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Hot on the heels of my first post, here’s my second (and the reason I got side
tracked) …
I went for a biggie for my first loco MOC so please let me know what you think
of my Canadian Pacific GE Evolution Series in six-wide.
Pictures and construction drawings when moderated:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=239907
I must say thank you to James Mathis for the steps on the truck, blatantly
pinched from his Alco RS1; and to Tim Gould for posting his version of (almost)
the same loco a couple of weeks ago. I had just received my last Bricklink
order to build the thing but I just wasn’t happy with the rearmost underside
radiator grill and his version presented me with the solution I had been looking
for! (Such a small piece of plagiarism – such a major rebuild!).
Thanks for reading
Play Well
Chris
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Chris van Lottum wrote:
| |
Hot on the heels of my first post, here’s my second (and the reason I got
side tracked) …
I went for a biggie for my first loco MOC so please let me know what you
think of my Canadian Pacific GE Evolution Series in six-wide.
Pictures and construction drawings when moderated:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=239907
I must say thank you to James Mathis for the steps on the truck, blatantly
pinched from his Alco RS1; and to Tim Gould for posting his version of
(almost) the same loco a couple of weeks ago. I had just received my last
Bricklink order to build the thing but I just wasn’t happy with the rearmost
underside radiator grill and his version presented me with the solution I had
been looking for! (Such a small piece of plagiarism – such a major rebuild!).
Thanks for reading
Play Well
Chris
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Hi Chris,
Great job on the loco. There’s a few bits I’ll probably pinch if I ever get
around to building my CN in the brick. I’m particularly partial to your embedded
wheel and handrails. The staggered slopes work quite well for the nose.
Sorry my grille caused so much hassle but if it’s any consolation it did the
same for me (although deleting is a lot easier in CAD). I went through about
three iterations for it and each time involved redoing a large section of the
tail...
Tim
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In lugnet.trains, Timothy Gould wrote:
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Great job on the loco. There’s a few bits I’ll probably pinch if I ever get
around to building my CN in the brick. I’m particularly partial to your
embedded wheel and handrails. The staggered slopes work quite well for the
nose.
Sorry my grille caused so much hassle but if it’s any consolation it did the
same for me (although deleting is a lot easier in CAD). I went through about
three iterations for it and each time involved redoing a large section of the
tail...
Tim
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Thanks for your comments Tim
It was the flush brake wheel that caused the hassles. Your radiator grill is
deeper than the inverse slopes I had in previously, and the small grill below
the wheel was a 1x2 brick type attached to the base and not the tile used now -
whilst the wheel was attached to the snot long hood. In order to lower the
wheel it got far too complicated and ... as i’m totaly at a lost, and at a loss
to describe things further I’ll stop there.
Please look at the pdf on brickshelf for the rather inelegant (not quite
studless as before) solution.
Chris
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Chris van Lottum wrote:
| |
Hot on the heels of my first post, here’s my second (and the reason I got
side tracked) …
I went for a biggie for my first loco MOC so please let me know what you
think of my Canadian Pacific GE Evolution Series in six-wide.
Pictures and construction drawings when moderated:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=239907
I must say thank you to James Mathis for the steps on the truck, blatantly
pinched from his Alco RS1; and to Tim Gould for posting his version of
(almost) the same loco a couple of weeks ago. I had just received my last
Bricklink order to build the thing but I just wasn’t happy with the rearmost
underside radiator grill and his version presented me with the solution I had
been looking for! (Such a small piece of plagiarism – such a major rebuild!).
Thanks for reading
Play Well
Chris
|
well well done. the model is seemingly simple but well executed. i think my only
gripe would be your stickers. try putting clear box tape over your stickers
before you cut them and apply them to your engine. this emulates the shineyness
of lego stickers and tends to make printed colors match better.
ondrew
p.s the trick isin’t mine it’s something i learned from brian willams..
