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I think both of you guys did a fantastic job. Though I am more inclined towards Jordan's observation car dome design since it has those grey pieces making it appear like it has support ribs just like the real ones. A few comments: Jordan, make the (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | A LEGO Price List with 4,000 entries!
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One of the features of my Unofficial LEGO Sets/Parts Collectors Guide that I haven't mentioned much is a LEGO Price List. I included this for folks who want to insure their old LEGO sets, but have no reference source to do so. Well my "Insurance (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains)
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[______] [______] [_______] oo oo = oo oo = oo oo I spoke with Dave VinZant (train coordinator) and I plan to have a static display of ALL of my train MOCs (rolling stock)! Since I'll be a bit busy at the fest, I was racking my brain what MOC(s) I (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains) !!
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| | Re: ULUG Train Show
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Brian & All, (...) It is always nice to that interaction with the crowd, even if it is the 50th time you heard it. : ) (...) It is great to have some interactivity like that in a layout - I need to do more of that in ours. (...) The most important (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.ulug)
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(...) Brian- Congrats on your first show.It's a lot of fun to put your stuff out in front of a crowd for the first time. I especially liked the decorative archway, dino museum, bridge, fishing hole, and mech. Good stuff in any layout! Small idea: Be (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.ulug, FTX)
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Over the weekend ULUG (Utah LUG) participated in "The Ophir, Tintic and Western" Train Show at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi, Utah. We are a newer LUG (under 6 months) with 9 active members and this is our first Train show as a LUG. We were pleased to (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.ulug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) Hi Jordan, Your streamliner set in the AMTRAK livery is superb! Let everyone consider your build and design unique and impressive! What a great way for both of us to coincidentally work on this concept at the same time. (...) My coaches are (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Seems that James Mathis and I were thinking along similar lines this past week. I, too, designed some streamliner cars of my own using the LEGO Factory parts palette, although I modeled mine on the "Metroliner" paint scheme rather than for the Super (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX) !
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| | Re: YG 3415 of the Royal Orient
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(...) And it looks as if you nailed many of the details. Fabulous. On this MOC, due to the various colors, the details stand out much more and are more apparent. (...) Excellent. Other than what I term as 'roof junk' I haven't yet been able to use (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I'd like to use tan (because it's not as bright as white), but since the windows are hard to get by, I'd also use white. Bummer. Jindroush (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(2 URLs) BS> (URL) Flickr> Hi All, This is my version of the lead engine of the (URL) Royal Orient: YG 3415>. As a typical Indian steamer this train offered huge amounts of small details to add. Every time I thought I had all the important details (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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Hi, Built in 2004 but never presented on Lugnet, my reproduction of the french train Alsthom Z6300. 8-wide, 50 studs long cars, it runs rarely on our layouts :) (URL) Erik (18 years ago, 27-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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(...) SNIP (...) James, These are awesome! It's amazing what you do with the Factory palette! I love those undercarriage details! Through the windows it looks like you gave them interior details, too. Do the roofs come off? I guess I can check that (...) (18 years ago, 27-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) [...] (...) Man, you ARE a LEGO Factory. Nice work. Chris (18 years ago, 27-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Look at that picture of one historic tram in Turin: (URL) above color is a particular green (a light "Veronese" green), but what LEGO color should I use? Not tan, because it is too much "yellowish". White? Too much bright... the perfect color (...) (18 years ago, 26-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains)
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Here are (URL) three Streamliner style passenger cars>, including a basic passenger car, dome car, and end-of-train observation car. (3 URLs) All three designs are built from the current assortment of parts available with LEGO(R) Factory(TM?). I've (...) (18 years ago, 26-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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| | Re: Tatra T-3 Moscow Tram
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--snip-- Hi Luca, (...) Yes I completely agree. (...) I agree about the grey windows. Maybe black would work better for a non-transparent colour but dark grey looks too coloured to me for a window. (...) I love these ones. I stole the window idea (...) (18 years ago, 26-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Luca, I think that Prague trams are not exactly white. See this photo (URL) don't like trams so even though I lived in Prague for almost 10 years, I can count on my fingers how many times I used this loud beast :o) OTOH I know that getting (...) (18 years ago, 26-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks for the compliments too :-) I know the Manchester tram. It is a different version of Turin ML 7000. The TPR 5000 has a very close design with the difference that it is partial low flor. The modern trams are most similar each others, but (...) (18 years ago, 26-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks very much for the compliments. I also have a CAD version so I may be able to render a Prague version. I'll certainly think about it for when I have some spare time. Your Turin TPR-500 is probably my favourite tram made. You captured the (...) (18 years ago, 26-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains)
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