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Re: New MOC: 4-8-4 Northern
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 6 Jan 2004 18:37:11 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Shaun Sullivan wrote:
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Hi All,
Well, after at least 8 months of on-again off-again effort, I’ve finally
finished up my 4-8-4 Northern Steam Engine:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=67693
The most amazing thing to me was the sheer size of the engine; I stayed true
to a minifig-compatible scale of a little bit more than 1 foot per stud, and
the resulting locomotive is a monstrosity! You can see a side-by-side
comparison of it and my Hudson engine (which had been my largest engine):
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Shaun, that thing’s huge! Lovely detailing though.
For dry ice, how about fitting a pneumatic pump inside, piped through a
pneumatic directional brick, to blow air up and over the dry ice. You may be
able to get the fog to blow upwards. As an added incentive, it would even puff
as it went round!
Jason Railton
P.S. I’m not sure everyone realised that the picture is a clickable link to
your gallery. I think you need to drop a bigger hint next time...
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| Hi All, Well, after at least 8 months of on-again off-again effort, I've finally finished up my 4-8-4 Northern Steam Engine: (URL) The most amazing thing to me was the sheer size of the engine; I stayed true to a minifig-compatible scale of a little (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.org.us.nelug, FTX) !!
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