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Re: LEGO Factory Commuter Train-- The Mariner
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Fri, 2 Jun 2006 00:56:59 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, James Mathis wrote:
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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.
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Great models James and I agree with your thanks to all involved with LDD.
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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.
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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 change the model (yeah right). Second, after about 1000 parts my system
starts to complain loudly using LDD. Maybe just using it to import will work
better.
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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?
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From all I can tell you have done everything perfectly. The nickname and age
come from your LEGO Club account settings. You can add the Description when you
add the model to your gallery.
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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...
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Well both appear available now so it may have just been a temporary hic-up in
the system.
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Thanks for looking it up, and for any comments regarding ensuring the model
is available for purchase, and adding the additional biography information.
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You should be able to go to you Gallery and “Edit” the model assuming you are
signed in. This will put it back in the moderation queue but that doesn’t
usually take to long.
Again great model. The models in general on LF have been getting better and
better. The only issue is finding the great models so you can buy them. The
search facilities on LDD are very lacking. This is one reason why I am doing
what I am doing with the contest. It gives folks a single source for great LDD
models.
One of the best LDD train models yet James!
-Eric
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) Super model James! I just wanted to add... please register your model at save.9vtrains.com. Even if you don't want to enter the contest, this site has a good chance of creating a library of quality models. Maybe LEGO will get a better system, (...) (18 years ago, 2-Jun-06, to lugnet.trains)
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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 (...) (18 years ago, 1-Jun-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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