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Re: Update on my 2wide work
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lugnet.build.microscale
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Mon, 7 Feb 2005 07:16:49 GMT
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In lugnet.build.microscale, John Barnes wrote:
> As promised to a couple of folks out there in micro land, a few pics of progress
> so far;
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/johnbarnes/Microtown/microtown.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/johnbarnes/Microtown/microtown1.jpg
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> then 2, 3, 4 .. 9
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> I really did try to keep the number of modified parts under control, but the
> front of the TRU store in pic 2 just had to be done right, so it's not stickers.
> Its real bricks, slightly modified blue, yellow and red plates in fact.
BAM! Way to hit Micro to the bleachers. Way impresed.
2 Questions though, 1) How have you sercured the HO scale track to the base
plates? and 2) how have you hidden the engine in something that is only 2 wide
(I suspect brick butchering :D).
I am well and truly impressed and would love to see it in action, any chance of
a small mov file to view of it in action?
Aaron A
Off to dig out my old train gear
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Update on my 2wide work
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| I'm not John but.. (...) It's N scale track actually, I think. I'm guessing that perhaps he did not secure it. (...) Previous posts by JB described the massive route-out he did to accomplish putting an N scale engine guts inside of a brick shell. (...) (20 years ago, 7-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.microscale)
| | | Re: Update on my 2wide work
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| (...) There are some train pics here; (URL) the loco shell is seriously hollowed out. That does take practice. Although I got lucky, the second, backup shell is still unmodified. As it turns out, the track exactly snaps between plates arranged two (...) (20 years ago, 7-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.microscale)
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| | Update on my 2wide work
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| As promised to a couple of folks out there in micro land, a few pics of progress so far; (URL) 2, 3, 4 .. 9 I really did try to keep the number of modified parts under control, but the front of the TRU store in pic 2 just had to be done right, so (...) (20 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.microscale) !!
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