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In lugnet.trains, Ondrew Hartigan wrote:
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well well done. the model is seemingly simple but well executed. i think my
only gripe would be your stickers. try putting clear box tape over your
stickers before you cut them and apply them to your engine. this emulates the
shineyness of lego stickers and tends to make printed colors match better.
ondrew
p.s the trick isin’t mine it’s something i learned from brian willams..
|
Thanks for the tip Ondrew, I was disapointed with the stickers my ink jet
produced. I am going to try using one of the laser copiers at my work at some
point as I had a much better (and shinier) match to the LEGO colours.
Chris
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In lugnet.trains, Chris van Lottum wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Ondrew Hartigan wrote:
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well well done. the model is seemingly simple but well executed. i think my
only gripe would be your stickers. try putting clear box tape over your
stickers before you cut them and apply them to your engine. this emulates
the shineyness of lego stickers and tends to make printed colors match
better.
ondrew
p.s the trick isin’t mine it’s something i learned from brian willams..
|
Thanks for the tip Ondrew, I was disapointed with the stickers my ink jet
produced. I am going to try using one of the laser copiers at my work at
some point as I had a much better (and shinier) match to the LEGO colours.
Chris
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An alternative is inkjet vinyl sticker sheet, avaialbe in clear and white. I
find that this gives as good a look as official stickers, but the ink can be
smudges with careless handling. The stuff I use is made by Folex.
Tim
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> An alternative is inkjet vinyl sticker sheet,
> avaialbe in clear and white. I
> find that this gives as good a look as official
> stickers, but the ink can be
> smudges with careless handling. The stuff I use is
> made by Folex.
>
> Tim
onlinelabels.com has clear labels. I used them for
this effort:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=202996
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In lugnet.trains, Rich Stehnach wrote:
> > An alternative is inkjet vinyl sticker sheet,
> > avaialbe in clear and white. I
> > find that this gives as good a look as official
> > stickers, but the ink can be
> > smudges with careless handling. The stuff I use is
> > made by Folex.
> >
> > Tim
>
>
> onlinelabels.com has clear labels. I used them for
> this effort:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=202996
Indeed, these clear labels are excellent.
I have seen them first-hand, and they look very nice.
later,
James Mathis
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In lugnet.trains, James Mathis wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Rich Stehnach wrote:
> > > An alternative is inkjet vinyl sticker sheet,
> > > avaialbe in clear and white. I
> > > find that this gives as good a look as official
> > > stickers, but the ink can be
> > > smudges with careless handling. The stuff I use is
> > > made by Folex.
> > >
> > > Tim
> >
> >
> > onlinelabels.com has clear labels. I used them for
> > this effort:
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=202996
>
>
>
> Indeed, these clear labels are excellent.
> I have seen them first-hand, and they look very nice.
Come to think of it, So have I (there are some in the pictures of my prime
mover), and they are mighty fine, if a little time consuming to cut ;-)
> later,
>
> James Mathis
Thanks Guys
It's down to Staples for me this weekend :-)
Chris
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well well done. the model is seemingly simple but well executed. i think my
only gripe would be your stickers. try putting clear box tape over your
stickers before you cut them and apply them to your engine. this emulates the
shineyness of lego stickers and tends to make printed colors match better.
ondrew
p.s the trick isin’t mine it’s something i learned from brian willams..
|
And of course you could get me to engrave the numbers on the bricks/panels and
not even worry with stickers and matching colors, and the like. lol
Tommy Armstrong
www.brickengraver.com
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Chris van Lottum wrote:
snip
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I went for a biggie for my first loco MOC so please let me know what you
think of my Canadian Pacific GE Evolution Series in six-wide.
Pictures and construction drawings when moderated:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=239907
|
snip
Chris,
Very nicely done. It is hard to capture the size of current North American
engines in six-wide, but you have done it. I will be using a lot of what you
have done in my next set of engines. Thanks for sharing.
Bob
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Chris van Lottum wrote:
| |
Hot on the heels of my first post, here’s my second (and the reason I got
side tracked) …
I went for a biggie for my first loco MOC so please let me know what you
think of my Canadian Pacific GE Evolution Series in six-wide.
|
Hi Chris,
First let me echo the other posts, “nice MOC with great detail”. But let me go
further and note that I think your instructions are equally nice and are
deserving of attention in their own right.
