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(...) My favorite locomotive is Green Mountain Railroad's #405, an old Alco RS1 that used to belong to the Rutland Railroad. It doesn't have a particularly nice livery (it's green with a yellow stripe), and it's not particularly nice to look at (...) (13 years ago, 28-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) My favorite locomotive is the classic western style "American" class 4-4-0 and the later evolution, the 4-6-0 in the classic black (sometimes with red highlights) and yes I have attempted to build a few examples of the type (and I have plans (...) (13 years ago, 28-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains)
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There's a guy on Bricklink who sells chrome pieces. 2 + 2 = has anyone already done this? -R (13 years ago, 28-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Alco PA in ATSF Warbonnet. I've made an FA (2 axle trucks, shorter nose) a few (too many) years back, It is on Brickshelf... (URL) and MOCPages ... (URL) along with the rest of the consist. Unfortunately the whole train is a trailer queen, (...) (13 years ago, 28-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thank you very much. (13 years ago, 27-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Some of the modifications I made was to fix some of the friction issues on the front and back trucks of the engine. When powered by the drive wheels with a Power Functions XL motor they are not that big of an issue. When the whole engine is (...) (13 years ago, 27-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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What's your favorite locomotive and livery, and have you made a LEGO version? Mine would be an EMD SD40-2 in UP livery. I made a 7 wide version 10 years ago. Wish I could find the photos. Which is funny, because of two things. Growing up in the (...) (13 years ago, 27-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Wait a second... Tony, I thought you never used numbers smaller than 8 (grin). Nice. (13 years ago, 27-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) A very fine MoC. Benn (13 years ago, 27-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Mike, Nice done. Train runs verry well as can be seen in the video. I noticed that the doughter was also enjoying it by jumping over the track :) Regards, Ludo (13 years ago, 26-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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I wanted to "Americanize" the Emerald Night so I basically made a cross between the official set and the (URL) Southern Crescent>. I also remade the dining car with doors in the ends instead of an opening and a complete overhaul of the roof. I then (...) (13 years ago, 23-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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"Why did LEGO move to battery operated trains?" I thought it was because EU regulations state that "trains that pick up from the track are not recommended for children under eight years old." It is all to do with Health & Safety - Playmobil made the (...) (13 years ago, 21-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(URL) --Tony (13 years ago, 21-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Looks like Ben's pages (referenced in the sidebar) on fgltc are no more? I just wrote an answer in Quora (URL) wanted to link to the history... I think there was an archive on the ngltc.org pages but that site now is reported by Google as unsafe. (...) (13 years ago, 20-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains)
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RAILBRICKS Issue #10 is now available for download. The new issue can be found on the newly updated RAILBRICKS website: (URL) -Elroy (13 years ago, 19-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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(...) Thanks. (Although my contribution only was a single house.) (...) I am toying with an idea, where I want to print the foundations of a (highly detailed, possibly fractal) landscape on a 3D printer, and then only use LEGO for the "top-soil". It (...) (13 years ago, 19-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Nice scene! Play well, Jacob (13 years ago, 19-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) I think the one distinct advantage that NMRA 2005 had was that it was centrally located for just about every club on the east coast, and a good chunk of the midwest. I know 2013 will in Atlanta during July 14-20, and I will most likely be (...) (13 years ago, 18-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains)
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The next installment in my SRW Scenic Tours "Texas Brick Railroad" photo series: "Brick or Treat" (URL) Image is a link. --Tony (13 years ago, 14-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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(...) We have some of that here in Edmonton, Canada. I think 3 of our members have DCC rigs, and more have DCC-modified trains. The mainlines on our train layouts have been DCC for several years - we use the old 9V analog stuff for independent (...) (13 years ago, 12-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains)
