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Oval Window for ICE Train Door
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Tue, 9 Oct 2001 22:38:08 GMT
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First, I would like to sincerely compliment Carlegler for his oval window
design in his ICE train set. Please view it here:
http://people.freenet.de/Carlegler/ice.htm
HoMa discusses Carlegler's oval window briefly referring to correspondence
in the German forum in this previous posting:
http://news.lugnet.com/trains/?n=11711
For my ICE-like trainset (DB EMU 605), I have liked to model the same style
oval window. Please see the real-life train:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=69865
Here is my version of the oval window door:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=7499
I have built the oval window door in real-build. It all fits OK.
A note about the construction:
One could use a 1x2 brick-hinge instead of the 1x2 Technic brick with two
side holes and achieve the same result. Not sure which is preferable;
suppose depends on quantities available....
Thanks for viewing.
later,
James Mathis
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 | | Re: Oval Window for ICE Train Door
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| (...) Holy SNOT! That's amazing. So is Carl's for that matter... but yours is pure, eh? I LOVE that inversion technique with the technic 1x4 roundend, it's crisp. (...) I have used the brick hinge in the past for 90 degree rotation and find it less (...) (23 years ago, 10-Oct-01, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Oval Window for ICE Train Door
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| Hi All, I put together an oval window design. James was kind enough to render it for me (thanks James). The "Opposing Stud" gif is a pic of 3 different geometries that are exactly a multiple of some number of plates tall. For example a technic rivit (...) (23 years ago, 18-Oct-01, to lugnet.trains)
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