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In lugnet.trains, Timothy Gould wrote:
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With the windscreens, did you mean that the side windows are too short or
the front and rear windows too narrow? Cab windows are always the hardest
part to model.
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I meant the side windows are too short. The front/rear look very nice.
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I needed a piece for the front and rear windscreens that would give the
division into three parts, and on the real thing the pillars at the sides
are thicker than those between the panes, so after much experimentation with
SNOT clear bricks, that meant the handrail piece
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=6583 with glass behind was a
feasible way to go.
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So that’s how you did it. Nice technique.
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The pillars had to match the profile of the windscreens, so the side windows
are a bit squashed, but could have one plate thickness of length added if I
cut up some black hinge tops to make thinner plates for the pillars. I’m
trying to avoid cutting up too many pieces :-)
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I think you could move the front window forward one brick (apply to rear in
reverse) and extend the side windows by two plates. That would mean no
cutting and I think would look more prototypical.
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Unfortunately, the front and rear windows are in the right place (without
quarter-stud offset bricks being available), and moving them would make the
upper body too long for the scale! This is the compromise of detail with
measurements of less than 1 stud length. I tend to get the main dimensions
right and then fill in as much detail as will fit. Using cut-up black hinge
pieces like these: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=6134 would
permit an extra 1x1 clear plate to go where the black one is, with the halved
hinge plate over it, without protruding beyond the main windscreen.
You might have noticed that I’ve already modified some pieces for the bogies:
halving a technic half bush to make quater bushes:
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=4265c . These raise the dark grey
axles by 1/4 stud so that the axle clears the rails (when crossing the points)
and the stud remains clear of the body. Quarter bushes are very useful and I’ve
made quite a few, by running them on a fast motor using a sacrificial axle that
was twisted, with a hacksaw and a file doing the work.
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Once I get this scheme to work, I’ll do something similar on the Class 44
Peak, since I cheated on that one and used two 2x4 car windscreens. I’m not
sure yet though, as the handrail piece isn’t available in green.
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Green looks dark grey after enough time on the rails anyway ;-)
...
Tim
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The Peak is rather greener than Brunswick Green anyway, since the green dragon
sets provided most of the parts:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1097384 So perhaps the greying
would send it nearer to Brunswick Green! I’m not into painting Lego bricks for
weathering though - it’s messy and reduces their reusability.
Mark
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