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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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Can’t speak for anyone else, but I see it as just about mandatory to do
anything useable, and still have bricks left over.
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Please. Are you implying that you wouldn’t have literally 100,000s of bricks
“left over”? Or are you speaking for anyone else? :-)
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Replicating every window,
every seat, every rivet is just not possible, so leave some out, as long as
the feeling is evoked you’ve succeeded.
For instance in my diner I have only 3
tables, seating for 6... not very prototypical but it’s still a diner and
evokes the feel of the Super Chief diner.
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THESE evoke
the feeling of passenger cars as well, so what is the point? Are you about
“evoking feelings” or trying to copy something as closely as possible? When I
copy something, I try and replicate everything that is possible, not try and
figure out how much I can leave out and still capture the essence of something.
Because then you end up with an eggliner.
YMMV,
JOHN
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THESE
evoke the feeling of passenger cars as well, so what is the point? Are you
about “evoking feelings” or trying to copy something as closely as possible?
When I copy something, I try and replicate everything that is possible, not
try and figure out how much I can leave out and still capture the essence of
something. Because then you end up with an eggliner.
YMMV,
JOHN
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Now they ARE cool!
Tim
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In lugnet.trains, Tim David wrote:
I like mine sunny side up;-)
JOHN
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In lugnet.trains, Tim David wrote:
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THESE
evoke the feeling of passenger cars as well, so what is the point? Are you
about “evoking feelings” or trying to copy something as closely as possible?
When I copy something, I try and replicate everything that is possible,
not try and figure out how much I can leave out and still capture the
essence of something. Because then you end up with an eggliner.
YMMV,
JOHN
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Now they ARE cool
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Eggliners are a good joke...
But to me, they do NOT capture the essence of a train car. There is a place you
have to know where to stop compressing and they went TOO far. That is why in my
ATSF project, I made the cars LONGER than Lego chose to.
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote:
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THESE
evoke the feeling of passenger cars as well, so what is the point? Are you
about “evoking feelings” or trying to copy something as closely as possible?
When I copy something, I try and replicate everything that is possible, not
try and figure out how much I can leave out and still capture the essence of
something. Because then you end up with an eggliner.
YMMV,
JOHN
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LMAO! Those are cute!
I HATE it when I walk in late on an interesting thread and everthing I want to
say has been said already :-(
(I hope I don’t offend anyone by posting these links, but IMO, these are
examples where selective compression has gone, well, a bit off.)
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=74791
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=48488
Legoswami
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In lugnet.trains, Samarth Moray wrote:
<snip>
> (I hope I don't offend anyone by posting these links, but IMO, these are
> examples where selective compression has gone, well, a bit off.)
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> <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=74791>
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> <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=48488>
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> Legoswami
Then you get this--
http://www.ngltc.org/graphics/trains/images/train021.jpg
which I have bookmarked and still go there every so often to have a boo at the
wonderfulness that is 6 wide...
Dave K
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To All,
Interesting discussion. Anyhow,
> (I hope I don't offend anyone by posting these links, but IMO, these are
> examples where selective compression has gone, well, a bit off.)
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> <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=48488>
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> Legoswami
Just to clarify on a few things - this is Stefan Garcia's creation, and IIRC, he
was trying to get a DTI engine with all of his available orange, and this was
the result. Stefan has done some remarkable work such as his Zephyr:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=594116
(I don't know off-hand of a better picture gallery / creation page)
While Stefan has a rather large collection for a young man of his years, he does
not compare with say, Larry P, or me, or others who are in the hundreds of
thousands / millions of parts range and have been buying LEGO items for close to
30 years.
As for compression, I don't know, I have seen some really remarkable building of
both 6 and 8 wide, Steve Ringe does both great, among many others. I try to
entertain any size, since I always felt that LEGO is not a scale that can be
realistic. I tell people at the various shows I am at, we try to make them look
as real as possible, but in truth, if LEGO trains were close to real scale, they
would be what 14 wide, 70-80 studs long, etc.
Scott S.
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Scott E. Sanburn
President - Michiana-LUG / LTC - http://www.michiana-lug.org
Personal Pages: http://www.scottesanburn.org
LEGO Pages: http://www.scottesanburn.org/legoindex.html
Online Journal: http://www.livejournal.com/users/ssanburn/
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In lugnet.trains, Scott E. Sanburn wrote:
> To All,
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> Interesting discussion. Anyhow,
>
> > (I hope I don't offend anyone by posting these links, but IMO, these are
> > examples where selective compression has gone, well, a bit off.)
> >
> > <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=48488>
> >
> > Legoswami
>
> Just to clarify on a few things - this is Stefan Garcia's creation, and IIRC, he
> was trying to get a DTI engine with all of his available orange, and this was
> the result. Stefan has done some remarkable work such as his Zephyr:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=594116
>
> (I don't know off-hand of a better picture gallery / creation page)
>
> While Stefan has a rather large collection for a young man of his years, he does
> not compare with say, Larry P, or me, or others who are in the hundreds of
> thousands / millions of parts range and have been buying LEGO items for close to
> 30 years.
LOL, I know its Stefan's, I talk to him online. (I hope he doesn't hold my
posting that link against me o_o) But I was unaware of the story behind the
diesel, thanks for it. I am also aware that he has a big collection, the lucky
devil.
Legoswami
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