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Re: LEGO® Train Philosophy
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 23 Jul 2001 20:06:26 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Eric Kingsley writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Harvey Henkelman writes:
> > During my first year of being a LUGNET member, I have noticed that people
> > usually take one of two approaches when building their train MOC's. Either
> > they are as realistic as possible, or they are representational. Realising
> > that you can only include so much detail in LEGO®, I am approximate when it
> > comes to fitting all the pipes, levers, ect. on my models. I figure that
> > exacting detail is the domain of the NMRA, NEM, and similar organizations.
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> I tend to be like you. I just approximate and include the details I can/want
> to include. That doesn't mean I havn't fallen into the trap of trying to be to
> precise. For example I have a model that I call a Boston and Maine GP40-2:
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> http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/train/bmgp40/
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> I think the only reason I called it that is because that is what was in the
> pictures I was working from. In reality you couldn't tell the difference
> between this model and a GP38 or 4 or 5 other models.
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> Eric Kingsley
That's an excellent model of a GP38-2. Looks good with OR without the decals
to me. I personally use only official LEGO® stickers on my stuff, but to
each his own.-Harvey
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| (...) I tend to be like you. I just approximate and include the details I can/want to include. That doesn't mean I havn't fallen into the trap of trying to be to precise. For example I have a model that I call a Boston and Maine GP40-2: (URL) think (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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