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Re: New MOC: 4-4-4 Steam Engine
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lugnet.trains
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Sat, 16 Nov 2002 05:05:40 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, James Mathis writes:
> In lugnet.announce.moc, Shaun Sullivan writes:
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> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=28425
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> <snipped text description of motivation and model>
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> Shaun,
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> I really like how you used a standard train base plate for the foundation of
> this steam locomotive model. I love how you disguised this base plate at
> the piston/cylinders with the hinged panel; dropping it SNOT-wise at a
> slight angle to both hide the train base plate and provide a visual
> connection to the cylinders is brilliant. That hinge panel to the cylinder
> seems to me a critical visual design element to break the otherwise flat
> boundary formed by the train base plate.
Thanks for the feedback, James. Like I said, I tried to use as many standard
pieces as possible. Besides the regular baseplate, it also uses one of the 4x6
truck plates with the central technic pin, and the front wheels can be adapted
pretty easily to make use of another one.
Thanks for the thoughts on the hinged panel as well - since the main sylinder
is 5 wide, I had a tough time figuring out how to get that slope incorporated
just right. All of the sloped bricks weren't quite fitting the bill. I wasn't
sure if I'd really go for the hinged panel idea, since the ends are open, but
it's such close quarters that it's not even noticable.
> I'm looking forward to seeing the instructions.
They're already started ...
> Have a good show this weekend!
Thanks! Pictures will follow!
-s
> later,
> James Mathis
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| (...) Shaun, I really like how you used a standard train base plate for the foundation of this steam locomotive model. I love how you disguised this base plate at the piston/cylinders with the hinged panel; dropping it SNOT-wise at a slight angle to (...) (22 years ago, 15-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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