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Re: Lner A4
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Mon, 21 Apr 2003 15:33:33 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Lewis Valentine writes:
> > Take a look at my newest MOC.
> >
> > It is a model of the Mallard, a LNER A4 that broke the steam speed record in
> > 1938. It still holds that record.
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> > Here is the brickshelf folder
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=41070
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> > Any comments are welcome
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> Wow. lots to like there. • Thanks larry.
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> My fave items are that you buried the power truck in the pilot skirting,
> that the side skirts are slanted down, and that you mananged connecting
> rods, although the lack of a main rod is a shame. (But understandable!)
I would have loved to put in a main rod! But as you guessed turning was the
problem.
> Your backhead detail is nice too, as is the (steam?) pipe along the upper
> side of the boiler jacketing. These sorts of small details really bring a
> model to life.
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> Man that's a lot of blue arches!
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> I gotta get me some of those big wheels and flange add ons. Why did you make
> the rear drivers blind (flangeless) instead of the center ones, which would
> be more prototypical...
At first that is exactly what i wanted to do. But the length between the
front and back drivers made the flanges ride up and off of the track. So I
had to choose either the front 2 or back 2. The front 2 seemed a little
easier. But having the last set of drivers "float" across the track caused
problems also. The front needed weight to make sure that the motor gets
traction and the back wheels don't hit the track.
> I thought the tender seemed a bit of an afterthought, though. And what was
> up with the yellow and red on the cab windows, is that prototypical?
This engine was incredibly hard to find pictures of. Which suprised me since
it is still the steam speed record holder. So the tender is even harder to
find images of. But even so the tender looks close, there is just not a lot
of detail in it. The best thing about the tender is the wheels. (which are
hard to see in the pictures.) There are 4 wheels with one stud between each,
with no bogies. The middle two slide right or left around curves.
The images i have clearly have a read window frame around the front window,
and a yellow "shelf" under the second. This is probably the slide for the
window.
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> Is this even doable in 6 wide? One could hope.
If so it would be extremely difficult. (I hate to say never around here)
Even with snot the skirts would be wider than 6. You could do the Eisenhower
however. It does not have the skirts.
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> VERY nice work, thanks for sharing!
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| Lewis Valentine wrote: > This engine was incredibly hard to find pictures of. Which suprised > me since it is still the steam speed record holder. So the tender is > even harder to find images of. Are they? The Mallard is in the centre of York (...) (22 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Wow. lots to like there. My fave items are that you buried the power truck in the pilot skirting, that the side skirts are slanted down, and that you mananged connecting rods, although the lack of a main rod is a shame. (But understandable!) (...) (22 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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