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Re: High Speed train by Bob Hayes
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Fri, 19 Oct 2001 15:35:38 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Bob Hayes writes:
Steve,

Glad that you like it.  It started with those soccer field white
"windshields".  I stacked a couple up and thought, "wow - this could make a
cool train front."  The nose needs some work - compound curves with LEGO
bricks take a lot of work.  This version does have a working headlight and
flashing warning lights in the nose.

Working lights!  Awesome.  I love it when one can incorporate the lights
into trains  :-)

"Compound curves":  Oh, yeah, but it's worth it when you feel like you've
got it right.

Simply inspired is your take from the Soccer sets with the 2x6x2 trans light
blue and solid white slopes.

It is no particular proto-type - just a high speed train.  Many of the
details where inspired by (borrowed/stolen from) James Mathis' incredible
passenger trains (http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=1636).

Ah, "no particulr proto-type"...I think your dangerously ;-) close to the
German DB ICE series with the white with red-stripe color scheme :-)

It's great to see so many ideas for "high-speed" train sets coming along nicely.

Have you noticed the design stylings of Markus' new ICE?
http://www.markusstrick.de/ticketcenter/index.htm
There's good inspiration there for the sleek nose and close-couplings.

I am working on the rest of the train set and will post more pictures when
it is done.

I'm looking forward to seeing it!

Bob's high-speed:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/bhayes/highspeed/01.jpg



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Steve, Glad that you like it. It started with those soccer field white "windshields". I stacked a couple up and thought, "wow - this could make a cool train front." The nose needs some work - compound curves with LEGO bricks take a lot of work. This (...) (23 years ago, 18-Oct-01, to lugnet.trains)

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