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| (...) Or even better (though probably too complex to make en masse) try (URL) misterzumbi>. Of course my main suggestion is to make them five-wide. Tim (16 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) I appreciate the links and information. I was looking at your stuff before (VERY cool) I posted, but I have always wanted to mess with this type of stuff. You have some neat stuff and I will probably come knocking at your door when I (...) (16 years ago, 22-Oct-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) For the DIYers out there: (URL) LED Resistor Calculator> For quick results without having to think: You can run 1 (2.1v) LED from 9v if you hook up a 390 ohm (1/4 watt) resistor between one lead of the LED and the power source. You can run 2 (...) (16 years ago, 22-Oct-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | | Re: building 6-wide cars
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| (...) I'd start here for inspiration and ideas: (URL) There any many others that have really refined the scale nicely as well that I routinely look at for inspiration and ideas. I had a great amount of difficulty building in this scale myself, but (...) (16 years ago, 22-Oct-08, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I realize that this is an old post, but I jut found it...If I want to hook up a bunch of LED's (say they are 2.1 volt and I want to hook up 10) to a 9v system, what do I need to do? Only hook in four at a time or something like that? I could (...) (16 years ago, 22-Oct-08, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | building 6-wide cars
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| Our train group is going up to 6-wide cars (and 8 wide trains) for the next layout. Anyone got any advice or tips on how to make them (and how to make them look good)? I am good at making 4-wide cars but not so much at making 6-wide. (16 years ago, 22-Oct-08, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Big Blue : The Return...
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| So I was just cleaning up and sorting my collection (in whatever spare time I can find, between the renos and getting the abode ready for our upcoming baby)... When I happened across this guy-- (URL) Thinking that it's been a long time since I've (...) (16 years ago, 22-Oct-08, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | | 8-wide OMYA Tanker
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| I just finished my second 8-wide car, an OMYA tanker: (2 URLs) NELUG Gallery> For the full story, see my post on the (URL) Trains-n-Town> website. -Elroy (16 years ago, 21-Oct-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | Re: First Train Show?
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| (...) Conan Collopy and his uncle Chuck first displayed at the GATS show in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1985. According to Conan, their 'inspiration' was a Playmobile layout at GATS in 1983, and they said to each other "we could do that out of Lego!". (...) (16 years ago, 19-Oct-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Talked to Conan Today and their first layout was at 1985 NMRA in St. Paul. We're going to rebuild the GMLTC web site to include a timeline and gallery of layouts from the beginning to present. (16 years ago, 19-Oct-08, to lugnet.trains)
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