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(URL) This is my second addition to the 6 Union Pacific Heritage Series Locomotives. I didn't quite have the cab all the way on in some of the pictures, I was just so excited to finally get the side railings done. Please check out the rest of the (...) (16 years ago, 4-Jan-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | NALUG at GETS 2008
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I've just finished doing web pages with pictures from NALUG's display at the Great Edmonton Train Show last September. Some of the stuff repeats from the 2007 show, but since we still don't have web pages for that year, it will be new to anyone who (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jan-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.ca.ab.edm, lugnet.loc.ca.ab, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Ballast Studies & Guides for LEGO 9V Train Track
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(...) John: Thanks a great idea! I never though of using the jumper bricks to further randomize the pattern. I'll have to give that a try on the next corner or switch I ballast and see how it works. Thanks a bunch for the great suggestion. :-) -Dave (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jan-09, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: ex-MILW Soo Line GP40
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(...) Thanks, Dave! The cab design is all Benn, though. I just stole it and modified it slightly to fit my needs. (16 years ago, 2-Jan-09, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: ex-MILW Soo Line GP40
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(...) Two great locomotive mocs in one week (yours and Tony's), it is shaping up to be a good year. Yeah, building in orange can be a bit of a challenge whenever you trip over those parts that should exist but don't. Just keep it away from Betty (...) (16 years ago, 2-Jan-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Mmm... Beefy
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(...) An excellent build with several innovative techniques (and a nice sampling of good ideas from others too). Now all you need are about 50 coal cars to push upgrade to complete the set (grin). Benn (16 years ago, 2-Jan-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Mmm... Beefy
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(2 URLs) Gallery> Erie #2602 L-1 Camelback Angus class (0-8-8-0) Steam Locomotive. This is my version of the (URL) truly bizarre Erie L-1>. Built by ALCO for the Erie in 1907, she was, at the time, the largest locomotive in the world, as well as the (...) (16 years ago, 2-Jan-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Ballast Studies & Guides for LEGO 9V Train Track
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(...) Dave, The ballasted track looks great. I must admit, having seen 6 or 8 LEGO train displays I never appreciated the effort required to ballast curved track. Now I know better. My only suggestion would be to add some jumper plates to the mix. (...) (16 years ago, 2-Jan-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: ex-MILW Soo Line GP40
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(...) Matt- This is awesome! I looked at your Flickr pictures and there is just so much SNOT on this MOC. It's dripping! I love the way you captured the worn paint and the cab design rocks. Excellent work! -Dave ToT-LUG (16 years ago, 2-Jan-09, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Ballast Studies & Guides for LEGO 9V Train Track
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After months of planning this, I finally had some time to get my ballast studies completed for LEGO 9V straight, curve, and switch track. I have posted pictures along with LDraw generated guide sheets at my (URL) MOCPages Page>. Many thanks go out (...) (16 years ago, 1-Jan-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | ex-MILW Soo Line GP40
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Sometime in late July while on a long, 6 hour drive to Pennsylvania I started playing around with ideas to build a (URL) "Soo Bandit" GP40> in CAD to pass the time. I chose the bandit scheme because of the challenge presented by its weathered patch (...) (16 years ago, 31-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Reshaping 4.5v track
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(...) I have been using 2x4 plates, turntables, and a solid base-brick and a hair-drier with limited success. It would seem the plastic is a bit brittle from years of disuse. (16 years ago, 28-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Hopper car model
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I think ldraw.org has been toying around with the idea of hosting a model repository. I'm not sure if this applies only to official sets, or MOCs as well. It's also a long way away from going live. -Mike (16 years ago, 28-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Beating up, kicking, and verbally abusing an old dead rotted horse...
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(...) (URL) (16 years ago, 24-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Reshaping 4.5v track
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(...) You might want to check out Ross Neal's 3 stud wide solution... (URL) post pictures if you make something work. Benn (16 years ago, 24-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Hopper car model
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(...) You can also post it to the RailBricks gallery. Russell (16 years ago, 23-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Hopper car model
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(...) In addition to the places you mentions, the (URL) site allows you to set up a gallery. There's a lot of cross-over between forums, but that site is also beginning to pick up some users who are new to the hobby. -Elroy (who'll probably build a (...) (16 years ago, 23-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Reshaping 4.5v track
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(...) I’ve had some success using a heat gun although you have to monitor the temperature extremely closely. You could also try making small cuts on the inside of the curve rails, but i've never tried this method myself. ondrew (16 years ago, 23-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Hopper car model
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A few months back I designed a (URL) train car: (URL) And recently I built LDraw instructions for it and published them online. What's the best way to share them? I put the CAD file (URL) on my blog> and on Flickr (as a comment under the (URL) 3D (...) (16 years ago, 23-Dec-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Beating up, kicking, and verbally abusing an old dead rotted horse...
