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Train fans, Just completed construction on my new C44-9W (Dash-9) Diesel Engine. This six wide MOC of a BNSF Engine was inspired by the February issue of Trains Magazine with it story titled Blank Bullets. The Blank Bullets story features many great (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains) !!
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Beautiful job Robin! I was fortunate enough to get a tour of one of these at a show last year and I think you captured it very well. Robert Powell SCLTC (22 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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In article <H9Ax4A.EuK@lugnet.com>, "Robin Werner" <robstormer@cs.com> wrote: Robin, That looks great. There are a lot of things that look cool. A few of the things that stuck out for me were the upside down brick on the top, the vents on the top of (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Robin, As others have said, Beautifully done! I'm curious how you got the vents at an angle like that. Looks like about a half stud in height above the side. I did realize that there are light gray sides to the trucks. Very nice. Devin Holmes (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) <snip> (...) Captures the spirit and shape of those 'lightning bolts'...looking forward to seeing it at the show. -Harvey (22 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Robin Werner writes: <snip specs and links> Nice work Robin... spotlighted. I thought these were cascade green and orange, or am I misremembering... it's true that the dark grey does seem to have a little green in it, though! (22 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) <snip> (...) Robin, Great MOC! I like how you did the sloped vents in the roof/back. Nice details. Now we see where you applied your clever idea for ditch lights! -Paul (22 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm with everyone else here--this is one sweet engine! I love the colour scheme. By the way, what type of stencil did you use for the letters--they almost look 3D Nicely done! Dave K (22 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) *snip* (...) Robin, your model is an excellent rendition of the very same trains I watch in the yard every time I'm visiting Temple, TX. There's a recently restored Santa Fe station there right next to a working and busy freight yard. I (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks, Robert! It must have been cool to climb up on to one of these locos... Wish I was there:) Robin (22 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks, the cab windows still need a little work, it would be a lot better if it was orange, but I don't think we will see train windshields in orange:( So I will switch to dark gray when the new sets come out and make a twin. I'm not real (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Robin, Very nice. Will try to build one from your pictures. Bob In lugnet.trains, Robin Werner writes: [snip] (...) [snip] (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks, Devin, I'll have to get a better picture of that part of the engine, so you can see how the vents are built... Robin (22 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thank you for you commits... is that what the CSX folks call it? Robin (22 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes, I also think the dark gray have a green hue to it. My first version of this engine was black, but I think the d-gray looks better... Thanks, Robin PS I'll bring it to BW... (22 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes, Paul, I will get a better picture of that part of the engine, so you can see how the vents are built... this was the engine I was building when the ditch lights (bing) came on over my head:) Robin (22 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks, Dave... The letter and numbers are stickers I got at Office Depot. The Stick on Letter brand come in red, white, blue and black. I see three different company names on the package, "Headline Sign" "U.S. Stamp & Sign" and "Geographics (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks, I must be nice to see them in action... All I ever see around here in St. Petersburg/Clearwater are old Geeps (GP38, etc) in faded CSX colors;( Robin (22 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Wow, if anyone can you can, don't make me try to build your GG1! It looks great too, thats a lot of wheels:) Thanks, Robin (22 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) (yet!)... The dark grey does capture the feel well, though. One very minor 'nit': You've got headlights on both ends of the locomotive. I'd replace the ones in back with red. Definitely worth a highlight! JohnG, GMLTC (22 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Oh, we can only wish, D-red first please... (...) I tend to differ, they have light in the back for backing up and yard work. The pictures I worked from have lights in the back. All though I should add some red lights somewhere to the back... (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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great model! orange has always been one of my favorite LEGO colors and it looks fantastic on your model. one question: where oh where did you get that black train window? it looks like the santa fe window in black; peeron has no mention of it and (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It's from the 4564 "Freight Rail Runner". (One of my favorite sets!) hth! JohnG, GMLTC (22 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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"Ace" <no_onions@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:H9CBtz.As1@lugnet.com... (...) looks (...) like (...) came up (...) trains (...) [ ... snipped ... ] The black train window came in 4564 (x2). Mike -- Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring.com (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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