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Re: New MOC: 8 Wide EMD SW1500
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lugnet.trains
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Sat, 29 Sep 2001 00:27:02 GMT
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John wrote:
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> A while back, there was a discussion about how everyone it seemed was in the
> process of building this model, but only now have I actually finished mine. I
> had wanted to build a Milwaukee Road diesel loco since orange became available
> and I choose this style to finally do so. Ironically, I checked the MR roster
> and found out that apparently MR never purchased *any* SW1500s from EMD! (but
> lots of SW1200s) I decided to keep it as is for now and not convert it to a
> SW1200 (too lazy:-)
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> The black SW1500 is a kind of a second version of my design. In pic 2, for fun
> I printed some paper stickers to make it a Penn Central (since I modeled that
> MOC directly from a photograph). I'll have to either buy a real decal/sticker
> sheet for it or make my own.
You know a train model is good when you look at a thumbnail of it and
think it's a prototype pic as I did with your Penn Central w/ stickers.
Good job!
> There are *many* prototype variations on this model (fuel tank size, rail
> additions, spark arresters, etc) and so hardly any 2 will appear the same. My
> plan is to create 3 more versions-- a BN, Soo, and CN.
That is so true. When I was doing my version of an SW1200, I discovered
that the Erie Lackawanna prototype I was basing it on had side
railings. Kinda frustrating when the SW-series lack of handrails gives
it an advantage in LEGO modeling.
-chris
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