Mind if I ask what software you used to generate the instructions?
Thanks for sharing.
Benn
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In lugnet.trains, Benn Coifman wrote:
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But let me
go further and note that I think your instructions are equally nice and are
deserving of attention in their own right.
Mind if I ask what software you used to generate the instructions?
Thanks for sharing.
Benn
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Thanks Benn
It may sound really stupid but I use Excel to prepare my drawings - each drawing
element is prepared separately then I do the overall layout.
Before you start choking, there are however specific reasons why I use it. It
is accessible at work, at home and even at my mums - most importantly at work.
Like many people I spend my life sitting in front of a computer so when I get a
really good idea I can just jot it down and carry on. The other thing about
work is they have the Adobe license so I can make the pdf, so what ever I use
has to be there - the chances of me sneaking CAD past my systems administrator
are zilch!
The other main reason is my background. As a civil engineer I spend a lot of
time looking at plans so I do most of my thinking built up two dimensions at a
time than three, so using a simple projection in my drawings just helps me think
more clearly.
I will finish on a word of warning. Whilst l built the loco from the drawings I
can’t promise they are 100% as I had plenty of prior knowledge of how it was
supposed to go together. If you do attempt to build from them, each step is a
picture of a sub-assembly, and some of the parts are difficult to find, or may
be hidden. So each one is rather like a little jigsaw.
I will be happy to work with anyone attempting a build from the drawings to help
make life easier - but James Mathis described my presentation style as
challenging so that tells you what you could be dealing with!
Chris
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In lugnet.trains, Chris van Lottum wrote:
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I will be happy to work with anyone attempting a build from the drawings to
help make life easier - but James Mathis described my presentation style as
challenging so that tells you what you could be dealing with!
|
Heh heh, can’t please everyone. James might be right, they are not step by step
instructions. But I still thought the presentation was efficient. Your pdf
conveys everything (the parts list helps with finding the missing parts). Your
effort has inspired me, now to find a computer with adobe and ldraw on it...
Benn
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In lugnet.trains, Benn Coifman wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Chris van Lottum wrote:
| |
I will be happy to work with anyone attempting a build from the drawings to
help make life easier - but James Mathis described my presentation style as
challenging so that tells you what you could be dealing with!
|
Heh heh, can’t please everyone. James might be right, they are not step by
step instructions. But I still thought the presentation was efficient. Your
pdf conveys everything (the parts list helps with finding the missing parts).
Your effort has inspired me, now to find a computer with adobe and ldraw on
it...
Benn
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Chris,
After building your Prime Mover from the PDF I started in on the loco. I just
finished building the loco from the PDF. It was only a little harder than one of
James’ designs. I had to look up one part in peeron. Also with subassy F
installed you can not put subassy J in. Otherwise everything fit in order. The
loco looks gorgeous and I want to thank you for designing this loco and sharing
the directions with us.
Bruce
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Chris van Lottum wrote:
> Hot on the heels of my first post, here’s my second (and the reason I got side
> tracked) …
>
> I went for a biggie for my first loco MOC so please let me know what you think
> of my Canadian Pacific GE Evolution Series in six-wide.
>
> <<http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/chrisvanlottum/Trains/Locomotives/GE-ES44AC/aa_es44ac.jpg>>
>
> Pictures and construction drawings when moderated:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=239907
>
> I must say thank you to James Mathis for the steps on the truck, blatantly
> pinched from his Alco RS1; and to Tim Gould for posting his version of (almost)
> the same loco a couple of weeks ago. I had just received my last Bricklink
> order to build the thing but I just wasn’t happy with the rearmost underside
> radiator grill and his version presented me with the solution I had been looking
> for! (Such a small piece of plagiarism – such a major rebuild!).
>
> Thanks for reading
>
> Play Well
>
> Chris
Damn, that is one fine engine!
Chris
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In lugnet.trains, Christopher Masi wrote:
>
> Damn, that is one fine engine!
