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Re: Budd RDC MOC
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 27 Feb 2003 12:43:02 GMT
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Very nice! You definitely nailed the look of it. It needs m.u. hoses on
those headlight bricks tho, doesn't it? Those little control levers are
good for that.
Neat model all the same though. Especially the underframe stuff.
-Stefan-
In lugnet.trains, Bob Hayes writes:
> Back in the 80s I used to ride the MARC train (a commuter service run by the
> State of Maryland) from College Park to DC. I rode the "B&0" line which
> used a lot of old Budd RDCs (Rail Diesel Car), usually in three car sets.
> The Budd RDC became my favorite train. The RDC had two small (compared to
> locomotive prime movers) diesel engines mounted under the floor. The
> engines were conected to the trucks through something like an automatic
> transmission - no traction motors.
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> During the President's Day snow storm that hit the DC area, I decided to try
> modeling the RDC with Lego bricks. The result can be seen at:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/bhayes/buddrdc/budrdc100.jpg
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> More images and instructions (someday) to come.
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> Please let me know what you think.
>
> Bob
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| (...) I tried the m.u. hoses on the trucks, the only part I have built with real bricks, and you are right. Bob (22 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| Back in the 80s I used to ride the MARC train (a commuter service run by the State of Maryland) from College Park to DC. I rode the "B&0" line which used a lot of old Budd RDCs (Rail Diesel Car), usually in three car sets. The Budd RDC became my (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc) !
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