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Re: Ross Neal's ISCC Contest entry: BN EMD GP-50
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Wed, 20 Nov 2002 21:18:50 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke writes:
> Wow, that is really great! Congrats to Ross for this great model (even if it
> is no steam engine this time).
You are such a steamhead;-)
> He caught so many small structures - I am
> really amazed. I like the idea with the lots of 1x4 tiles in green on the side
> of the loco. Gives a cool effect.
Actually, Ben, those are 1x4 green bricks on their side, to simulate the door
openings -- in true SNOT form:-D
> There is nothing to criticize at all, but if I had to mention anything, that
> would be the 22° rooftop on center-plates and these on 22° slopes (each in
> front and end-face of the engine). I think the roof top directly placed on the
> slopes and then the center plates below might look a little more smooth.
It might have had something to do with the actual angle itself -- I'll mention
it to him.
> > He (we) did cut tubing, and did cut 2 chains for the back and front of the
> > decks, but everything else is straight/SNOT building.
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> The cut chain looks great: I think I will copy that idea sooner or later.
> Who cares about cutting tubes? Are those not meant to used in any lenght you
> need by chance... ;-)
Amen;-)
> > There are also 3 pics of the loco displayed on a large bridge that will be
> > used on the TCLTC layout. I had built the bridge, but Ross made a simple
> > suggestion that caused me to want to rebuild the entire thing-- it was adding
> > the cool cap "stones" under the arches. It made the bridge 100x better in
> > appearance!
> Think it was worth the effort. Great (and at least for me completely new)
> idea!
I'm sure there is a LEGO set that sticks 1x1 round plates up in an arch. Funny
thing is that he was just playing around when he did it!
> I am looking forward for the ISCC II gallery and more pictures of bridge and
> loco.
Well, most of the pics you see are the ones I submitted to Rene, but there will
be more bridge pics (believe it or not, what is pictured isn't even half of
it:-)
Vielen dank, Ben!
-John
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