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Hi Shaun,
> I uploaded pics of my 4-6-4 Hudson steam engine and tender this afternoon.
That's absolutely incredible. The outline is just right, with a fantastic
sense of power and presence, particularly in the low-angle pictures. And
then all the details. Ah, the details. Wonderful.
> (4) In addition to the shining headlight, the coal furnace actually works!
<snip excellent implementation details>
I'm really tempted to add such a feature to my Shay, especially since
you've described it so thoroughly. Many thanks.
A couple of parts questions:
* Where did you find so many black 1x1 plates? I've spent the last few days
searching all over my collection (which I thought was reasonably
representative of basic parts), and they seem like gold dust.
* It looks like you used black droid bodies for the cylinders mounted
under the walkway. Is that what they are? If so, where did you find
them in that colour?
Many thanks in advance,
Will
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In lugnet.trains, Will Vale writes:
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> > (4) In addition to the shining headlight, the coal furnace actually works!
>
> <snip excellent implementation details>
>
> I'm really tempted to add such a feature to my Shay, especially since
> you've described it so thoroughly. Many thanks.
I spent several hours at work today drooling over your Shay. Any chance we'll
get to see a little movie clip of the mechanism working?
I'll reply more to your Shay in another post :)
> A couple of parts questions:
>
> * Where did you find so many black 1x1 plates? I've spent the last few days
> searching all over my collection (which I thought was reasonably
> representative of basic parts), and they seem like gold dust.
Luckily, the mosaic set is pure bullion for 1x1s. For $30 (I think), you can
get over 2000 pieces in white, black, and greys, and you get to choose the
distribution.
> * It looks like you used black droid bodies for the cylinders mounted
> under the walkway. Is that what they are? If so, where did you find
> them in that colour?
There a great little Mission Deep Sea Alpha Team set, #4791, Sub Surface
Scooter. It comes with two Droid Bodies in black, two dark grey harpoon guns,
two black 2x4 wing pieces, two black 2x2 domes, a dark grey 2x4 (?) winch, and
a handful of other great pieces, all for $7.00. It's one of my favorite piece
sets in the current product line!
Thanks for the kind comments, Will.
-s
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> I spent several hours at work today drooling over your Shay.
Glad to be of service!
> Any chance we'll get to see a little movie clip of the
> mechanism working?
Good idea, although it'll be a digicam clip so not a very
good framerate. Sadly the valve pistons are more for looks
than authenticity - I couldn't find a way to get them to
reciprocate in the opposite direction to the drive pistons.
> I'll reply more to your Shay in another post :)
Look forward to it.
> Luckily, the mosaic set is pure bullion for 1x1s. For $30
> (I think), you can get over 2000 pieces in white, black,
> and greys, and you get to choose the distribution.
So that's it. I'd been under the (understandably mistaken)
impression that the mosaic set used tiles, not plates. I'll
have to get one of those.
> There a great little Mission Deep Sea Alpha Team set, #4791,
I seem to remember another post talking about this - thanks
for the tip. Good news about the 2x4 wings - I was looking
for these because the Bachmann Shay cylinders have a triangular
plate flat against the cylinder - I think the extended corner
supports part of the valve gear. But I didn't have any - soon
to be corrected.
Cheers for all the help.
Will
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