>
> Chris
Wow thanks for you kind words. I seem to have attracted positive comments from
some of the best train builders around here.
Play Well
Chris
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Chris van Lottum wrote:
| |
Hot on the heels of my first post, here’s my second (and the reason I got
side tracked) …
I went for a biggie for my first loco MOC so please let me know what you
think of my Canadian Pacific GE Evolution Series in six-wide.
Pictures and construction drawings when moderated:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=239907
I must say thank you to James Mathis for the steps on the truck, blatantly
pinched from his Alco RS1; and to Tim Gould for posting his version of
(almost) the same loco a couple of weeks ago. I had just received my last
Bricklink order to build the thing but I just wasn’t happy with the rearmost
underside radiator grill and his version presented me with the solution I had
been looking for! (Such a small piece of plagiarism – such a major rebuild!).
Thanks for reading
Play Well
Chris
|
Chris,
Very nice! Great MOC. Lots of good details! Thanks for sharing.
-Paul D.
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In lugnet.trains, Paul S. D’Urbano wrote:
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Very nice! Great MOC. Lots of good details! Thanks for sharing.
-Paul D.
|
Thank you Paul I really liked your Ralston Purina Boxcar. I bought a couple
from Factory and would recommend it to anyone! - fun to build and great to look
at. It was an absolute coincidence when I bough them but our cats eat Purina
food - I though I’d seen that logo somewhere before !
Play Well
Chris
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Chris van Lottum wrote:
> I went for a biggie for my first loco MOC so please let me know what you
> think of my Canadian Pacific GE Evolution Series in six-wide.
>
> ...
>
> Pictures and construction drawings when moderated:
I like this model because it looks just like the engines that go past my
family's house (CP and Norfolk Southern, mainly). Growing up right there I kind
of took the trains for granted, but seeing all the effort people here put into
modeling them has rekindled an interest. They are mighty machines.
I am impressed that you created your instructions in Excel. Does that mean you
drafted your own set of part graphics, or are the part images derived from their
LDraw equivalents? Developing orthographic plans certainly makes sense,
especially from a civil engineering perspective, but I am curious if Excel is
often repurposed for this kind of draftwork. I know it is a flexible program,
but this surprised me!
Be well,
Jim
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In lugnet.trains, Jim DeVona wrote:
> In lugnet.announce.moc, Chris van Lottum wrote:
>
> > I went for a biggie for my first loco MOC so please let me know what you
> > think of my Canadian Pacific GE Evolution Series in six-wide.
> >
> > ...
> >
> > Pictures and construction drawings when moderated:
>
> I like this model because it looks just like the engines that go past my
> family's house (CP and Norfolk Southern, mainly). Growing up right there I kind
> of took the trains for granted, but seeing all the effort people here put into
> modeling them has rekindled an interest. They are mighty machines.
>
> I am impressed that you created your instructions in Excel. Does that mean you
> drafted your own set of part graphics, or are the part images derived from their
> LDraw equivalents? Developing orthographic plans certainly makes sense,
> especially from a civil engineering perspective, but I am curious if Excel is
> often repurposed for this kind of draftwork. I know it is a flexible program,
> but this surprised me!
>
> Be well,
> Jim
Thanks Jim, I draft each piece myself; I don't use CAD. Most parts are really
just combinations of simple rectangles and circles, and the geometry is well
documented and easy to understand. I admit I haven't got all the parts 100%
right, especially the complicated ones, but I tend to limit the number of
odd/and irregular pieces when I build in my head, I only tend to get funky when
I have to solve a problem in real brick, like the three-axle truck on the GE, on
paper the geometry doesn't work but in brick it does - go figure!
As for the widespread use of Excel for drafting - I don't think it is used like
this too often. It's probably a bit to quirky - but then so am I!. At work I
just tend to use it for to use it for the odd figure or sketch to illustrate
calculations for a report. As a package it is commonplace in most offices (the
lowest common denominator is best when you transfer information) and we have
company templates for calc sheets and so on which we are encouraged to use.
