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| (2 URLs) BS> (URL) Flickr> Hi all, Saw this one a while back while looking for other trams in Istanbul (oddly enough). The face gave me nightmares for ages but I finally hit on an adequate (at least in my opinion) solution a couple of days ago. Tim (...) (17 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| --snip-- (...) PPS. Credit to Jason Alleman for his close-coupling. Yes, I've used it again ;) (17 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Cool. This is the (URL) same model> we have here in Minneapolis. I had built a replica of one of (URL) our stations> for the Philly show, but never got around to finishing the light rail cars themselves:-( Now it's on the dreaded backburner. (...) (17 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Istanbul has better colours :P and a fancier roof. (...) Very nice station. (...) But then I'd lose the fun of squeezing the shrouds in as much as possible. (...) I've admired that one before. I love the window arches and rivets on it. Didn't (...) (17 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks. I didn't document it very well, and now it is in mothballs. It won't come back until we redesign our subway modules (which is at least a year away). Hmmm, maybe I'll lend it to the GMLTC.... (...) Check out (URL) linkie> Ours is the (...) (17 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| --snip-- (...) And I'll raise you with (URL). You can see the two face designs there (maybe three). (...) I "scale" stuff only insofar as things look OK together. In the case of 8-wide it's more the length I'm worried about (I've actually (...) (17 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Excellent. I love the colors. My friend was in Istanbul over the holidays. I am going to forward this link to her to see if she recognizes it. As always, very inspiring. Jonathan PS: the .trains sidebar link for this appears to be mis-directed (...) (17 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| In lugnet.trains, Timothy Gould wrote: <intermittent snippiages> (...) Bingo. (...) It's all about you, isn't it, Tim? :-) JOHN (17 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) I hope she can. I'm also waiting for a former native to get back to me about it. (...) Thank you. (...) Whoops. I really messed it up. Fixed and thanks. Tim (17 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| --snip-- (...) As always :) Tim (17 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Tim, Very nice. I will try to build one. Thanks for sharing. Bob (17 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Hi Bob, Thanks. I just noticed a mistake after building something else today caused because my train motor ldraw part is a little wrong. It's a fairly minor change but it's safest to wait for the MPD to be changed before starting. Tim (17 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) And... fixed. Tim PS. Sorry for spamming the forums. Silly me should have changed and then posted rather than the other way around. (17 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| In lugnet.trains, Timothy Gould wrote: Great model! Thanks for the ongoing plethora of inspiring images. (...) The face on mine took a long time too and I still want to redo parts of it. It's fascinating how divergent the "Lego interpretation" of a (...) (17 years ago, 25-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Tim, Here is a brick built version of your tram: (URL) Slight mods for parts, color, and brick reality - the close coupling does not allow turns when over a motor - the center boogey peg gets in the way. It is a very nice model, ran well, and (...) (17 years ago, 2-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Hi Bob, Am I allowed to say that looks great? I figure I can get away with it because I really like the alternate livery you've chosen ;) Did you make a mod to allow it to turn over the motor? If you have I'll edit it into the CAD file. I (...) (17 years ago, 2-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Hi Tim, Great model again..:-) And yes, Istanbul livery is the best. Sorry about replying this much late but I still have connection problems with jlug and also I have extremely buzy and chrisis loaded days at job for the last two months...:-( (...) (17 years ago, 4-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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