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Re: James Mathis goes US-proto: 8-wide Sante Fe study
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lugnet.trains
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Sat, 26 May 2001 16:49:18 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Holger Matthes writes:
> Hi James,
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> thanks for sharing your design ideas! Looks great, except the tiny little 12V
> wheels - as Gianluca already said. Such a huge loco needs 9V wheels and the
> motors will go underneath the cars!
Yes.
> Your Santa Fe loco will be a good partner for my Desert Express diesel loco. I
> started that one at the nose and front window section. Where did you start your
> constructions?
Same place. I have only intended this Sante Fe to be a design study for the
nose/cab only for this locomotive. I will likely not finish this model.
> Nice to see how many possibilities could be used to build a sloped nose. Your
> use of the 2x2 plates with "wings" is just great!
That was fun to figure out . :-) Amazing how well engineered LEGO element
geometry is. Always seems to be something new to discover as how pieces can
be oriented different ways. Very fun.
> Go on for the whole fright train in 8 wide!
Sorry,...well, maybe if I get bored with other projects....
later,
James Mathis
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| Hi James, thanks for sharing your design ideas! Looks great, except the tiny little 12V wheels - as Gianluca already said. Such a huge loco needs 9V wheels and the motors will go underneath the cars! Your Santa Fe loco will be a good partner for my (...) (25 years ago, 26-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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