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Re: 8 wide Super Chief (Kjeld was right!)
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Date: 
Wed, 27 Feb 2002 23:07:32 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
This project came as a result of a story told by Brad Justus at
BricksWest 2002.  I'll explain.

A while back, Brad was in Billund, and he was showing off to Kjeld the
pre-production 10020.  As Kjeld was "Oohing" and "Ahhing" over the
model, he said to Brad, "But if we made it 8 wide, we could put in more
detail!"  That's not quite the end of the story, but it was enough for
me!  Kjeld is a closet 8 wide admirer!!! {:^D

And so I decided to build that 8 wide Super Chief so that Kjeld could
see what it could have looked like, and I would like to dedicate this
MOC to him:-)
_____________

About the MOC:

Since I haven't received my 10020s yet, I wasn't able to use any of the
special parts created for it, so what you see is created from my
"pile";-)  I took some design cues from the 10020 because I wanted to
compare them, but basically I modeled from pics and schematics from
books.  I may leave this MOC intact and build another from kit-bashed
10020 parts; I haven't decided yet.  Both headlights work and there is
also a cabin light-- I'll have to take some pics in the dark to show
those off.

I will of course be building B units and passenger cars, but wanted to
toss this out first for your viewing pleasure-- it's in my Brickshelf 8
wide folder.  Enjoy:-)

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=185



-John
Twin Cites LEGOÆ Train Club

Nice job, John.  This may be the first honest comparison between 6-wide and
8-wide models.  Since there has been a debate on how many more bricks it
takes to go to 8-wide, could you give an estimate as to how many pieces it
took to build this version?  Maybe we can settle that argument once and for all.

Thanks,

Andreas
http://www.lugnet.com/~19/



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  Re: 8 wide Super Chief (Kjeld was right!)
 
(...) Thanks, Andreas-- you asked for it, you got it, Toyota;-) As for brick count, well, I couldn't even guess. I did *a lot* of SNOT work which is really a lot of monkey business that drives up piece count. Comparing mine with the 10020 in a way (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)

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This project came as a result of a story told by Brad Justus at BricksWest 2002. I'll explain. A while back, Brad was in Billund, and he was showing off to Kjeld the pre-production 10020. As Kjeld was "Oohing" and "Ahhing" over the model, he said to (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains) ! 

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