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Re: an attempt at an 8-wide Super Chief
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 8 Mar 2002 18:58:58 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Gerlach writes:
> I was playing at Conan's last night, and came up with another 8-wide version
> of the Sante Fe Super Chief locomotive. It's not done - I need to add some
> fans on the roof and some more corrugated on the sides (and one
> windshield!), but I'm pretty happy with the way it looks so far.
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> It might be a bit too tall, but the shape of the nose pretty much dictates
> the size of everything else. I haven't decided if I like the roofline, I
> might change it to something more like LEGO's version.
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> As always, comments are welcome!
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=1618
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> JohnG, GMLTC
I like how the sculpted nose uses 1/2-stud offsets and embeds the smaller
1/4-curve element into underarch of the larger 1/4-curve element.
Also like the SNOT use to thin out the yellow striping. Nice.
later,
James Mathis
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| I was playing at Conan's last night, and came up with another 8-wide version of the Sante Fe Super Chief locomotive. It's not done - I need to add some fans on the roof and some more corrugated on the sides (and one windshield!), but I'm pretty (...) (22 years ago, 8-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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