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LDD Heavyweight passenger cars
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I’ve finished my first take on Heavyweight passenger car designs in LDD and have
made gratuitous use of the dark red bricks. I’ve made a set of five different
cars. These cars were common on American railroads, ca 1920. Although most
commonly painted Pullman green, several railroads chose Tuscan red instead -as
modeled (e.g., Soo, PRR).
I was surprised how far I could go with the LDD pallet. There are only a few
colors I’d want to change, most of which are on the observation car (the railing
should be light gray, and the drumhead should be white), and I would have made
most of the dark gray jumper plates dark red if available (although not
prototypical, I like the framed window effect I got with the dark gray on the
coach and RPO doors). Of course I would have LOVED to have had dark green at my
disposal, but...
Other features worth noting include the mail hook on the RPO, the undercarriage
on all cars, and the three axle trucks.
  
I have no idea if I’m the first person to come up with the trick to float the
middle axle with the door rails, but it was new to me when inspiration struck
and is possibly the most innovative bit of the whole design. Although I’ve not
built the full models, I’ve tried the truck and it worked for me on the curves.
I played with an idea to extend the cars another six studs and add stairs to the
trucks where appropriate, but I didn’t see any good stair making material in the
pallet and figured the cars were large enough as it is.
I’ve also uploaded the files to lego factory. Search for “zephyr1934” under
users.
Comments are welcome,
Enjoy,
Benn
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| (...) Very nice indeed (...) I like this, I have some floated on a tile and plate assembly shown in BrickJournal, but they fall off too regularly, I think I will be retrofitting these to see how they go. Play Well Chris (17 years ago, 3-Apr-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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