Play Well
Chris
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In lugnet.trains, Chris van Lottum wrote:
...snip...
> Thanks Jim, I draft each piece myself; I don't use CAD. Most parts are really
> just combinations of simple rectangles and circles, and the geometry is well
> documented and easy to understand. I admit I haven't got all the parts 100%
> right, especially the complicated ones, but I tend to limit the number of
> odd/and irregular pieces when I build in my head, I only tend to get funky when
> I have to solve a problem in real brick, like the three-axle truck on the GE, on
> paper the geometry doesn't work but in brick it does - go figure!
>
> As for the widespread use of Excel for drafting - I don't think it is used like
> this too often. It's probably a bit to quirky - but then so am I!. At work I
> just tend to use it for to use it for the odd figure or sketch to illustrate
> calculations for a report. As a package it is commonplace in most offices (the
> lowest common denominator is best when you transfer information) and we have
> company templates for calc sheets and so on which we are encouraged to use.
>
> Play Well
>
> Chris
This is one really nice engine!
Would it be possible for you to post the Excel file for those of us who dabble
in Excel?
I have built your Prime Mover and am building the engine in LDraw (MLCad).
Except for the part immediately in front of the rear cowl, all has came together
rather well; it looks OK from the outside but it would not lock into the rest
ofthe engine. I did have one piece left over on one of the other parts.
The Prime Mover is a jewell...I'm trying different methods of fitting it into
4558/10001 extended A and C units. It may also become a flat car load.
Thank you for both these.
Joseph
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In lugnet.trains, Joseph A. O'Donnell wrote:
>
> This is one really nice engine!
>
> Would it be possible for you to post the Excel file for those of us who dabble
> in Excel?
>
> I have built your Prime Mover and am building the engine in LDraw (MLCad).
> Except for the part immediately in front of the rear cowl, all has came together
> rather well; it looks OK from the outside but it would not lock into the rest
> ofthe engine. I did have one piece left over on one of the other parts.
>
> The Prime Mover is a jewell...I'm trying different methods of fitting it into
> 4558/10001 extended A and C units. It may also become a flat car load.
>
> Thank you for both these.
>
> Joseph
No problems, I have posted the excel file here:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/chrisvanlottum/Trains/Locomotives/GE-ES44AC/ge_es44ac_20.xls
If you cant work the problem out, let me know the assembly reference and I will
break it down a bit so it is easier to follow. I do not intend to be
deliberately obtuse. If you could also let me know where that pesky spare part
is/isnt I will sort that out too.
Thanks for your interest
Chris
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In lugnet.trains, Chris van Lottum wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Joseph A. O'Donnell wrote:
> >
> > This is one really nice engine!
> >
> > Would it be possible for you to post the Excel file for those of us who dabble
> > in Excel?
> >
> > I have built your Prime Mover and am building the engine in LDraw (MLCad).
> > Except for the part immediately in front of the rear cowl, all has came together
> > rather well; it looks OK from the outside but it would not lock into the rest
> > ofthe engine. I did have one piece left over on one of the other parts.
> >
> > The Prime Mover is a jewell...I'm trying different methods of fitting it into
> > 4558/10001 extended A and C units. It may also become a flat car load.
> >
> > Thank you for both these.
> >
> > Joseph
>
> No problems, I have posted the excel file here:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/chrisvanlottum/Trains/Locomotives/GE-ES44AC/ge_es44ac_20.xls
>
> If you cant work the problem out, let me know the assembly reference and I will
> break it down a bit so it is easier to follow. I do not intend to be
> deliberately obtuse. If you could also let me know where that pesky spare part
> is/isnt I will sort that out too.
>
> Thanks for your interest
>
> Chris
Thank you for your fast response.
The Excel spreadsheet is a true work of art. I have never seen such a display!
Over the next several days I'll be trying to work out the last details. If there
are still missing steps I'll get back.
But, in the mean time, thank you, again, for posting the engine and prime mover.
