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LEGO Factory Commuter Train-- The Mariner
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Thu, 1 Jun 2006 22:02:43 GMT
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A lot of thanks to go around:
- Thanks to the LEGO Digital Designer and LEGO Factory teams for the power to
design sets - Thanks to the amazing folks who have LDD and LDraw tools
communicating with each other
Here is my first attempt. I started with a design from a while back which I
called the Amtrak
Exodus. I used MLCad to create a modified version of the Exodus-- being
mindful of the parts available in the LDD LEGO Train Factory. I call the LEGO
Factory version the Mariner. A
locomotive (476pcs, US$51.15) and a
passenger car (517pcs, $55.69) are listed separately.
I had both MLCad and LDD v1.6 open at the same time to flip back and forth to
review the parts available. I’d then load up the MLCad model into LDD and see
which parts I had used in error against the Train Factory assortment.
I’m still not sure I understand how to upload the model for sale to the LEGO
Factory website. I see that other models for sale have a nickname, age,
description, etc, but I haven’t found any place in which to add this
information. Maybe that comes later upon approval of the model by the LEGO
Factory review team?
Also, upon upload of both the passenger car and the locomotive at approximately
the same time-- the passenger car first, followed by the locomotive just a few
minutes later-- the passenger car is listed as “available”, but the locomotive
is listed as “not available”. Maybe I still have some pieces in the locomotive
that are not supported by the Train Factory part assortment? I did re-check the
parts used, but maybe I still am missing something...
Thanks for looking it up, and for any comments regarding ensuring the model is
available for purchase, and adding the additional biography information.
later,
James Mathis
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) Great models James and I agree with your thanks to all involved with LDD. (...) I think I need to start doing this for 2 reasons. First the auto generated instructions from LDD just arn't good unless you build from the bottom up and never (...) (18 years ago, 2-Jun-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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