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Re: Meet "BOB" the Passenger Train
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Sat, 1 May 1999 03:02:51 GMT
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(cmasi@cmasi)SayNoToSpam(.chem.tulane.edu)
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Very nice. The middle car looks great, very efficient use of windows.
Very attractive! As, someone else already noted...LEGO should be
desinging sets that look this nice! They would not be able to keep this
model on the shelves.
Thanks James,
Chris
James Mathis wrote:
> I have finally had some time to build with LEGO.
> This time I've found a
> friend, and his name is BOB, oder: "Die
> Bayerische Oberlandbahn".
>
> BOB is a German passenger train. A friend of
> mine recently traveled to
> Germany and returned with a brochure about
> BOB.
>
> I have attempted to model BOB with LEGO.
> BOB feature set:
> - three cars: one motor unit, one middle passenger
> car, and opposite end
> control unit
> - middle car has no wheel sets: protruding tabs
> from middle car insert
> into tiled ports on each end control car
> - car coupling: no gaps between cars on straight-
> aways. no magnets. uses
> rubber bands ala Steve Barile's very cool EP2
> Electric locomotive. see
> http://www.pnltc.org/Gal_engines.htm
> - color scheme: white, blue, red, black, and gray
> - roofs easily remove for access to passenger and
> driver compartments
> - uses LOTS of 1/4 top-curved bricks in gray and
> some in red and white
> - needs more blue 45 degree inverse slopes (20 of
> 'em!) Anyone? ;-)
> - steep angle control car front and rear windows
>
> Please visit images of the real BOB, and my
> LEGO model via:
>
> http://www.ee.nmt.edu/~jmathis/legopage.html
>
> later,
> James Mathis
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