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Re: SW-something switcher
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.build
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Fri, 4 May 2001 18:01:05 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
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> Christopher Tracey wrote:
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> > Here is the most complete version of my SW series switcher... It started
> > out as a SW1200 but I think I deviated from that design a bit.
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> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=4405
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> > This isn't the finished product yet but I am running into a problem.
> > Just before the cab there is part of the hood that is angled in on the
> > sides. I tried to simulate ths by using hinge bricks. Of course the
> > angle has produced a distance that is not an even stud length so it is
> > difficult to get the two sections (cab and hood) to line up correctly.
> > ANy ideas on how to solves this?
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> Yeah, that angle in is a bummer. Frankly, my solution has been to avoid
> it, because nothing is going to look just right given the limitations of
> the elements-- for *8wide*, that is. Rob Werner in the GFLTC has built a
> really nice switcher which I saw in person that is 6 wide which solves this
> very problem quite nicely.
I suspect he used the dual taper piece (4x4x1 high) in the yellow and
red/black show trucks... that is a perfect piece for this application, but
the problem with it is that it tapers from 4 to 2...
Talk about your strong argument for making pieces split into mirrored halves
instead of fixed width! If this piece was split you could put the 2x4 lower
slope (as found in Naboo fighter, if the colors lined up) in between it for
a 6 to 4 taper and use it on an 8 wide unit.
I confess, I just ignore this width taper in my commercial model and only
taper the height... I thought about a 4 to 2 taper but it just seems too narrow.
++Lar
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| (...) Rick Clark did a black and green Burlington Northern switcher (6-wide) tapering this way, and it looks great. Unfortunately, he doesn't have pics of it on his site. This is the best picture I could find on the PNLTC site: (URL) loco in (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Yeah, that angle in is a bummer. Frankly, my solution has been to avoid it, because nothing is going to look just right given the limitations of the elements-- for *8wide*, that is. Rob Werner in the GFLTC has built a really nice switcher (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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