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| The color scheme is Red (main body), with yellow,blue,yellow striping. I consider the model a prototype. I'd like to build another based on the same body to reflect a actual freight engine. <snip> (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| Thanks Tony. Thats pretty high praise since you seem generally pretty reserved about giving it. (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| Ben Fleskes wrote in message ... (...) locomotive. (...) Nice work. I've admired your other designs in silence, but now I feel the time has come to say: you are one talented motherfucker. Keep up the good work. (26 years ago, 29-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) OK, I did some more digging. The GM site is pretty sparse but check out this link: (URL) right picture (the SD70 MAC) also looks like your loco, same bulging rear radiators. GM and GE are getting harder to tell apart these days. Note that the (...) (26 years ago, 29-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I like it. The truck mounted front coupler with side slopes is a good idea, how'd you do it? 1x2/1x4 angle bracket? Note that I have a body mounted front coupler that looks similar on big red... but it's not very sturdy. How sturdy is yours? (...) (26 years ago, 29-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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