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A while back I had some fun building some 4 wide train cars which were amazingly similar to HO scale in model railroading. Well, my daughter and son (12 & 10) thought it would be fun to build some *2* wide train cars, and so that is what they did. I (...) (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce) !!
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They're great! I grew up in a house full of N-scale trains and Lego, but never tried this. More after next weekend? Duq "John Neal" <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message news:39F3E9F8.B609FB...est.net... (...) (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) imposed and some very clever uses of bricks in non conventional ways. I especially enjoy the use of the 1x1 rounds for wheels. If there is anyone who has any doubt about who is the master of building at "any" scale, these should remove it. (...) (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Now those are actually pretty darn cool. I like the locos. Well done! K. (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) pretty effective. ++Lar (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) so cool. One of the reasons I never really got into LEGO trains was the amount of floor space required. Even an HO scale yard is a bit much. I never even thought of doing N scale. BTW, if you still have the HO scale trains, try the 4 wide (...) (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) It's at my workbench, which is just a plain ol' white kitchen countertop. I do have 2 cheapie swinging lamps with 100 watt bulbs mounted there to help with lighting. I use that spot to photograph all of my MOCs when I don't take them outside. (...) (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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2-wide, 4-wide, ... These models are very fine. They evoke the form of the original in a truly artistic fashion. I am very impressed. Quite a talent for immitation through limitation. Thanks for posting your childrens' work. They are good. later, (...) (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) These are wonderful. (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) These are great! Here's kudos to your clan, and now I'm waiting for the 2-wide Hiawatha. -Tom McD. when replying, this year give the gift of Spamcake. (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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My sincerest compliments to your children. They did an absolutely beautiful job of re-creating N scale trains using LEGOs! That took some real imaginative thinking. I am truly impressed! Respectfully, Ken Wright The pictures showing the N scale (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) there, and very creative use of pieces (wheels, etc). Now, wasn't your daughter 12 y/o *last* year? <grin> I recognize the symptom... hehe... always-daddy's-little-girl? ;-) (I don't think my dad will ever realize I'm not his anymore! ;-) (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Good memory, Shiri! Actually, her birthday is in a few weeks (teenager!!!{8^0) Her inevitable dark ages loom ahead, but she can rested assured that dad won't sell off her LEGO;-) (...) lol, well, you are right about her being "daddy's (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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