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Hi folks,
X-MAs is just waiting outside - a good time to see what'S going on in the
desert: Over the last weeks I build a model of "Namibia's unique railway
experience" - THE DESERT EXPRESS.
A black and white picture was shown in my local newspaper and I thought: "Taht
might be a great project for LEGO!" After very nice e-mail contact with the
Desert Express Management I finally recieved some colored pictures by Michael
Obert. The blue was LEGO blue, the yellow seems to be LEGO yellow and the white
is LEGO white - so were is the problem?
I decided to build it 8-wide! (So what you think John?) Make up your own mind
by comparing the real pictures and my model at:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=2385
The real Desert Express has 8 passenger cars and 1 luggage car and operates
from Windhoek to Swakopmund in Namibia / Africa. It's a luxuary train for
tourists and it stops in the evening to see the sun set in the desert.
The LEGO DX just have 3 cars (each 46 studs long) and a huge engine! The
luggage car door's where build by an idea from James Mathis - Many Thanks on
this way to James!!!
So what do YOU think?? Anything else you want to now???
Kind regards and MERRY CHRISTMAS
Holger ...from Germany
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Greetings from a different desert, where I wish we had such a cool train!
Not only in real life, but also your LEGO version!
Well built, HoMa.
You have capture details of the train very well.
I like the sliding door application.
But, perhaps the most interesting tid bit is the catus! :-) Very clever
thought.
The build style really captures the bulk of the appearance of the real life
model.
Very smart design.
later,
James Mathis
In lugnet.trains, Holger Matthes writes:
> Hi folks,
>
> X-MAs is just waiting outside - a good time to see what'S going on in the
> desert: Over the last weeks I build a model of "Namibia's unique railway
> experience" - THE DESERT EXPRESS.
>
> A black and white picture was shown in my local newspaper and I thought: "Taht
> might be a great project for LEGO!" After very nice e-mail contact with the
> Desert Express Management I finally recieved some colored pictures by Michael
> Obert. The blue was LEGO blue, the yellow seems to be LEGO yellow and the • white
> is LEGO white - so were is the problem?
>
> I decided to build it 8-wide! (So what you think John?) Make up your own mind
> by comparing the real pictures and my model at:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=2385
>
> The real Desert Express has 8 passenger cars and 1 luggage car and operates
> from Windhoek to Swakopmund in Namibia / Africa. It's a luxuary train for
> tourists and it stops in the evening to see the sun set in the desert.
>
> The LEGO DX just have 3 cars (each 46 studs long) and a huge engine! The
> luggage car door's where build by an idea from James Mathis - Many Thanks on
> this way to James!!!
>
> So what do YOU think?? Anything else you want to now???
>
> Kind regards and MERRY CHRISTMAS
>
> Holger ...from Germany
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Hi James,
> You have capture details of the train very well.
> I like the sliding door application.
That was your idea! I just transfered it inside the sidewalls!
> But, perhaps the most interesting tid bit is the catus! :-) Very clever
> thought.
;-)) My collegue thought these funny things were Mars-Antennas! Probably she
reads to much sience fiction about green Mars men???
So which color should the top mini-antenna should have. I would like to use
green ones, but I haven't seen any so far... There aren't any round 2x2x1
bricks in green either ;-((
Many greetings out of the LDX into your desert!!!
HoMa
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In lugnet.trains, Holger Matthes writes:
> Hi folks,
>
> X-MAs is just waiting outside - a good time to see what'S going on in the
> desert: Over the last weeks I build a model of "Namibia's unique railway
> experience" - THE DESERT EXPRESS.
>
> A black and white picture was shown in my local newspaper and I thought: "Taht
> might be a great project for LEGO!" After very nice e-mail contact with the
> Desert Express Management I finally recieved some colored pictures by Michael
> Obert. The blue was LEGO blue, the yellow seems to be LEGO yellow and the white
> is LEGO white - so were is the problem?
>
> I decided to build it 8-wide! (So what you think John?) Make up your own mind
> by comparing the real pictures and my model at:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=2385
>
> The real Desert Express has 8 passenger cars and 1 luggage car and operates
> from Windhoek to Swakopmund in Namibia / Africa. It's a luxuary train for
> tourists and it stops in the evening to see the sun set in the desert.