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(...) (URL) (16 years ago, 23-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Reshaping 4.5v track
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I am wanting to use my old 4.5v tracks for a narrow gauge train that will be 4 studs wide. Obviously the straight track is fine, but it is the curve track that is giving me some bother. Can anyone suggest a solution? (16 years ago, 23-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | What I want for Christmas
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If LEGO granted Christmas wishes, I would have to ask for: 1) 5.5 length technic axle - so my train wheels don't fall off anymore 2) modular train railing system - so I don't have to cut any more hose and the awkward use of minifig hands 3) train (...) (16 years ago, 22-Dec-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
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| | Re: Western Train with instructions
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--snip-- (...) Oh dear. I started to build one and found a fairly big mistake... The front set of big wheels must be replaced by a set of BBB unflanged wheels. The yellow domes must be attached on a top corner, not in the middle. I'll update the (...) (16 years ago, 20-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Santa and his Reindeer
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A few years ago I put LEGO train tracks around my son's roof towards the ceiling. This year, I made a team of reindeer and a sleigh to run around the tracks. The Santa is an old LEGO set, but the reindeer and sleigh are MOC. I'm not completely (...) (16 years ago, 19-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.fun.holiday, FTX)
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| | Seasonal Community Spirit
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Maybe the time of year has something to do with it, but I must confess to have been moved by the generosity of a few talented builders lately. Seperately, we’ve seen (URL) Eric Sophie>, (URL) Tim Gould> and (URL) Mark Neumann> sharing not only their (...) (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.inst, lugnet.people, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.cad, lugnet.western, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Western Train with instructions
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(...) The final two stages are now up (URL) Loco and tender - (URL) (as (URL)) Passenger - (URL) ((URL)) Lumber- (URL) ((URL)) Boxcar - (URL) ((URL)) Caboose - (URL) ((URL)) Please note I've also resubmitted instructions for the Loco (and boxcar and (...) (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Western Train with instructions
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(...) Ahhh I found them. The original loco and the last two. I must have accidentally switched LPub across to a different setting before doing (and redoing in the case of the loco) the instructions. Newer versions will be uploaded. Tim (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Western Train with instructions
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(...) So do I but going back to the original issue which instructions are using the black edgelines? Tim (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Western Train with instructions
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(...) I agree fully with Philo's thoughts about the "Always black" edgelines. cu mikeheide (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Western Train with instructions
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(...) I always considered that "Always black" was unusable since dark colors were illegible. So for me the answer is yes. I would be tempted to push the threshold further: even if there is enough contrast on screen, it could be insufficient in (...) (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Western Train with instructions
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(...) I agree that dark gray would have worked better for these edge lines. I can easily change "always back" in LDView to be "usually black". I played around with the settings a bit, and with r * 30 + g * 59 + b * 11 <= 3600 as my threshold for (...) (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Western Train with instructions
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(...) See the difference between your instructions and those I created from the MPD: (URL) guess is that your LDView lpub setup has edge lines set to "always black" Philo (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Western Train with instructions
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(...) Thanks! Strange. The edgelines show up very clearly on my system. I'm curious how other people find them? They're set to something similar to dark grey. Tim (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Western Train with instructions
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Hi Tim, Wonderful models and instructions! (no I'm not turning train ;o)... But I find the edgelines of black parts much too dark, making these parts illegible. What setup did you use? Philo (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Stage III Re: Western Train with instructions
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(...) --snip-- Stage III is up now. (2 URLs) ((URL)). Tim (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Qld Rain SMU driver cab
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After messing around for a few months, I gave up and began working on the EMU. Now that I have almost finished the EMU, I have worked out how to do the nose of the SMU. (URL) should be public soon - I hope. (16 years ago, 14-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Western Train with instructions
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(...) Love that roof design. -Elroy (16 years ago, 13-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Western Train with instructions
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(...) NB. 'finish off 2008' is what I mean --snip-- (...) Stage II is up now. (2 URLs) ((URL)). Tim (16 years ago, 13-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Lego Survey - I really miss 9volt Trains
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There is a survey from Lego at the moment (URL) the section, suggested improvements made by others, there is a check box for "I really miss 9v LEGO trains". Just thought there would be a few people here that would like to remind Lego that 9volt (...) (16 years ago, 13-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 1450 Class diesel
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After some more tinkering I have up'ed the screenshots. (URL) it is a cross between the 1400 and 1450, but they are very similar with the main difference being the side grills. I used the dark blue grey train base as the spine, and extended it by 8 (...) (16 years ago, 12-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains)
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