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New custom train and sculpture instructions are now available in my Bricklink shop! (5 URLs) --Tony (12 years ago, 4-May-12, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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(...) Wow! That is awesome. I am supremely jealous, I've been wanting a forest like that for years. --Tony (12 years ago, 4-May-12, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Very nice, very autumny. Have you tried mixing colours in a tree to see what it looks like? ROSCO (12 years ago, 4-May-12, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.town, FTX)
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John, I am very lucky to say I have had a chance to see those leaves in Green. They are very very well done. I hope when you make you way up here for Brickfete.com that you manage to pack a few bags of the other colours in with the B.E.D. Shirt(1) (...) (12 years ago, 4-May-12, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: LMC - Painting 905 done
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(...) Steve- I'm very curious about what sort of carpeting you will choose. I have carpeted two different Lego rooms at my house. I tend to prefer building on the floor, so I laid down commercial carpet (with a very low loop mat, like you might find (...) (12 years ago, 2-May-12, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) (URL) link wouldnt work by itself... ftx formatting... Anyways. There looks to be good photos already on the website already. I can see why Steve Berile wants a good "upgrade" to his LMC... ;) wants you (12 years ago, 2-May-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hey Ondrew, I should fly you out to Portland and provide room and food (beer) and materials and you can build a train room full of bench work in my LMC for photos on your web site! SteveB PS plus you can teach me how to mod some switches! :) (...) (12 years ago, 2-May-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hi All, Time for another LMC update! Well it's the end of the month and I'm NOT done... could have seen that coming! I was in Taiwan for 2 weeks and then I had over 100 orders of altBricks Leaves to run to the post office over the next two weeks! (...) (12 years ago, 2-May-12, to lugnet.trains)
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Steve Barile has created these great LEGO leaves in Fall colors, and I have been building with them, and wanted to show them off:-) I'm planning on swapping out all of the green trees on the TCLTC layout with "Steve's Leaves" every autumn, just as a (...) (12 years ago, 28-Apr-12, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Re: AltBricks Fall Leaf Collection :)
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(...) They are awesome, I must say! Here are some of my initial creations; the yellow tree uses 98 of what I like to call, "Steve's Leaves" (URL) Thanks, Steve! (2 URLs) JOHN (12 years ago, 25-Apr-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hi All, AltBricks (Brick Link Store) has released the "Fall Leaf Collection"... • 100 Mixed Leaves (20 of each color): Brown, Dark Tan, Dark Red, Yellow, & Orange. $20.00 ea • 100 Brown leaves • 100 Dark Tan leaves • 100 Dark Red leaves • 100 Orange (...) (12 years ago, 16-Apr-12, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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| | Re: 18 Compartment Storage Container
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(...) These things are fantastic for storing small pieces like mining equipment and crystals. They also make good storage bins for protecting collectable figures like rock monsters. BTW, did you know that rock monster arms and minifigure arms are (...) (12 years ago, 20-Mar-12, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.underground, FTX)
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Crap Rosco, That post blew the 1 post per year limit in .storage! ;) s (...) (12 years ago, 20-Mar-12, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Very nice, but probably belongs in lugnet.storage ;) ROSCO (12 years ago, 20-Mar-12, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.storage, FTX)
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Hi All, Here's a great Harbor Freight sale! $2.00! ====== 18 Compartment Medium Storage Container Transparent container has 18 compartments to organize and store plates and other small bricks. (2 URLs) for HF sale page> This storage container has (...) (12 years ago, 19-Mar-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | LMC - drywall day
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Hi All, Well it's been a while. The bidding process and scheduling took longer than expected. But TODAY WAS THE DAY! It was amazing to see professionals at work. OMG 4 guys rocked the LMC in 2 hrs! Then 3 more hrs to tape and mud then whole LMC even (...) (12 years ago, 18-Mar-12, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: RAILBRICKS Issue #11 Available for Download
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Another great issue! Thanks for all the work you guys put into this! (12 years ago, 17-Mar-12, to lugnet.trains)
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Nice to see some traffic in .trains again. For those who are interested, RAILBRICKS Issue #11 was released this morning. It is available for free download at (URL). Print copies may also be purchased at (URL). Please enjoy the latest issue. -Elroy (12 years ago, 17-Mar-12, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish.railbricks, lugnet.publish) !
