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It is a very nice job. In my traveling around D.C. on a nearly daily basis
(not on the metro, but around it in my car) you can see how close it is to
the rreal thing.
What would be nice is if it could be modified to be put on a monorail base
which (at least I think) would be more appropriate for his downtown
terminal. Now that would be something; real integration of local mass
transport represented, with external mass transport (trains). Just a thought.
Rich
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In lugnet.general, Jennifer L. Boger writes:
> I'm not Kevin, but I've certainly ridden the metro enough to answer :)
> The real Metro does sit very high on the trucks - it's not very
> noticable when you're on the platform. If you're in a station like
> metro center, where both tracks are in the middle, when you look at the
> opposite train, you can definetly see all of the truck and various other
> "black things" under the cars :).
>
> great job kev, btw :) - will that fit through your downtown though? :)
>
> Thomas Main wrote:
>
> > In lugnet.general, Kevin Loch writes:
> >
> > > I have finished my D.C. Metrorail car. It's a bit long for use
> > > on LEGO curve geometry but it is a realistic length. I think the
> > > actual cars are 75 feet long.
> > >
> > > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=5707
> > >
> > > KL
> >
> >
> > Kevin,
> >
> > Does the real metro rest that high on its trucks or are they inset more into
> > the frame of the car?
> >
> > I think this model would be very cute if it were "Legoized" and made half as
> > long...realism is one thing, play value and practicality another :) Now that
> > you've proven how it looks to scale, why not make one that works at Lego scale
> > better :)
> >
> > What's keeping those sides bent out?
> >
> > I've only been to D.C. twice (for Brickfest, of course)....but I loved riding
> > the metro...this captures it very well. Weren't you also responsible for
> > building a metro station last year?
> >
> > --
> > Thomas Main
> > main@appstate.edu
> >
> >
> >
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