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| Hi all, My newest MOC made it's debut at Cantigny this weekend; a 6-wide model of the CB&Q Pioneer Zephyr. I based the cars on the Santa Fe carbodies, and then modified it from there. I had to make some sacrifices on length, as I wasn't sure what (...) (21 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, FTX)
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| (...) Nifty. I don't know if I've seen someone try to build a train windshield like that before. You ought to invest a few bucks in some grey tiles to make the front smooth, though. It would add a great deal to the look, I'd think. Adrian (URL) (21 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks! (...) Indeed. I intend to do that, just trying to get money for it. Actually, I think I'll go check into that now... -Stefan- (21 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Well, after digging around, I found out that I did indeed have enough tiles to test out a tiled nose: (URL) -Stefan- (21 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Since you have already committed to using half-rounds for your curves on the roof, I would suggest staying with half-rounds and using them for the front as well, kind of like what I did here for my Hiawatha: (URL) Good work, Stefan, on an (...) (21 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) <snipped pic since that seems to be proper netiquette> Nice rendition of the Hiawatha. Yeah, I had thought about doing that, but I could never figure out how to make the windows look right. I tried clear macaroni, but those are too sharp of a (...) (21 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains)
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