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Re: Canadian National SD40-2 Diesel Engine V2
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Thu, 10 Oct 2002 16:08:43 GMT
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"John Gerlach" <john.gerlach@bestbuy.nospam.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> > And Lar, don't knock the rivet counters-- they have their points, too:-) • Mine
> > is in bringing all of this up is that some details are more significant • that
> > others. For instance, the number of fans is trivial; the number of • wheels per
> > truck is pretty fundamental. Dean can call his MOC a *steam* engine if • he
> > wants to, but at some point it would be a misnomer, as would calling it
> > an "SD".
> >
> > Learning which details to model that are significant, especially when one • is
> > engaged in selective compression, is all a part of the creative building
> > process that we all enjoy so much (those of us, that is, who *engage* in
> > selective compression;-)
> >
> > -John
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> The most fun is when you display a LEGO moc train at a train show (GATS,
> NMRA, Greenberg, etc...) and you have a "real" model railroader come up • and
> identify the make/model of locomotive you built. That's when you know you
> did a good job!
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> And Dean? I like your locomotive. The color scheme lends itself to LEGO
> quite well! It makes me think I need to motorize the 'fans' on my SD-50
Here's a question for you all, Should the fans be gray as they are now or
BLACK (from the spybot Gigamesh?) My wife saw both of them and said gray was
better. What's your opinion?
> (yes, John Neal -- it's got two-axle trucks instead of three-axle -- deal
> with it! <grin>): http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=76710
Well, I'm glad I'm not alone! :-) Up here in Canada I think we use mostly
SD's because otherwise they won't make it up the hills. They were special
built just for us. (Way back when, from my understanding. Though I can't
remember where I got that info)
Dean
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| (...) Silly answer: Try it both ways, and see what looks best! Serious answer: I think we're really modeling the fan housing, not the fan itself. Usually, it is the same color as the top of the locomotive. So for your CN, black would probably look (...) (22 years ago, 10-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) The most fun is when you display a LEGO moc train at a train show (GATS, NMRA, Greenberg, etc...) and you have a "real" model railroader come up and identify the make/model of locomotive you built. That's when you know you did a good job! And (...) (22 years ago, 10-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains)
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