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| I second the wish for airplane window glass in clear/trans-white. Also, I would love to see the windscreen as on the current freight locomotive in various colors with trans-clear glass. I would definatly love to see the porthole print in more (...) (19 years ago, 17-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| In lugnet.trains, Jake McKee wrote: <snip> (...) Here is my newest, favorite (URL) element> Whoever designed this part is part genius, because it will make killer roofs for both loco and passenger cars alike. Also, being only 3 studs long, it can be (...) (19 years ago, 16-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Fujita micro town from Japanese fest
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| Hey all, Apparently the annual LMO festival was held this past week in Japan. Shinya Fujita (of the LEGO Star Wars Trilogy fame) has a great (URL) microscale town layout> (3 URLs) (cross-posted to .trains because there some great micro-trains and (...) (19 years ago, 14-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| Yes, tan train windows (like the ones the guys in Windsor got) would be awesome... especially for all those two-tone European coaches with tan and dark (brown|green|red|blu...purple...) color on the bottom! Also the US street cars/trolleys too. I (...) (19 years ago, 16-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Train windows (both 2*3 and 4*3) in more colors, with trans-WHITE glass.... trans-black and trans-blue are ok'ish but haven't got much real-life equivalents. I've been butchering my 12V collection to get enough trans-white 2*3 inserts already (...) (19 years ago, 17-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) For scale building I have used mostly books with drawings for British trains, and I found the Model Railroader Cyclopedias for US steam and diesel engines, but I'm not sure if there are books for mainland European trains. Does anyone know if (...) (19 years ago, 6-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| Welcome to the world of LEGO trains, Jack{:^D As far as acquiring track, I think you'll find that it's best to just suck it up and order from S@H. Auctions including track aren't very common, and even then it is folk who are looking to unload (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | F40PH-2 MOC
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| Over the last couple of months I've been playing with a virtual MOC of the F40 PH-2. I usually like to build the real thing first then do an LDRAW version later. This avoids inadvertant impossible brick configurations and the resulting rendered (...) (19 years ago, 9-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 9v vs 12v in traction
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| (...) As for the 12v track, the motors have two conductors on the bottom, to coincide with the ones that run in the middle of the track. The weights are to make sure the electrodes will stay together. If the train was too light, they may not touch, (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | BrickWiki needs you B~
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| Dear all, We have been building up quite a database of information over on BrickWiki for a while but it seems to be a good time for some targeted recruitment. For those of you who don't know the concept of a wiki, it is an encyclopaedia where anyone (...) (19 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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| | Re: Train catalogs
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| (...) I like LGB catalogues. They contain American & European trains. The pictures tend to be big so good to work from. David (19 years ago, 3-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| Hello, I've made a CAD model of Dash 9 in BNSF livery. It's 48 stud long and contains approx. 550 parts. (2 URLs) Some of the parts I've used don't exist in orange yet, but let's hope Lego will introduce them soon. Please let me know, if you like (...) (19 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (2 URLs) A train hand car has long been on my build list. I took some inspiration from the following threads: (2 URLs) Thank you! The design is not LEGO pure. The model requires NBA/Basketball minifig legs (with the springs removed) and a 1x4 (...) (19 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Hornby is entirely British, while Lima used to be the other big player in the British market before they went bust (and were bought by Hornby) The others in the British market are Bachmann Branchline and Heljan. Jan-Albert has mentioned the (...) (19 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Harry Potter themed train layout
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| Last Christmas I put together my first LEGO train layout. I used to put up HO trains as a kid but had not done so for longer then I care to mention. Well, in 2004 I wanted to do a train layout for our granddaughter who is an HP fan and likes to play (...) (19 years ago, 31-Aug-05, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.trains) !
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| | Re: The NMRA Trestle Bridge
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| (...) I like the way you've used 1x1 round plates to connect to the slip plates on the stanchions. They grip the back to back studs better than other plates, whilst giving a suitable clearance from the stanchions themselves. How long did it take to (...) (19 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Thick as a brick website
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| I recently discovered Claudio Vianini's website. (URL) has some nice loco models and the main page features a clever multilayer gif of 12v trains. Worth a look I think Tim (19 years ago, 31-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: All plastic track
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| (...) Here's one idea... Origin'L' for metal tracked model trains and 'L'Cheapo for the plastic tracked play trains. -Patrick (19 years ago, 21-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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