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Re: Train Station
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 7 Oct 2003 02:28:37 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Brian Bacher wrote:
> I've been playing around with MLCad a bit, and have attempted to model the
> Amtrak terminal in Mt. Pleasant, IA.
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> The images are a bit rough, but please let me know what you think. I've also
> posted the MPD file.
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> (New to Brickshelf, hope I've got the URL right)
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=58987
Cool. Looks a lot more like the train stations I see around where I live than
this one:
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/4513
(nothing against 4513, it does look like a fun set)
I like the color choice. Cool that you added interior details. My $0.02...
since you gave it four walls you might want to make the roof easily removable to
get figs in and out.
Now you need to park a train in Amtrak livery in front of it. Metroliner works
in a pinch. As you may have already discovered, there are some really great
Amtrak MOCs on Brickshelf.
Slightly off topic, but for anyone reading this who's interested in Amtrak, here
are a few examples of great MOCs that come to mind: (There are so many that I'm
sure I'm leaving out some other greats, too.)
James Mathis' Superliner (Genesis):
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=27056
Christoph Eisenring's Superliner (F40):
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=58040
Walt May's AEM-7 (I've seen these many times in real life since I live on the
Northeast Corridor)
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=1531
Thanks for sharing...
-Paul D.
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| (...) Duh!!!...!!! I'm such a dork! That's *BOB HAYES*'s AEM-7!!! Sorry Bob! Before I wrote that post I was checking out Walt May's cool collection of locomotive MOCs and I must of had that on the brain: (URL) only thing I can say is Hayes and May (...) (21 years ago, 7-Oct-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I did think that some of the suggestions made elsewhere (particularly Greg's suggestion to extend the base a bit, and Jan's ideas about lighting, it seems a bit dark to me) in the thread might help make the rendering more visually attractive (...) (21 years ago, 7-Oct-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| I've been playing around with MLCad a bit, and have attempted to model the Amtrak terminal in Mt. Pleasant, IA. The images are a bit rough, but please let me know what you think. I've also posted the MPD file. (New to Brickshelf, hope I've got the (...) (21 years ago, 7-Oct-03, to lugnet.trains)
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