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Re: Non-Lego trains, anyone?
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.build
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Wed, 22 Mar 2000 05:29:44 GMT
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Sounds like monorail to me... of course I build my monorails at 6 studs!
SteveB
Ralph Hempel wrote in message <000001bf92a2$97975da0$0100a8c0@pro150>...
> Hi all,
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> I figured I'd post this to both groups to get an idea of
> how people feel about this idea I just got.
>
> I had spent a bit of time yesterday playing with my 3
> year old and I made him the rig you see here...
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> <http://www.hempeldesigngroup.com/lego/bigrig/>
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> Well, with all of the discussion lately about containers,
> I thought it might be fun to get a Lego train. Unfortunately
> they just don't look right with my small trucks.
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> Then I pulled out some old HO track and had a brain wave....which
> is often more dangerous than it sounds.
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> The track looks not too badly out of scale with a 4 stud
> vehicle. What if someone was to take a standard HO locomotive
> and dismember it, then reattach the guts to a Lego plate
> or some such item. Wouldn't it be cool to have a "real" train
> that everyone could afford space for, and still have Lego for
> the rolling stock and buildings?
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> Sure, it doesn't use as many bricks, and the layout is way
> smaller (and probably cheaper) but just think of the
> possiblilities...
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> Follow ups to both groups (I'm a uniter, not a divider)
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> Cheers,
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> Ralph Hempel - P.Eng
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> Check out pbFORTH for LEGO Mindstorms at:
> <http://www.hempeldesigngroup.com/lego/pbFORTH>
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> Reply to: rhempel at bmts dot com
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| Hi all, I figured I'd post this to both groups to get an idea of how people feel about this idea I just got. I had spent a bit of time yesterday playing with my 3 year old and I made him the rig you see here... (URL) Well, with all of the discussion (...) (25 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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