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| | | Made a little attempt at a German double decker passenger train this past week. Pictures through (URL) link to "what's new" later, James Mathis (25 years ago, 3-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: New attempt at Double Decker Train —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | I dunno, James. That is some funky looking train. I mean the prototype! Your model captures what is a pretty weird train pretty well. Exceedingly well, actually. Why the white tiles on the trucks?? To get the right look when it's not sitting on a (...) (25 years ago, 3-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: New attempt at Double Decker Train —James Mathis
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| | | | | | (...) I keep wondering if I will ever be able to try to model something US train-related. Maybe it's the "Danish" in the brick that keeps me European? ;-) (...) Personally, I find the double decker train appearance somewhat elegant. Well, not all (...) (25 years ago, 3-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: New attempt at Double Decker Train —Eric Brok
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| | | | | James, We're really on the same track ;-) I've just build a first version of a Dutch double decker train a couple of weeks ago, which strikingly resembles your train, with very different colors, though. I took pictures but they are still in the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: New attempt at Double Decker Train —James Mathis
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| | | | | | (...) Eric, Is this the Dutch train style you're modelling? (URL)I took pictures but they are still in the camera on an unfinished roll; (...) I'm looking forward to seeing your new train model. I'm fortunate enough to have two friends who have Sony (...) (25 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: New attempt at Double Decker Train —Steven Barile
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| | | | | | What is that at the end of the train in that pic. It vaguely looks like an American "B" unit switcher (I'm sure it's not)???? BTW I had taken a trun at a double-decker as well at: steve.bar.home.att.net SteveB (...) (25 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: New attempt at Double Decker Train —James Mathis
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| | | | | | (...) That is my model of the "Starlight Express" Marklin paint job on a DB locomotive. (URL) used the 4559 Cargo Railway front-ends with matching bottom front ends from the ResQ hovercraft set. I actually don't really care for the pointy nose that (...) (25 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: New attempt at Double Decker Train —Steven Barile
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| | | | | | (...) that (...) shop (...) (25 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: New attempt at Double Decker Train —James Mathis
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| | | | | | (...) Ooops, sorry. Erhm...maybe it is this Dutch locomotive? (URL) down on the above web page to see a picture of Marklin's model of this Dutch locomotive. The European Railway Picture Gallery probably has some photos of this locomotive, but it (...) (25 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: New attempt at Double Decker Train —Eric Brok
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| | | | | | (...) I couldn't get a look at it so can't answer now. (...) "dubbledekker" (...) Dutch (...) The Dutch railways operate two types of doubeldeckers. One type (for 'long' distances[1]) is pulled by the dutch loco which James build (1600 series- off (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | (...) later, James Mathis (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: New attempt at Double Decker Train —James Mathis
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| | | | (...) week. (...) Worked on a modification to the roof-line: both above the front control cab and above the upperdeck windows. Pictures at above link. For the area above the front control cab, I wanted to try to get the gray color to "drop" down to (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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