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Re: The Green Machine has arrived
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.general
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Mon, 17 Jul 2000 04:24:18 GMT
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You go boy! That has got to be the uglyest train I have ever seen in my
life ;D I bet that it could make it thru a Ben Fleskes Robostness course. Over
jumps, off the edge of tables, eveb the BF "sqeeze it til it snaps" test!
How about a loop the loop train track, or better yet run it on Matt's LEGO
rollercoaster!
SteveB
PNLTC
In lugnet.trains, James J. Trobaugh writes:
> I've built the standard LEGO train sets. I've built a few LEGO prototypes.
> But the time had come for me to build a train that breaks all boundaries, a
> train that can run at full speed on even the toughest of layouts, a train
> that makes you say "hmmm". (that could be a good or bad "hmmm").
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> I would like to introduce the all new Green Machine Racing Train:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=885
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> This train sits about 1 plate off the track with a very low center of
> gravity. It can take a LEGO track curve at full speed with out even the
> slightest tilt. I will admit that the center of the train is 8wide, so the
> track has to be able to accommodate an 8 wide train. I'm hoping to build a
> passenger car for it soon, I just need to acquire some more green neon
> windows.
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> Maybe I'll start a National LEGO Racing Train League, anybody up for the
> challenge?
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> jt
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> --
> James J. Trobaugh
> North Georgia LEGO Train Club
> http://www.ngltc.org
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| Ha!! Well no one ever said racing was a pretty sport. I was thinking of making a more challenging course with a few jumps to see if could land back on the track. It would be kind of a "Joey Chippwood" of the train circuit. I'm not sure I want to (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| I've built the standard LEGO train sets. I've built a few LEGO prototypes. But the time had come for me to build a train that breaks all boundaries, a train that can run at full speed on even the toughest of layouts, a train that makes you say (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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