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I’m slowly adding to my collection of vintage Rutland locos and cars. The
latest is a Rutland gondola, based on an old photo found
here, and an n-scale version pictured
here.
NELUG
Gallery
The sides of the gondola are built from bricks laying on their sides, with some
SNOT to work in the slopes. I attempted to build the car as low to the ground
as I could, similar to the prototype.
The bed of the car is made up of 1x4 tiles on plates. The plates rest on 1x6
plates, on their sides, which span between the two sides. Unfortunately I
haven’t figured out the trick to photographing black, so some of the build
details are obscured.
I haven’t tested this on a track yet, but it looks nice displayed behind my
Rutland RS3.
-Elroy
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| (...) Hi Elroy, I am really impressed by the realistic look of this creation - very nice detail. I wish LEGO would make train cars like these (or rather I wish they won't, budget is already more than tight ;) ) Great work. Jerry (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) I'm a sucker for plain, well-textured freight wagons and this one is a great example. With custom bogies I think it would be perfect. Tim (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Nice car. My only suggestion is that you might want to take a black magic marker and go around the edges of the stickers after cutting but before application. Benn (17 years ago, 23-Dec-07, to lugnet.trains)
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