Joseph
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Chris van Lottum wrote:
| |
Hot on the heels of my first post, here’s my second (and the reason I got
side tracked) …
I went for a biggie for my first loco MOC so please let me know what you
think of my Canadian Pacific GE Evolution Series in six-wide.
Pictures and construction drawings when moderated:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=239907
I must say thank you to James Mathis for the steps on the truck, blatantly
pinched from his Alco RS1; and to Tim Gould for posting his version of
(almost) the same loco a couple of weeks ago. I had just received my last
Bricklink order to build the thing but I just wasn’t happy with the rearmost
underside radiator grill and his version presented me with the solution I had
been looking for! (Such a small piece of plagiarism – such a major rebuild!).
Thanks for reading
Play Well
Chris
|
After much communication, Chris and I have been able to come up with a set of
LDraw files showing the construction of the ES44AC. They are now available on
Brickshelf. A word of caution...I cannot seem to capture the fine points of
creating mpd files in MLCAD. All the files have to be downloaded and then the ES
44.ldr file run. The files are located at
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=240694.
The only change from Chris’ original design is the use of two more Minifig hands
on the upper handrails. Chris said this is OK and he will probably make the
change on his model.
This, along with Chris’ Prime Mover creation, have been a real joy to work with.
I think we have a new star in Chris in the world of train design.
Let me know of any corrections, observations or objections.
Thanks again, Chris, for your outstanding work and cooperation.
Joseph
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In lugnet.trains, Joseph A. O’Donnell wrote:
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After much communication, Chris and I have been able to come up with a set of
LDraw files showing the construction of the ES44AC. They are now available on
Brickshelf. A word of caution...I cannot seem to capture the fine points of
creating mpd files in MLCAD. All the files have to be downloaded and then the
ES 44.ldr file run. The files are located at
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=240694.
|
Darn it, you beat me to it! I’ve been working on an MPD file of this MOC. I’m
up to page 13 of the Excel instructions so far.
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In lugnet.trains, Joseph A. O’Donnell wrote:
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After much communication, Chris and I have been able to come up with a set of
LDraw files showing the construction of the ES44AC. They are now available on
Brickshelf. A word of caution...I cannot seem to capture the fine points of
creating mpd files in MLCAD. All the files have to be downloaded and then the
ES 44.ldr file run. The files are located at
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=240694.
The only change from Chris’ original design is the use of two more Minifig
hands on the upper handrails. Chris said this is OK and he will probably make
the change on his model.
This, along with Chris’ Prime Mover creation, have been a real joy to work
with. I think we have a new star in Chris in the world of train design.
Let me know of any corrections, observations or objections.
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As I mentioned before I was working on this already - but my MPD uses
step-by-step instructions. So I’ll continue my project and borrow/steal from
yours to save me the effort of placing the parts, and just organize it into
steps and put it into one big MPD file. I’ll post the results in a couple days.
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In lugnet.trains, William R. Ward wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Joseph A. O’Donnell wrote:
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After much communication, Chris and I have been able to come up with a set
of LDraw files showing the construction of the ES44AC. They are now
available on Brickshelf. A word of caution...I cannot seem to capture the
fine points of creating mpd files in MLCAD. All the files have to be
downloaded and then the ES 44.ldr file run. The files are located at
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=240694.
The only change from Chris’ original design is the use of two more Minifig
hands on the upper handrails. Chris said this is OK and he will probably
make the change on his model.
This, along with Chris’ Prime Mover creation, have been a real joy to work
with. I think we have a new star in Chris in the world of train design.
Let me know of any corrections, observations or objections.
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As I mentioned before I was working on this already - but my MPD uses
step-by-step instructions. So I’ll continue my project and borrow/steal from
yours to save me the effort of placing the parts, and just organize it into
steps and put it into one big MPD file. I’ll post the results in a couple
days.
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I finally figured out how to make an .mpd file. The .mpd file is now complete
and uploaded to Brickshelf. Its address is
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=241072 (when moderated).
Joseph
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I was wondering where you got the stickers, I would like to get some with the
Canadian Pacific for a gp40.. Thanks
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