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In lugnet.announce.moc, Chris van Lottum wrote:
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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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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..
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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..
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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
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> onlinelabels.com has clear labels. I used them for
> this effort:
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> 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
>
>
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> 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..
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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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