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Re: MOC Streamliner Observation Car
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Mon, 2 Jun 2003 08:17:55 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Stefan Garcia wrote:
> > > That observation car is absoulutely amazing. Lionel a Lego, eh?
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> > Those chrome parts are all Lego ..
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> I know that, I was referring to the look of the models. Lionel Trains once made
> streamliners where the end cap which was a seperate component was chromed, while
> the body was duller flat silver-ish chrome-y color.
... oh OK, don't get much chance to see Lionel stuff overe here!!!
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> > > As for critiques though, I'd have to point out that the engines are F3s (Or
> > > another in that line) but they're not Alcos. Alcos have the characteristic
> > > snub-nose.
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> > Oops EMFs then? But the coaches are defo Budd Heavyweights ... correct?
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> EMDs. Electro-Motive Division, IIRC. The cars are Budd Stainless Steel
> Streamliners. Heavyweights are the old (usually) green cars often associated
> with the American West and up to the 1930s or 40s.
Thanks for the prototype info ... Its cool to learn stuff like this ...I always
thought it was aluminium ... but I guess the fad for all thing aluminium came
later in the USA (I'm thinking "The Tin Men" movie!)
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> Another question also; how did you get the fans to work on the engines? Did you
> drill a hole through the 2x3 curved bricks?
No drilling was done ... this part of the roof is made with the Modified 2 x 1
with Curved Top bricks coneected with technic plates ... you can see it more
plainly here on this EMD from Burlington Northern ...
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=414563
Here I've used the cogs to drive each other (so each is reversed in direction)
and the first is driven from the micro-motor below. They rotate pretty slowly
... but quite nicely I think. The Super Chief's cogs are below the roof surface
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.... and thanks for your comments
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> -Stefan-
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| (...) Yeah, I hadn't thought about that. And I made a slight error in my observation; I kept thinking your observation was closed-end, not open end. In which case the manufacturer would be K-Line for O gauge. They have the same effect though. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I know that, I was referring to the look of the models. Lionel Trains once made streamliners where the end cap which was a seperate component was chromed, while the body was duller flat silver-ish chrome-y color. (...) EMDs. Electro-Motive (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains)
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