Kalahari134
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Modular Building Sets - Rumours and Discussion
Kalahari134 replied to The Jersey Brick Guy's topic in LEGO Town
I haven't seen the inside of a hospital in years. Most people don't spend much time in them either. So my perception of them comes primarily from films and TV. For example, Mr. Bean going to have a kettle removed from his hand, Hattie Jacques as the strict Matron, and Ken & Alan's wheeze to get a TV into the men's ward to watch the football - all lighthearted fun. On top of which there is the potential for many interesting builds - operating theatres, examination rooms, x-rays etc. Besides, this guy really needs patching up: -
Coal Train with Garratt Steam Locomotive
Kalahari134 replied to Haddock51's topic in LEGO Train Tech
The Garratt design wasn't about water capacity (if water supplies were limited they used tank wagons), it was about power. An NGG13 was preserved at the Schinznacher Baumschulbahn in Switzerland but is now in Wales. European use was fairly limited, it was colonial railways that really needed the sheer muscle the machines had. -
No, they're pretty generic and forgettable designs. The 0 Series Shinkansen on the other hand was pioneering and is instantly recognisable, just like the orange TGV Sud-Est which LEGO have previously modelled.
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How do you account for the battery-sized void in the tender then? Plenty of posters have successfully motorised the set.
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If the loco was produced in olive green, I think that it would be pretty recognisable as a Prussian P8. I don't think that's an accident, I suspect that LEGO decided upon that as a prototype before Belmond vetoed the colour. I'd better start researching whether the right parts exist to recolour the loco.
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I hate to break it to you, but they're not a charity. Orient Express is very much an active brand, more so now than it was when CIWL ran it. Besides, they've partnered with BNSF and Maersk (though the latter doesn't really operate trains)
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Lack of a Belpaire firebox is another difference.
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[Digital MOC] London Underground Station (was Deep Tube)
Kalahari134 replied to Hod Carrier's topic in LEGO Train Tech
I was amazed when I visited Munich at how shallow the U bahn was. Deeper than our sub-surface lines (which see a lot of daylight), but far removed from the seemingly endless escalators in the UK. I wasn't impressed with the signage though, how on earth does anyone navigate around the Hbf? -
Modular Building Sets - Rumours and Discussion
Kalahari134 replied to The Jersey Brick Guy's topic in LEGO Town
Like this? https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.4960705,-0.1763619,2a,75y,355.84h,101.25t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sqYB6x_ZBUFqn4UshYEiyLw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu -
Modular Building Sets - Rumours and Discussion
Kalahari134 replied to The Jersey Brick Guy's topic in LEGO Town
Is that any different to a green grocer? You go in, you buy vegetables, you leave. Or to take a more recent example the florist that formed a part of Assembly Square. A post office could be the ground floor of a 16w building. I don't like the colour, like others I feel it gives a haunted house vibe rather than museum. Once pictures are released officially I would very much appreciate it if the skilled Photoshoppers on her could render a recolour in dark tan. Olive green worked well in PR, but I can't think of any other use for the colour. Thing is though that in my mind I have a set idea of a natural history museum which is the gothic one in Kensington, so anything that differs will never feel right to me. -
The Swiss crocs wouldn't have done, but I do have a second set in its box that I'd been meaning to rebuild as an AE 3/6. Those were used on the route.
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Understatement of the year. If I saw it for the first time I'd be wondering which DR loco was the prototype.
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Even a GWR small prairie. Imagine the Internet wibble if they'd modeled this. https://theflourmill.com/images/locomotives_5521_1.JPG If you don't like it, don't buy it. God, the whinging is tedious
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Well they did make a non-functional display piece into a minifigure scale working model.
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I like it, I didn't want another broad gauge one like the Hogwarts Express.
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Modular Building Sets - Rumours and Discussion
Kalahari134 replied to The Jersey Brick Guy's topic in LEGO Town
Winter village sets use them -
Modular Building Sets - Rumours and Discussion
Kalahari134 replied to The Jersey Brick Guy's topic in LEGO Town
I'm rather glad we are, my wallet can only take so much -
Is It Possible To Reintroduce Old Sets?
Kalahari134 replied to SpacePolice89's topic in General LEGO Discussion
32x16 isn't exactly an unusual size -
Is It Possible To Reintroduce Old Sets?
Kalahari134 replied to SpacePolice89's topic in General LEGO Discussion
Baseplates aren't moulded to a size though, they're cut from a sheet. -
Creative licence, if you expect authenticity from filmmakers then you'll be waiting a while. It's still a representation of a train from Venice to Innsbruck using CIWL coaches.
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Not going to happen. Mattel own the franchise.
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Not enough dirty clothes on the floor though. The bed should have something mouldy festering under it too.
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The Winter Village Winter Festival Contest- Cat C Voting
Kalahari134 replied to Peppermint_M's topic in LEGO Town
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The Winter Village Winter Festival Contest- Cat B Voting
Kalahari134 replied to Peppermint_M's topic in LEGO Town
01: 2 points 02: 1 point