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Re: Meet "BOB" the Passenger Train
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Thu, 6 May 1999 10:59:14 GMT
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Oh my James, you've done it again.
Another masterpiece!
I think you did an excellent job of modeling BOB.
Lots of detail to look at.
Sounds like good playability too. :-)
Tom
In lugnet.trains, James Mathis writes:
> 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".
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> 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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 | | Re: Meet "BOB" the Passenger Train
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| James! this latest creation of yours defines the word 'genious'. Pure and simple. While many of us muddle about with new iterations of well-worn subjects, you continue to break new ground and think out of the box. I am humbled. The execution is very (...) (26 years ago, 8-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Meet "BOB" the Passenger Train
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| 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 (...) (26 years ago, 30-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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