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Re: Loads of new 8 / 6 wide MOC pix posted
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Date: 
Sat, 3 Feb 2001 19:16:00 GMT
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Daniel Siskind wrote:

I'm starting to figure out how my digital camera works and have been posting pix
of some of my Train creations from the past six months / year.  Highlights for
8-wide include EMD SD90MAC locomotives, double door box cars, a 110 ton ore
hopper, gondolas, flat cars, and two caboose renditions:

http://www.brickmania.com/gallery/trains3/8-Wide.html

Highlights for rinky dink scale (6-wide) include a pair of silver/gray/purple
subway cars for the new GMLTC layout, an open air trolley, and another addition
to the Thomas train locomotive pool:

http://www.brickmania.com/gallery/train2/more_trains.html

Feedback appreciated - happy building!

Dan

Wow, good looking stuff. Lots of new details in the railing and ladder category too.
Nice hand rails, I guess you have a LOT of hookless pirates and evil adventurers
now. Also, it looks like you have two SD90MAC's. I guess if you had a good shot
of them back to back you would have posted it, right?
It took me a moment to realize that the cylinders behind the front windows have
to be there to accommodate the angled windshield, which is a very nice touch by
the way.
Do you have details about the sizes of your work? We know how wide everything
is, but I was wondering how long the box car was.

Thanks for sharing,
Chris

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  Re: Loads of new 8 / 6 wide MOC pix posted
 
(...) Sorry for the delayed response - I've been busy with other stuff for a while... Those big box cars are 42 studs long and the big hopper is 43 studs. the SD90 is 50 studs long, which exceeds GMLTC's proposed limit by 6 studs, but the real thing (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)

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  Loads of new 8 / 6 wide MOC pix posted
 
I'm starting to figure out how my digital camera works and have been posting pix of some of my Train creations from the past six months / year. Highlights for 8-wide include EMD SD90MAC locomotives, double door box cars, a 110 ton ore hopper, (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains) !! 

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