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I know that some people used to run DCC on some modified train motors, but has this since gone the way of the dinosaur now that we have plastic track? One day in the future, I want to make my home train layout complete with a handheld multifunction (...) (13 years ago, 12-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) American trains (my preferred subject to model) don't have buffers. This is the reason I'll be sticking to the old couplers for the foreseeable future. At least until Big Ben Bricks, ME Models, or some one else comes out with a suitable (...) (13 years ago, 12-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Very nice. I agree that the flatness of our layouts is something that needs some work. As we're continually evolving our layout adding more terrain elevation change is one of our next priorities. Cale (13 years ago, 12-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Dave!, DaveE, or Dave K? Inquiring minds want to know... Dave K (13 years ago, 12-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Lasse Vestergård from Byggepladen collects sets older than himself, and as far as I know, he considers it okay to acquire a set piece by piece. Play well, Jacob (13 years ago, 12-Oct-11, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) Gee thanks... I think. (13 years ago, 12-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Nah, "Ben" is the new "Dave"... (13 years ago, 12-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) ... (...) A long time ago S@H would sell bundles. The last one I believe was when the EN came out. You could basically get everything you needed (battery, motor, remote, etc.) and the charger wound up being free. They went away when the first (...) (13 years ago, 29-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Benjamin Medinets wrote: ... (...) Eeek, is "Ben" the new "Steve"? (grin) Benn (13 years ago, 29-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) That's the biggest problem with the new magnets, the buffers are integrated. It would have been so much more versatile if the cross bar had studs where the buffers go and then the actual round buffer be a separate part, e.g., (URL) (13 years ago, 29-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Neat... and please do post a copy of your instructions to: (URL) too Benn (...) ... (...) (13 years ago, 29-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I'm interested, too far off to forecast, but keep me posted. (13 years ago, 29-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) mmm, purdy trestle. Wonder how hard it would be to do the same thing in brown? (13 years ago, 11-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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I think your train has a flat, Steve... -Rob (13 years ago, 11-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains)
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The first installment in my new Sava Railways Scenic Tours photo series, "The Texas Brick Railroad": "Rail In The Sky" (URL) Image is a link. --Tony (13 years ago, 11-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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(...) Steve... I thought trains went Choo choo!!! ;) (13 years ago, 11-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.test)
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...is this thing on? Can you hear me back there? Testing 1,2,3, sibilance, sibilance. Hi All! SteveB (13 years ago, 10-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) <snipped> Hi Larry & Rob, (...) I don't know, i don't have the Maersk train yet. The 20-Foot container is 6 x 14 studs + 1 for the opening doors. The 40-Foot container is 6 x 29 studs + 1 for the opening doors. I only hope now that those (...) (13 years ago, 30-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Instructions are still available! They are on Peeron.com now - just look up the set number and they link to the instructions. I have also had great luck finding instructions to current sets through links on Brickset.com. -Matt :) (13 years ago, 10-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains)
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A long time ago in a galaxy... well, anyway, I think Brickshelf had set instructions (is that right or was it Peeron?) and before they took them down I grabbed all the ones I knew about that had anything to do with trains. If anyone wants some or (...) (13 years ago, 10-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) We used it extensively in the recent layout by Byggepladen at LEGO Fan Weekend. I am not that fond of it, but we didn't have any incidents, which could be attributed to flex track. I would prefer that we only used it in sections of one or two (...) (13 years ago, 28-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Nice. The only thing which disappoints me a little bit with the layout is that it is as flat as Denmark (or maybe even Holland). At the recent LEGO Fan Weekend in Skærbæk, Byggepladen put together a layout with contributions from about 20 (...) (13 years ago, 28-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Really nice and inspiring work. Play well, Jacob (13 years ago, 28-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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Hi all It is funny to think, that as a child there were only a few sets I did not get in certain series which I collected. Now, here they (almost) are: (URL) choose to collect the parts from BL and build the sets rather than buy them ready. It is (...) (13 years ago, 2-Oct-11, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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Just realised I never sent my response... (...) --SNIP-- Fabulous. If I ever get time to do more 'art' rendering I'll definitely be using this idea. (...) Hehe. Yep :) Glad you got the coverage this excellent animation (and model) deserved. Tim (13 years ago, 6-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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I was using Lego Digital Designer and am disappointed the downhill availabilty of certain important parts to build "buyable" models. I would like to see a return of "warehouse" sliding doors to make box cars. Train-style doors would also be nice as (...) (13 years ago, 6-Oct-11, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains) !
