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Re: Wild West Trains posted!
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lugnet.trains
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Sat, 11 Dec 1999 19:42:58 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Frank Filz writes:
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> Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <38525C1B.30A76C15@voyager.net>...
> > Dan wrote:
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> > > Hello everyone!
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> > > I stayed up real late last night and took pictures of the Wild West theme
> > > trains I have recently built (and am still building). Tonight I stayed up real
> > > late and posted the pictures and did a little re-modelling of my Brickmani
> > > site. Please feel free to check it all out and post any feedback to
> > > lugnet.trains. Thanks for your interest...
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> Nice. That stock car actually looks pretty good. I could make a pink one...
> I like the water tower also. The flatcar with stakes looks good also.
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> > They're cute. I'm assuming that since the locomotives don't have
> > flanges, you have to keep a car coupled in front of them to keep them
> > tracking (the car in front and the tender behind provide guidance, the
> > tender behind provides driving force). Neat idea. And having the car in
> > front be a troop flat means you're on guard against indians or bandits.
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> Actually, if you look closely, you will see that Dan is using two pulleys
> for each wheel. The inner one has a tire on it. I hav thought about doing
> this, but wonder how well it goes through turnouts/
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> > These are more toylike than I care for (1) but there's artistry in them.
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> > I just am not a big fan of using the 1x6 handrails in any side
> > application, they always look wrong.
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> > 1 - oh, the irony! A toy is too toylike! :-)
> > --
> > Larry Pieniazek larryp@novera.com http://my.voyager.net/lar
> > - - - Web Application Integration! http://www.novera.com
> > fund Lugnet(tm): http://www.ebates.com/ ref: lar, 1/2 $$ to lugnet.
> >
> > NOTE: Soon to be lpieniazek@tsisoft.com :-)
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| | Re: Wild West Trains posted!
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| Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <38525C1B.30A76C15@v...er.net>... (...) West theme (...) real (...) Brickmani (...) Nice. That stock car actually looks pretty good. I could make a pink one... I like the water tower also. The flatcar with stakes (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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