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Subject:	Re: 20-Wide model of a Dutch train
Newsgroups:	lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, lugnet.modelteam
Date:	Tue, 20 Apr 2004 23:05:04 GMT
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Reinard van Loo wrote: > well Dutch.... Ok, based on the French BB7200.... but it's the Dutch > railways yellow version, oh yeah: and it has the crest of the city I grew > up: Almelo. Don't know if 1876 is a real existing train number, but what > the heck. AWESOME work! First 1600-style Dutch engine I've seen in LEGO that truly manages to capture the right shape of the nose. (And no, 1876 is not a real number... the Almelo is 1618 but who cares. See http://www.christrains.com/ns1800_nl.html for a list of names/numbers) As for 6-8 wide building being for babies... try doing your model in 7 or 8 wide and maintain the nose shape :) Will you do a CAD model of it some day? This would make a great wallpaper for my PC, and I'd love to play with your pantograph design. I hope you'll attend some shows with this model, would love to see it up close and make some pictures of it as well. And as our French friend said, one in the BB-7200 livery would go well with it. -- Jan-Albert van Ree | http://www.vanree.net/brickpiles/ Brick Piles | Santa Fe B-unit GnuPG key | http://www.vanree.net/~javanree/publickey.asc

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		Re: 20-Wide model of a Dutch train
(...) Or the red 1637 or 1837 (1) livery :-) Niels Karsdorp (1) In 1999 the Dutch railway stock was split between NS Reizigers (Passengers) and NS Cargo (Freight). The locomotives class 1600 for NS Reizigers were renumbered to class 1800, keeping (...) (20 years ago, 21-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, lugnet.modelteam)

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		20-Wide model of a Dutch train
well Dutch.... Ok, based on the French BB7200.... but it's the Dutch railways yellow version, oh yeah: and it has the crest of the city I grew up: Almelo. Don't know if 1876 is a real existing train number, but what the heck. Hello all you (...) (20 years ago, 19-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, lugnet.modelteam) !

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