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Re: Santa Fe caboose
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 5 Mar 2002 17:05:59 GMT
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> In lugnet.trains, David VinZant writes:
> > Hey Larry I did find this one picture. It may not be as dramatic of a curve
> > but it does have an arc to it.
> > http://www.walthers.com/prodimage/0140/01400000005394.gif
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> But I'd argue that at LEGO resolution that rounded edge should be lost in
> (wait for it... ) "rounding error". (crowd groans) given the size of it
> compared to the size of one stud or the height of one brick.
I'd agree that the rounded edge is too small to model, but the overall curve
of the roof can still be done. I like to have (in six-wide at least) a
plated roof, with the middle four studs raised by one plate. This isn't my
best example of engine building, but look at the roof here:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/j.j.railton/taneng/index.html
Where it's built in to an end wall, I have 1 stud of the roof colour showing
either side of the central raised part. If the roof overhangs an open area,
I use 2-wide plates under-lapping[1] the centre 4-wide one, to hide the cracks.
Jason J Railton
[1] If you don't like made-up words, how is the language meant to evolve?
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| (...) They (the car manufacturers... Pullman Standard, American Car Foundry and others) took big pieces of steel and put them into huge 200++ ton presses and formed ribs and raised/lowered areas into them for strength. They rounded the ends so that (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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