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(...) Same here: I do not use plastic track on my combined layout (PF running on 9V track) but even when I did I might not use it, since I stay basically with studs in line with my track. In fact the greatest benefit I see is for kids: in general (...) (13 years ago, 27-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ha ha ha. If I were a rivet counter I wouldn't be building my trains out of LEGO. Cale (13 years ago, 27-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I agree with Tim. I think flex track can be useful for working out some interesting track geometry but beyond that I don't have any use for it. I think the idea of flex track was great and to be honest the LEGO actually came up with a pretty (...) (13 years ago, 27-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I've never tried it in a layout (I don't have a layout) but I always saw its chief use as being single bits of track here and there to open up the range of shapes in a full layout. Need a tiny bit of straight, use a flex. Need a tiny curve, (...) (13 years ago, 26-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I was thinking of using it with foil tape put on top to make a second, larger radius. But I'm hoping that won't be necessary, soon. My biggest complaint is that the trains run very rough over it... every wheelset jounces at every joints which (...) (13 years ago, 26-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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Do any of you like using this flexible track from LEGO? I just can't bring myself to try it. I haven't seen it in person, but from the pictures I've seen it appears to me to be more geared towards kids than rivet counters like Larry and Cale... :P (...) (13 years ago, 26-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Timothy Gould wrote: Hello, just a (URL) latest update on motion blur>: All issues regarding fusion of sub-frame-pictures have now been solved. :-) ImageMagick has been the key to solution. I have used the standard windows (...) (13 years ago, 26-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Thanks much! Looking back I should have built it a lot bigger, but I made some design changes to get it to fit on 3 32x32 baseplates to fit inside the Wye I designed for my future Texas State Railroad diorama. I can't take any credit for the (...) (13 years ago, 25-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Ben! If it wasn't for LDraw I don't think I would have been able to get that roof to work as it does. I plan to do a lot of photography with this one in the future, probably a different shot with each of my TSRR locomotives from (...) (13 years ago, 25-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Well when you build locomotives in the correct width (that would be 8 wide by the way) it takes time. And you can't rush quality. ; ) Cale (13 years ago, 24-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) <snip> (...) So you're dissing him but you are 4 behind on the count? Get building, man. :) (13 years ago, 24-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Thank you Ben. I have to say that when I started building LEGO steam several years ago your models were one of my big inspirations so you praise means a lot. I agree that combining systems can provide some excellent modeling opportunities. Add (...) (13 years ago, 23-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) That's an awesome spread you go there! I really like how its size and shape remind me of how train clubs try to standardize module size and layout of track for uniformity and interconnection. The rounded roof of the main building is probably (...) (13 years ago, 23-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hi Larry, There has been some discussion in the Ontario LUGS about going to an NMRA Train show again, I assume the Dates for the Train Show would be Aug 2nd - 5th (ish) I will ask around our Lug and see if there is any intrest. Jeff VW (13 years ago, 23-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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Well... since Rob seems to have achieved his goal of breathing some life into .trains I'll copy this here too. There was a time when LEGO released books of ideas, when trains were a flagship property, when a LEGO license was something you used to (...) (13 years ago, 23-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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(...) Good to hear. Yeah TBB has a huge number of readers (millions by some stats). It amazes me sometimes. --SNIP-- (...) You should check it out. Once you get used to its quirks it's very quick to do whatever you want. (...) That sounds like too (...) (13 years ago, 23-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Wow! The next level of building is reached. I always loved to explore your colorful steam engines. Now there is even a fitting scenery around - and what a beautiful one! I like how you managed to create the rounded walls and above the roof (...) (13 years ago, 23-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) (URL) (...) Cale, this engine is stunning and really beautiful with all it's details! I agree with you on the extreme play value of power function. LEGO did well on this system. By combining 9V + IR-trains + PF-trains the system wins even (...) (13 years ago, 