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Re: Italian ETR500 in 8-wide
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 6 Jun 2001 16:59:31 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Mario Ferrari writes:
> "James Mathis" <thakius@nmt.edu> wrote:
> > When you run out of pieces...well, just don't have the ones you'd like to
> > build a certain model, you turn to LEGO CAD. MLCAD is just great!
> >
> > This is a first go at the Italian ETR500 passenger set.
> > Loads of green. Ugh.
> >
> > This model is 8-wide.
> > Tapered nose similar to my 6-wide Acela.
> > Moderate SNOT about the nose.
> > It's got CAD tilt, but untried in real-life 8-wide form.
> > Maybe the pantagraph is interesting?
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=4814
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> > later,
> > James Mathis
> > PS: Gianluca, I hope you like it. Some additional details needed, but I
> > hope this first version looks fairly close to what you might ride in your
> > country. It looks like a very nice train set.
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> Hi James,
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> very nice model! When I saw your APT design some days ago I immediately
> thought of how the tilting mechanism would have been great for a model of
> ETR500.
> I hope I have enough green bricks to actually build your ETR500, and maybe
> try and figure out myself the tilting mechanism from your description. You
> didn't post any picture, did you?
No, I haven't posted that design, yet. I would like to test it in a full
multi-wagon train set first. I have tested a single wagon, and it works.
But, I think it safe to be cautious with an announcement untill I more
rigorously test the construction.
> BTW, I'm going to join the Dark Side too and enlarge the ranks of the 8-wide
> Evil Empire :-)
I think this ETR500 could be set to 6-wide fairly easily. Just lose the
white slopes either side of the cab and tighten the nose a bit. Maybe?
By the way, the windscreen for this ETR500 would come from the Star Wars
Emperial Shuttle set #7166. Even the gray/white paint job on this large
trans-gray windscreen might look OK or even better than a plane large
windscreen.??
I hope you have enough green bricks!
later,
James Mathis
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| (...) Hi James, very nice model! When I saw your APT design some days ago I immediately thought of how the tilting mechanism would have been great for a model of ETR500. I hope I have enough green bricks to actually build your ETR500, and maybe try (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
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