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Re: PCC car
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 5 Sep 2001 03:27:49 GMT
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Nice model and excellent attention to part availability (often overlooked).
Have you thought about the soccer bues for white windows? I didn't do a
windows count on the real vs model but I assume they are the same???
Sometimes selective scaling can shrink a model in places that need it (or
that can save hard to find elements). Great Job.
SteveB
In lugnet.trains, Mike Knuepfel writes:
> Hi all!
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> This is the first model that I have built on the computer. The antique PCC
> cars running down Market St. in San Francisco inspired me to build this:
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> Brickshelf Folder: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=6708
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> What it was modeled after:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=67384
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> (imagine the roof in a different color because green slopes are hard to come by)
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> I decided to build it on the computer because I lack many of the pieces
> required to build it. I also wanted to workout and kinks in the design. I
> tryed to design it around common pieces and bulk pieces. They only thing
> keeping me from building the real thing is the price. The model requires:
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> 3 Packs Train Windows: http://guide.lugnet.com/set/3733 = $11.98
> 2 Train Engines: http://guide.lugnet.com/set/5300 = $49.98
> 3 Passenger Cars: http://guide.lugnet.com/set/10015 = $59.97
> 2 Flashspeeders: http://guide.lugnet.com/set/7124 = $19.98
> 1 2x4 Roof Pack: http://guide.lugnet.com/set/3497 = $5.99
> 1 2x8 Brick Pack: http://guide.lugnet.com/set/3463 = $8.99
> Total: $156.89
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> I have all the other pieces required to build this model. I may have to
> toggle the colors to make it fit in with the bulk bricks that are
> availiable. Please tell what you think. Is it worth building or should I
> toggle something?
> If so, what? If any one wants the Ldraw file to try and build it, tell me.
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> Hope everyone is enjoying their Labor Day Weekend,
> Mike
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