23-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Tim, thanks for blogging that small vid. I am really amazed: none of my YouTube videos had ever collected 500+ clicks per day before. Now this has happend in just a couple of hours.... I was not aware how prominent brothers brick actually is (...) (13 years ago, 23-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(2 URLs) Gallery> My MOC inspired by the Texas State Railroad's Palestine Depot. Along with its' locomotives, the two depots on either end of the Texas State Railroad - one in Palestine, the other in Rusk, are memorable in their own right. For me, I (...) (13 years ago, 23-Sep-11, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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(...) PennLUG may be interested or at the very least I would be if there was a LEGO Train display organized. Cale (13 years ago, 23-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That roster is small time. Now the (URL) Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania> has a much more challenging locomotive roster. 24 Steam Locomotives 11 Internal Combustion Locomotives 3 Internal Combustion (Diesel and Gas-Powered) Self-Propelled (...) (13 years ago, 23-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Baltimore & Ohio USRA Light Mikado #4500 (URL) Flickr Gallery for #4500> (URL) During World War I, the United States federal government took control of the nation's railroads and formed the United States Railroad Administration (USRA) to efficiently (...) (13 years ago, 23-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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(...) I miss absolutely nothing about the 9v days. Since switching over to Power Functions I've been having more fun than ever with my train MOCs. They run better under PF and I have a lot more versatility in what I can do. Sure it's not as easy as (...) (13 years ago, 23-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Rendering with Motion Blur: My first Motion Blur Video is online
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--snip-- (...) --snip-- PS. Not that I'm not willing to help. Drop me an email if you need any usage advice or troubleshooting (as I rediscover all the time, ORDER IS IMPORTANT!!!!). It just sounds as though you're already at the limits of my (...) (13 years ago, 22-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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--snip-- So amazing I had to (URL) blog it>. (...) I'll check this one out. (...) Doing it all at once might be a challenge anyway as the line length in batch files is restricted to something quite small on Windows (at least traditionally). To (...) (13 years ago, 22-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Rendering with Motion Blur: My first Motion Blur Video is online
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Hello Lugnet Trains! Writing answers on your own post might be considered as bad style (like uploading fuzzy megapixel pictures displaying mainly untidy LEGO building tables); but now that fun has returned to Lugnet I dare to do... :-)) If you like (...) (13 years ago, 22-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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(...) Wow, that's big... and blurry... (...) Please do. (13 years ago, 21-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) "pnmarith" from the NetPBM library can do that. Play well, Jacob (13 years ago, 21-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Rendering with Motion Blur: Update on latest render tests
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In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke wrote: Hi all, right now the machine is runnung at 100% processor power to generate 1600 pictures for a small animation with motion blur (blur created by layers of 4 rendered pictures / final picture). The (...) (13 years ago, 21-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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Rob, have you heard about "Blender"? That appears to be more professional and some claim it to be faster. I myself have not tried yet.... I do not even know how to export *.ldr to other laguages than *.pov. I still stay with PovRay, since I have the (...) (13 years ago, 21-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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I figured that I'd post a very large picture here since they are not allowed to be posted on a lego forum that I will not mention... (URL) Did I mention how much I enjoy the new red Cargo Train? The ascetic look of the train is very good. Its (...) (13 years ago, 21-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I would love an updated rendering software. After 10 years of using PovRay you'd think renders would be faster on newer computers with quad core processors and multigigs of RAM... (...) (13 years ago, 20-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Come to find out the main reason is the charger can also be used with the NXT battery pack. I did not know this information. I was just wondering why anyone would want a charger by itself. No complaints. Just a brain fart on my account I (...) (13 years ago, 20-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I have 2 rechargers and about 5 batteries so I'm glad they packaged it this way (separately) Next Rob will be asking LEGO to