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(...) When in doubt, one should always try removing the thumb! (URL) Nice clone bricks Steve. ROSCO (12 years ago, 13-Mar-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) A great idea, a fine-looking product, and a terrific price! I'm always pleased to see new clone brands on the market! (...) Getting a "not found" error on that second one. (12 years ago, 11-Mar-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Alt Bricks
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Hi All, “Alt Bricks” (my new BrickLink.com store) is proud to announce its first custom product. Green Plant Leaves 6 x 5. This element is similar to the LEGO 6 x 5 plant leaf. This is NOT manufactured by LEGO. It is a custom element made for Alt (...) (12 years ago, 10-Mar-12, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Yea i'v heard about the vendor space issue. Apparently they do not have the 4th room this year or something to that effect. Never fear i'm sure something will work out. If something doesn't pan out I have other ideas. (12 years ago, 7-Mar-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Howdy, Ondrew! Good to hear from you-- I think that it is a great idea, and if you have a passion for it, then I say pursue it! One caveat, though: I have heard that vendor space at Brickworld is extremely limited, to the point that they may (...) (12 years ago, 5-Mar-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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I've been lurking on the train forum for the past few months and was pleasantly surprised to see it become active again. I have been debating posting this as I haven't been able to build in over 3 years now but since the goal is to fund my Lego (...) (12 years ago, 5-Mar-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: The newer magnets... // "Photos or it didn't happen."
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(...) Thanks for showing off the "guts". I had a chance to try out the new magnets last weekend at the alleged train show in Portland with my Maersk train pulling about 5 cars on the layout. In real life, on a 45 degree "S" curve after a wide 90 (...) (12 years ago, 1-Mar-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: The newer magnets... // "Photos or it didn't happen."
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(...) Getting back on a very old topic ("since we all know that a picture is worth a thousand of words" - "Photos or it didn't happen."): (2 URLs) Hope you enjoy (despite of destroying LEGO parts) + Leg Godt! (URL) See more pictures of my models at (...) (12 years ago, 1-Mar-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Back in December Dennis Thomsen posted his model of a DSB Litra EA electric locomotive on (URL) www.byggepladen.dk>. Even if it is only six wide, it still matches the look of the original quite well: (2 URLs) Play well, Jacob (reposting a bit of (...) (12 years ago, 29-Feb-12, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Portland Train Event
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(...) Haters gotta hate. Bley isn't so bad. Trust me. Neither was the lobotomy. (12 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) The LMC set by SteveB will be part of the 2013 LEGO Cuusoo line. ;-) -Abner (12 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Hi Ben, I believe the event is: (URL) BricksCascade.com>, which happens in early June 2012, at the Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR. Dates: May 31, 2012 - June 3, 2012 from the 'Bricks Cascade' website schedule page. FYI: The other LEGO (...) (12 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Pix or it didn't happen! Also, today I came to LUGNET and found I needed to hit "next 20" TWICE to see what'd been said since my last visit. It's been too long since that was the case. (12 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks for the reminder on that T-shirt, Matt! Looking forward for more pictures on that event. Three Lego train clubs in your area is really a lot activity. BTW: Where can I find more info on the coming event in June? Best Regards, Ben (12 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I'm not sure, John, but it could be the same guy as (URL) this> since they are wearing the same tie... BTW, here is a closeup of the photo above: (URL) I believe in that little construction scene they are prying up a bley 2x2 plate so they can (...) (12 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Thank, Matt! I look forward to it. In the meantime, who is the sketchy-looking dude without the facial hair in the yee-haw hat in the back row in the photo? (URL) JOHN (12 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Hummm... I thought I had pretty close to 1000 words in that message. But for those who need more... (URL) Next to that group of AFOLs is the GPLR layout. Behind them, pretty much all blocked, is the PSLTC layout. And in the way back you can (...) (12 years ago, 27-Feb-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Sounds great, Matt, but do we have to take your word for it, since we all know that a picture is worth a thousand of those. (URL) JOHN (12 years ago, 27-Feb-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Portland Train Event
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This past weekend, February 25-26, 2012, a great train event happened in Portland, Oregon, USA at the Worlds Greatest Hobby show. Sure, the show itself is a train event, but at the show something even greater happened. There were 3 separate train (...) (12 years ago, 27-Feb-12, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LMC - update - wiring, off topic
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(...) Never trust the color of the wire - measure first, or rather remove the fuse! (12 years ago, 24-Feb-12, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) lol Gauging from his grip on that hammer, I'm guessing that Abner must have been a big help. (URL) JOHN (12 years ago, 24-Feb-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: LMC - update - wiring, off topic
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[snipped] Same is true for Germany (whole Europe (as common in many fields UK probably excluded?)shares a power grit to overcome local power shortages, so I guess we all have more or less the same system with 230V at 50Hz). For the 380V system it is (...) (12 years ago, 24-Feb-12, to lugnet.trains)
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