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Re: Couple of revised trucks and a bit more . . .
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Mon, 2 Apr 2007 16:19:07 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
> Hello,
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> One of my goals for 2007 was to revisit my vehicles and make them a lot more
> substantial than they were. I did my garbage trucks a while ago and now with
> the release of the cement mixer in June, I really wanted to look at creating an
> engine forward (?) style cab for it.
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> This is what I have come up with:
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> Dump truck:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=244290
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> Container roll-off truck:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=244288
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> Included in the folders are then and now shots as well showing where my vehicles
> were prior to beefing them up.
> I think I am on the right track with these and want to thank the many great
> vehicle builders whose creations I have been studying for a couple of months.
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> Also, I have added a folder of a street with the trucks to my layout folders. I
> placed the elevated subway and freight trains along it and got the overall feel
> I was going for: A busy, industrial area. I am really happy with the feel I
> have gotten with this section of my layout.
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=244286
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> Thanks for reading and looking!
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> Best,
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> Jonathan
Hi Jonathan,
You're getting a super armada of trucks there. These new ones are definitely a
vast improvement on the old ones. I think I prefer the slide-off. I also see
they have mirrors. Does that mean you're converted? ;)
Front Ave is looking really great. I completely agree that it has a dense
industrial feel to it. It's good to see the start of your street furniture
coming in too.
I'd like to mention a little trick I copied from misterzumbi. If you replace the
front wheels of your trucks with part 6248 turned so its studs face in it has an
accurate looking hub but a narrower profile which is a bit more prototypical
from my understanding of that sort of vehicle.
Tim
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| (...) Thanks, Tim. I prefer the roll off truck myself. I notice an adjustment or two that I ned to make to the dump truck. Regarding the mirrors, I think so. Thanks for raising my awareness of them. :o) (...) Thanks. I was taking the photo's of the (...) (18 years ago, 2-Apr-07, to lugnet.town)
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