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(...) Doesn't count you wannabe. JOHN BMOC™ (18 years ago, 24-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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I got three under my belt! '04-'06 (well in '04 I showed up in Seattle and had a meeting with the NMRA, and tok some pictures of the layout! :) ) SteveB (18 years ago, 24-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Makes me wonder-- how many LTCs have shown at NMRA National Conventions? Here are my best guesses: 2006: Philadelphia, PA (9) COLTC DelVaLUG GardenSLUG IndyLUG MichLTC PennLUG SHSL TCLTC WAMALTC 2005: Cincinnati, OH (13) COLTC CILTC (IndyLUG) (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Well I just finished another (URL) update> to my Instructions cross-reference page, and came across (URL) this little gem>. Anybody seen this one before? ROSCO (18 years ago, 23-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.inst, FTX)
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(...) I had a look at the 1/8" plastic tubing in model railway shops and stalls at shows. I think it's ABS or polystyrene. I have no issues with cutting the tubes either :-) but I don't like painting stuff used as or with LEGO bricks. I think the (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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Hi When working with some furnirure I got the idea of using them as cargo on trains - dowels come in all sizes which makes the fit everywhere, and they are cheap too. The result: (URL) (18 years ago, 23-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi All, Yes it's been 12 days and I never knew how much I could miss my long distance friends! I could write a book on the topic... anyway... Each and everyone that was at the show deserves a huge thanks for all the hard work that went into the (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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(...) I'd seen the pics on BS but the DB red and black threw me off the scent. I'd vaguely heard of the loco (or the African one) I think. Although I think I would have gone for an all-wheels-coupled build I think the representation of the valve (...) (18 years ago, 22-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains)
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A deviation from my usual Space stuff... the Wardale 5AT. Quoting the MOCPages page, "The 5AT is a 3000 horsepower, 115mph modern steam locomotive, designed by british engineer David Wardale in the late 1990's. If you have never heard of this (...) (18 years ago, 22-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc)
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(...) Wait, people actually asked if that was Lego water? Ow, that it is hurting my head. (...) 21 hours of driving? Yipes. Although I must confess it was nice to finally see your stuff as well as others' in person. (The NMRA show being the first (...) (18 years ago, 22-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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Hi I would like to know if there will be a container swap at Brickfest 06? We (NovaLUG) have now ours done! LMK. JM (18 years ago, 22-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(URL) Well, it has been 2 weeks since the BIG EVENT and so I thought I'd record some thoughts before I forgot everything. (Pics of our stuff from the show (URL) HERE>) Ross and I finally left MN at about 9pm on July 4th and drove straight thru. We (...) (18 years ago, 22-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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(...) LEGO® store. It was a great set to build. It has 4 train cars with good part selection. This set also has a lot of play ability. There are 3 vehicles to drive around and load the train with. I have not actually ran the train yet, as I dont (...) (18 years ago, 22-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks. I thought that might be the case. Hardware stores in the area I live in tend to be able to come up with just about anything you could want. I'll check it out. Thanks again, Jonathan (18 years ago, 21-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) https://www.festo.com (choose your country, look at the products/catalog and find tubing and piping under "pneumatic connectors", specially "outside diemeter tubing") ...or any other pneumatic tube supplier. And they might have more than one (...) (18 years ago, 20-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) https://enep.festo.c...ustomer_us ...or any other pneumatic tube supplier. And they might have more than one color, too (in my xperience, I've seen blue, black, light gray and semi opaq white). There are softer ones, and l (18 years ago, 20-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I've used 1/8" plastic tubing I found at a hobby shop, it is a bit stiffer than the Lego stuff but it works fine. It's only available in white, but you could probably paint it a different color. And since it's not 'official Lego', I have no (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello, Regarding the flex system hose that is used for hand rails and such on trains: Has anyone ever tried sourcing this elsewhere other than in lego sets? Might it be available at hardware stores? Thanks, Jonathan (18 years ago, 19-Jul-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks Steve! Being able to import LDraw files into LDD was a big part of this. I pretty much did all of the designing in MLCAD and used LDD more for checking part availability, checking for proper LDraw conversion, and quick prototyping and (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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