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Re: My new Engine: SD70M
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lugnet.build, lugnet.trains
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Sun, 25 Jul 1999 03:45:11 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <379A43C5.BA18D314@voyager.net>...
> Tim Vattima wrote:
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> > Nice job on the SD70M! What might work better for the logo than inlaid • red
> > bricks is to go to a hobby shop and pick up some good-quality decals to
> > apply. It will definately give the engine a more prototypical look.
>
> Yes.
> And definitely would be impure.
> If you don't like Lego as a medium, don't use it. :-) Decals are for
> rebels who secretly wish they were modeling in a different medium.
> <HUGE FIGHT STARTING GRIN>
Well, not to get too religious about this, but I certainly lean toward the
'purist' side of things. I do use plywood tables under my bricks (and I do
it with a clear conscience!) but I am hoping to avoid the use of tape,
stickers and decals.
I've seen engines and rolling stock done by others that use decals and they
do look very nice. But at this point in my Lego designing career
(non-paying career, unfortunately), I'm really trying to see what can be
done with the brick alone.
I'm also one who doesn't even use the lego supplied stickers. They tend to
decrease the usefulness of a brick, IMHO. Kind of locks it into one
specific function. I'd probably be more prone to use decals over the lego
stickers. With decals, I could rub them off and the bricks would still be
usable for other things. With stickers, after you peel them off a time or
two, they stop sticking and they become unusable. Decals can be easily
replaced. The stickers can't.
The only thing the stickers have going for them is a Lego part number.
But at this point, I'm still with no stickers and no decals.
Kim
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| (...) Nice model. Big too (I visited Portland last week, and met Kim and Steve Barile for lunch and got to see this engine in person). One thing, we need a reasonable way to get weight bricks, that engine just felt WAY too light for such a (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Yes. And definitely would be impure. If you don't like Lego as a medium, don't use it. :-) Decals are for rebels who secretly wish they were modeling in a different medium. <HUGE FIGHT STARTING GRIN> (25 years ago, 24-Jul-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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