in nicely with the rest of the train. It's a bit taller than I would have liked, but as my wife pointed out, "It's an old machine. It's supposed to be big." (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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Now that the Thomas Weekend event at LEGOLAND CA is over, thought I'd start posting images of my engines and cars. First up is Trevor the steam traction engine from the Thomas and Friends railway series. It uses old style wheels. With almost the (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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(...) The boom hinge is held in place by gravity. The boom itself is on friction pins, so in reality it's held in place by the Hand of God (i.e., if I keep my finger under the boom, it doesn't generally drop anything). I had wanted to put in a worm (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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(...) Hi James, Thanks. LOL I feared I might have had my levels a little off. It's meant to be orange (there is real red on the top). I have to say a lot of credit goes to Soren for the containers. The train is just a prop for it. Tim (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) (snip) (...) That is really nice! A great original-looking loc to go with those spacey containers. I love it! I really like the red/gray two-tone look and bulging engineer cabs. later, James Mathis (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) In which case it might be interesting to answer: How much more would you (or your club) be willing to pay for 9V track and accessories? ROSCO (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) One more. Tim from RichLUG wrote: (...) No and no (at least not right away). We only do about 3-4 public appearances each year. Amoung our group, we have a significant amount of track, motors and controllers - enough to continue to run large (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I really like this. i feel that for freelance models of engineering items you really have to think about how it would work, get i this mechanicals right and it will look right. The way it moves along the car is nifty,it reminds me of something (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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(...) I really like this. i feel that for freelance models of engineering items you really have to think about how it would work, get i this mechanicals right and it will look right. The way it moves along the car is nifty,it reminds me of something (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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Hi all, Recently Soren Roberts came up with this (URL) excellent truck> with a really nifty container format. I dug it a lot and reverse engineered it with some help from Soren for the purpose of making a train to go with it. Anyway, to cut to the (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
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