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Re: New and old to lugnet at the same time :-)
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Mon, 15 Nov 2004 20:54:19 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Samarth Moray wrote:
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Hi Everyone,
I’m Samarth Moray, and I’m 16. I’ve been playing with Lego, like most of
you, since I was a kid. I’m new to lugnet because this is my first post,
but I’m ‘old’ to lugnet because I’ve been lurking around for a year now.
That basically means I know most of you. And now you kinda know me :-)
My favourite themes are Train,
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Hello, Samarth, and welcome to trains-- glad you decided to delurk:-) I’m
also gratified to see another 8 wide convert; (BTW thanks for the kind words)
inspiring young minds with LEGO trains is a major reason why I build and
share.
You have built a fine MOC with your Beast! Please don’t be afraid to
continue to photograph it with hopefully less fuzzy results-- there are a lot
of fine details there that we’d all like to pour over!
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Hi John,
It’s nice getting a reply from you. I fell in love with the 8 wides when it
clicked in my head: I had two failed 6-wide designs for the WDP-4, and the only
way to get the front windows to look right, was NOT to use this piece of you
know what:
But car sunroof pieces instead.
Btw, the EMD WDP-4 class is no more (snif snif) I had to scrap it for parts for
the three foot thing. Interestingly, You and I don’t share the same opinion with
regards to scale for 8-wides: IMHO, 1 stud=1 ft is too long. The WDP-4 is my
first try at a more manageable size: 1ft=3/4ths of a stud, rounded of to the
nearest whole number. (if I recall right, the real WDP-4 is around 60ft long and
the model is 43 studs.) Eve this I use as a general guideline, and try to use
the various ‘greeblies’ (for want of a better term), like grilles and stuff on
the sides, to determine the actual size.
I’ve also written up a tutorial (very basic lego stuff) on modelling Indian
Railways in Lego. it should be up on that site (irfca.org) quite soon. I’ll post
here when it is. It also contains some pics of the ‘project three foot thing’
:-)
Thans again for the help,
Samarth
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| (...) I liked the sunroof solution. (...) :-( But you rendered it in ldraw, no? (...) Actually, I agree with you. Though the track gauge is about right for 1 stud = 1 foot, that would actually make for a 10 wide scale, since most modern locos are (...) (20 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) (snip) Hello, Samarth, and welcome to trains-- glad you decided to delurk:-) I'm also gratified to see another 8 wide convert; (BTW thanks for the kind words) inspiring young minds with LEGO trains is a major reason why I build and share. You (...) (20 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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