package straight and curved track together. :) (13 years ago, 20-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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--snip0-0 (...) It's a unix thing so if you've not spend much time on unix you'll probably never encounter it. Luckily they also make a windows version :) (...) Excellent. It really can do just about everything but the command line gets very (...) (13 years ago, 20-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) If they sold it as a kit you'd be posting Why do you have to buy the rechargeable battery and the transformer to recharge it together? I already own the recharger? (13 years ago, 20-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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Why do you have to buy the rechargeable battery and the transformer to recharge it as separate items? Can't you sell it as a kit? (13 years ago, 20-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks Tim! Never heard about "Image Magick" before, so this tip was very helpful. Mostly I use IrfanView for all simple transformations. (URL) had a look into the compose-area and that should offer what I am looking for. Great! Leg Godt! Ben (13 years ago, 20-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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--SNIP-- First let me say those renders look great. Really cool stuff and makes me want to try out some renders again. (...) I'm all but certain you could do this from the command-line using ImageMagick convert. I could tell you the commands without (...) (13 years ago, 20-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) A couple of our NALUG members have used some small rare earth magnets that they bought. You put one between the regular LEGO couplers and they make the join much stronger. Both of them like long trains, and both build detailed (and heavy) (...) (13 years ago, 19-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello to all train heads, since some life has returned to Lugnet.trains, I may use this opportunity to give a little info on my latest render experience. A few weeks ago I was looking for motion blur effects (to generate more realism in animations (...) (13 years ago, 19-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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(...) Hi Matt, welcome (back) in the zombie group.... :-) I have just tested a couple of waggons (10 new + 5 old to be exactely) for magnet power: when pulling apart a train of waggons equipped with different magnet systems I find no clear answer: (...) (13 years ago, 19-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hello - At least Lugnet Train newsgroup has not been killed! I have to agree, that 9V is preferable for Club layouts, since battery power is not easy to be supplied for daylong operation. The rechargebale box loads extremely quick, however the (...) (13 years ago, 19-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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Since I see people around here I better join in! And I figure you should never be afriad to ask a "newbie" question, since who wants to spend all day searching old forums, and if I want to know there may be others... I haven't purchased any new (...) (13 years ago, 19-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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Ditto everything Lar just said. That cereal car was cool! (13 years ago, 19-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) And the newest fall catalog 2011 has 2 train sets in it. Well, one complete with all you need to get moving. (13 years ago, 19-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) ILTCO was an attempt to keep the lines of communication among clubs open. It fizzled out. (...) Those are very nice cars... do the containers interoperate/interchange with the recently released Maersk Train's containers? If not, would it be a (...) (13 years ago, 18-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Wasn't dissin' ya! You guys did great. I'm just worried that NMRA participation peaked around the time of Cincy/Philly/Detroit... (13 years ago, 17-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Rob, I often visit Lugnet Trains, and as you also know, there are a lot of AFOL clubs around the world all having there own website and eventually other websites where trains are discussed in their own language. see: (URL) But to please you (...) (13 years ago, 17-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Larry, we don't have as many clubs out West like you do in the Midwest and back East. I'm lucky I got what I got. :) Russell BayLTC (13 years ago, 17-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Next year is Grand Rapids, MI... hoping to top 4 clubs but it's time to start organizing it. Who is in? (13 years ago, 17-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) We did have a four club display at the NMRA National Train Show this year. I am working on an article about it. Russell BayLTC (13 years ago, 17-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yeah. It's me and Tim David who were last in charge. But I'll happily pass the torch to Rob. I've got more than enough LEGO commitments than people actually look at ;) Tim (13 years ago, 16-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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