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Re: A new GP30
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lugnet.trains
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Sun, 9 Sep 2001 18:03:53 GMT
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Christopher Tracey wrote:
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> Chris,
> Excellent work! Are you sure we don't share part of the same brain ;)
> I have a mockup of a gp30 cab that is suprising close to yours. Those
> round top bricks practicaly scream GP30 (at least to me). Secondly,
> I've been trying to use crown gears and wheel hubs in an engine for a
> few months now. I'm using the model team wheel hub (
> http://img.lugnet.com/ld/7/2695.gif )in black for the housings. You can
> fit these in a five wide back by sitting the narrow end within some
> thinwalls. The really neat thing is that you can motorize the fans this
> way.
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> I'm using them on my version of an sd-40-2 That I am graciously
> borrowing ideas from you on.
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> The fuel tank looks great! Where are you getting all the yellow finger
> hinge arms from? I could use about 30 of them for a project.
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> -chris
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> Christopher Masi wrote:
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> > After four sittings I have almost finished my GP30. I am happy with the model;
> > so, I decided to post some pictures before it is completely done.
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> [snip]
Chris,
Whoops, part of my reply to you was included in my reply to Josh. The crown
gear wheel hub combo is a very attractive prospect, and I continue to wonder
about it.
The yellow finger hinge arms are from my 4563. I used up my entire supply.
Good luck finding 30! The hardest part about finding those pieces is that no one
seems to use the same name for them!
Chris
PS I forgot... it was really 6 sittings. I complete scrapped the work from the
first two sessions, but they still count as time spent on this model.
--
See some of my LEGO creations at
http://homepage.mac.com/cjmasi/~lego/lego.htm
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| (...) As I said, it works quite well. The major hurdle is that the thinwalls take up quite a bit of height which may make it difficult to get some side details in the right place. (...) Every once in a while I look on BrickBay for them and can't (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| Chris, Excellent work! Are you sure we don't share part of the same brain ;) I have a mockup of a gp30 cab that is suprising close to yours. Those round top bricks practicaly scream GP30 (at least to me). Secondly, I've been trying to use crown (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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