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Re: GE 44-Tonner
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 19 Sep 2001 13:47:57 GMT
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johnneal@/avoidspam/uswest.net
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> > Here is a GE 44 Tonner in UP colors that my 11 yo son built a while ago:
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=185
> >
> > Produced from 1940 until 1955, they were specifically designed to be the
> > largest loco that could be operated by just one man (the 1937 Diesel
> > Agreement provided that an extra man would be needed for locos weighing
> > more that 90,000 pounds). They gave themselves 1 ton for any extra
> > add-ons.
> >
> > I think he did a pretty good job:-)
>
> It's an interesting MOC but it doesn't say "44 Tonner" to me.
Would it help if I told him to shave off 2 studs in width? ;-)
> The shape is
> too rectangular. See the loco Bob Hayes did, he nailed the slopes (the hoods
> slope down, and the end hoods are not vertical either) much better.
Looks pretty rectangular to me
(http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/usmc152408.jpg), and although I agree
that the front slopes forward, I would venture to guess that the 1x2x3 extreme
slope is *too* angled, but I wouldn't know cuz I didn't build it, but I'll pass
along the comments to him.
-John
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> Still, it's great work. And you gotta love that color scheme.
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| (...) Naaa... the #1 place to shave studs is off the hoods, he has them going right out to the very end but there ought to be end walkways/steps... So shave a stud or two off the hood length. I know that getting him to build 6 wide would be like (...) (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) It's an interesting MOC but it doesn't say "44 Tonner" to me. The shape is too rectangular. See the loco Bob Hayes did, he nailed the slopes (the hoods slope down, and the end hoods are not vertical either) much better. Still, it's great work. (...) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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