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Re: Work in progress, an EMU
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lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains
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Tue, 14 May 2002 23:14:46 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Huw Millington writes:
> Please take a look at this work in progress, the front of an electric
> multiple unit, and let me know what you think.
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> http://www.btinternet.com/~hmillington/PIC00003.jpg
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> This is the sort of thing I am trying to recreate, but it's difficult in 6
> wide:
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> http://mercurio.iet.unipi.it/pix/gb/electric/emu-dc/455/pix.html
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> Does it pass for one? The difficulty is the corridor vestibule -- if I
> could somehow use thin wall pieces or some snot technique with plates, I'm
> sure it would be a lot better.
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> Has anyone else attempted anything similar?
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> Huw
Nice to see another EMU in Lego, Huw. I built an unpowered VEP/SEP unit in
blue/grey about 20 years ago using a much cruder method, but I found that
classic 2x2 windows worked best, partially hidden behind the 'pillars' of
the vestibule ends.
No pics of this one, way back in the early 1980s I did not forsee this
question arising 20 years later!
I have started work on an MLV (motor luggage van) which will run on rail or
battery power, just like the prototype. This is a single unit with
non-corridor ends, but I'll still be using classic 2x2 windows. The 455 unit
has a more interesting cab front than the MLV, but the jumper cables are
still a challenge.
Have you considered a third rail? Csn be done using the 4,5v track but
unfortunately all mine is blue so it might look a little odd. Visually, it
looks about right if stepped above the running rails by 1 plate and offset
outwards with a half stud gap between the third rail and the adjacent
running rail. It's a lot simpler than an overhead gantry!
Jon
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