>
> The LEGO DX just have 3 cars (each 46 studs long) and a huge engine! The
> luggage car door's where build by an idea from James Mathis - Many Thanks on
> this way to James!!!
>
> So what do YOU think?? Anything else you want to now???
>
> Kind regards and MERRY CHRISTMAS
>
> Holger ...from Germany
I sure hope you put two motors underneath that locomotive, it's too pretty
to be underpowered! -Harvey
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Hmm...this was in my sent message file, but I do not remember seeing it on
LUGNET. If it is a duplicate sorry. My original message is at the end.
Holger Matthes wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> X-MAs is just waiting outside - a good time to see what'S going on in the
> desert: Over the last weeks I build a model of "Namibia's unique railway
> experience" - THE DESERT EXPRESS.
>
> A black and white picture was shown in my local newspaper and I thought: "Taht
> might be a great project for LEGO!" After very nice e-mail contact with the
> Desert Express Management I finally recieved some colored pictures by Michael
> Obert. The blue was LEGO blue, the yellow seems to be LEGO yellow and the white
> is LEGO white - so were is the problem?
>
> I decided to build it 8-wide! (So what you think John?) Make up your own mind
> by comparing the real pictures and my model at:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=2385
>
> The real Desert Express has 8 passenger cars and 1 luggage car and operates
> from Windhoek to Swakopmund in Namibia / Africa. It's a luxuary train for
> tourists and it stops in the evening to see the sun set in the desert.
>
> The LEGO DX just have 3 cars (each 46 studs long) and a huge engine! The
> luggage car door's where build by an idea from James Mathis - Many Thanks on
> this way to James!!!
>
> So what do YOU think?? Anything else you want to now???
>
> Kind regards and MERRY CHRISTMAS
>
> Holger ...from Germany
Wow, very nice. I really like your engine! It has lots of little vents and doors
and bumps and stuff, which I just love. The cars look great too. Did you try
putting 3x4 transparent blue thin wall (4561 windows,
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/4561 ) behind your custom made windows? Did the gap
look bad? Just curious.
Thanks for sharing,
Chris
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Hi Christopher,
> Wow, very nice. I really like your engine! It has lots of little vents and • doors
> and bumps and stuff, which I just love. The cars look great too. Did you try
> putting 3x4 transparent blue thin wall (4561 windows,
> http://guide.lugnet.com/set/4561 ) behind your custom made windows? Did the • gap
> look bad? Just curious.
Thanks for sending your positiv comments on the Lego Desert Express. I never
thought about using the transparent wall elements behind the white/blue window
frame. In my opinion the gab would become to big. BTW I even wouldn't have
enough wall elements, each window is 5 wide - that makes 2 wall elements per
window. And that also means that I would have to use only 1-stud-wide
(inverted) roof elements! Most of them are 2-studs-wide, especially the
inverted 22,5° pieces in black and blue...
Black windows in my opinion are a resonable solution for that problem - they
could be "sunglasses" ;-)
Regards,
Holger
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Holger Matthes wrote:
>
> Hi Christopher,
>
> > Wow, very nice. I really like your engine! It has lots of little vents and • doors
> > and bumps and stuff, which I just love. The cars look great too. Did you try
> > putting 3x4 transparent blue thin wall (4561 windows,
> > http://guide.lugnet.com/set/4561 ) behind your custom made windows? Did the • gap
> > look bad? Just curious.
>
> Thanks for sending your positiv comments on the Lego Desert Express. I never
> thought about using the transparent wall elements behind the white/blue window
> frame. In my opinion the gab would become to big. BTW I even wouldn't have
> enough wall elements, each window is 5 wide - that makes 2 wall elements per
> window. And that also means that I would have to use only 1-stud-wide
> (inverted) roof elements! Most of them are 2-studs-wide, especially the
> inverted 22,5° pieces in black and blue...
>
> Black windows in my opinion are a resonable solution for that problem - they
> could be "sunglasses" ;-)
>
> Regards,
>
> Holger
I just wanted to let you know, that I thought it looked good with the black
windows. I also thought the gap would be to big, but you never know until you
see it done. So, I just wanted to know if you had tried it with glass behind the
custom frame.
Chris
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PGP public key available upon request.
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