 | | Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level —James Mathis
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| | | Happy Holidays to everyone! For several months I've been working on a new train construction book based on the Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level set from 1956. Please check out (URL) Brian Clough's Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level page> and his (URL) of the (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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| | | | | Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level —Jan-Albert van Ree
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| | | | | (...) (URL) You Can Build it! Hi-Level El Capitan> web-page generated by PowerPoint (...) It seems that the software you used makes HTML that only renders correct in Internet Explorer :( Both Mozilla and Konquerer (similair to Apple MacOSX Safari) (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level —James Mathis
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| | | | | | (...) I'll spit it up as just a bunch of PNG images over on BrickShelf in several car-specific folders. Sorry about this PPT IE Explorer issue. I thought it might offer some nicer navigation tools without me punching out some hand-written html. (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level —Jan-Albert van Ree
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| | | | | | (...) No problem and thanks for the fast response! If only all site maintainers would act as graciously ;) (...) As soon as I've moved I'll have to try building some of these... although they might get a bit of 7 or 8 wide modding :D (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level —James Mathis
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| | | | | | (...) Ooh, 7 wide would be cool! later, James Mathis (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level —Paul S. D'Urbano
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| | | | | (...) SNIP (...) SNIP (...) James, These look great. I'd love to be able to build the whole consist. I was curious if you were planning to release the MPD files? I find these come in handy for trying to figure out what parts I don't have via Peeron. (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level —Samarth Moray
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| | | | | | | (...) SNIPPY Hi Paul, I've been having some very good results using slack action coupling using technic 1 x x plates which are used in car axles. By using multiples of them, you can join the cars so close together that they actually touch- on (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level —Paul S. D'Urbano
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| | | | | | | | (...) Thanks Samarth. That sounds like a clever idea. I don't expect to be working on any custom cars of my own in the near future so no need to snap any sneak preview pictures on my behalf. I can wait for you to post them publicly. I look forward (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level —James Mathis
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| | | | | | | (...) Wow! That's a really good way to approach getting the parts you need. The part acquisition has always troubled me. I want people to have as easy a time building the model as possible, and making an MPD file available to assist this process (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level —Paul S. D'Urbano
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| | | | | | | | (...) Thanks James. No rush, please take your time. I'll be up to my ears in Christmas festivities for the foreseeable future anyway :-) Take as long as you like. When you do get around to it (again, no rush!) one thing I found was that I'd have to (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level —Mike Walsh
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| | | | | | | | "Paul S. D'Urbano" <durbano@optonline.net> wrote in message news:I973Au.MDF@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) I'd (...) Peeron (...) like (...) sets (...) missing (...) don't (...) the (...) couldn't (...) MPD (...) replace (...) things (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Sets to build the El Capitan (Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level) —James Mathis
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| | | | | | (...) I've tried to modify the full 5-car LDR file to match the Peeron set part lists. Here is updated (URL) part inventory information for the 5-car Hi-Level El Capitan build> (once modorated). Paul: Thanks for explaining how you use Peeron to (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Sets to build the El Capitan (Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level) —Paul S. D'Urbano
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| | | | | | (...) James, Thanks for putting this together! Hope it wasn't too much trouble. I find this Peeron feature to be very powerful. Now to figure out how to get those split-level train baseplates... not going to be easy... Thanks Again! -Paul (20 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Sets to build the El Capitan (Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level) —James Mathis
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| | | | | | (...) Yeah, I looked for them on BrickLink yesterday. No gray. Not very many Club Cars on BrickLink, either. Bummer. More Part Lists: I've posted the part list (URL) TEXT and LDR files for the individual cars> -- look in the individual car folders. (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level —Lester Witter
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| | | | | (...) SNIP (...) Is there any way to build an equilalent to the split base using plates and maybe technic (lift arms?). This is a difficult part. You have to buy a club car and it might not be old gray Lester (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level —Mike Walsh
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| | | | | | | "lester witter" <witter@erim-int.com> wrote in message news:I96J2u.ou7@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) maybe (...) and (...) Actually a Club Car would be old grey. The production run ended before the color change and they are not producing (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level —James Mathis
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| | | | | | | | (...) This was a troubling issue during my development of the Hi-Level cars. The grey colour change and the disappearance of the Club Car gave me months of pause. I stopped working on the design. I finally decided to pick it back up and finish it (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level —Tony Kilaras
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| | | | | | | | A builder can always change the color scheme. The more important thing is your design, which, as always, is excellent. "James Mathis" <thakius@nmt.edu> wrote in message news:I96rsI.xuD@lugnet.com... (...) (20 years ago, 26-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level —Ahui Herrera
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| | | | | | | | (...) True but changing the color scheme will make the cars NOT be Santa Fe Cars. I think a blue would look very nice but then when you pull them with the Grey Santa Fe Engine it will not look right. =( -AHui (20 years ago, 30-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level —James Mathis
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| | | | | | (...) I tried; but, I never found a way to get a build-up equivalent to have place the lower level floor to be at the same height as the split-level train baseplate. Uhm, may I humbly and cautiously suggest... using black split-level train (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level —Mathew Clayson
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| | | | | | (...) James, I'm in a similar need for split level plates in grey, as I'm woring on a SP 1960 era passenger train. I'm using grey vinyl tape (electrical tape) to cover the sides of a black version. I used yellow tape on a grey 6x28 plate for a ATSF (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level —James Mathis
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| | | | | | (...) That's a good idea. I'd go for removable tape than permanent paint. I'll look into this. Thanks. later, James Mathis (20 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level —Steven Barile
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| | | | | | You could also print your own stickers or decals (on white or clear) with just the "right" gray. SteveB (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | vinyl tape Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level —Mathew Clayson
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| | | | | | | (...) True, I should also mention that most sign shops carry a wide selection of vinyl decal sheet. This stuff is thinner then electrical tape, and has less shinkage. I've also used liner tape. Commonally avalible in 1/8" and 1/4", which is extremly (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: vinyl tape Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | (...) Maybe it's just me, but I am planning to do mine (if and when, not going to preannounce anything!) in black. I'm not seeing this color difference as huge enough to warrant using tape or paint. It is like those Thornton trucks... (URL) post> (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level —Tim David
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| | | | | | (...) Of course you have to remember when printing "non-solid" colours (ie pretty much everything but black) on clear decal sheet that the brick colour will affect the result. Obvious I know, but I forgot once! Tim (20 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level —John Lam
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| | | | | (...) James, Happy New Year! Absolutely wonderful models!! Now if I can scrap up some gray train bases... I'll get to building them. Meanwhile, parts collection is underway. By the way, an errata for your book - Page 47 has the listing for the parts (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level —James Mathis
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| | | | | | (...) Thanks for calling this to attention. A big Thanks to Thomas Rosenberg Andersen, who pointed this out to me earlier in a private mailing. He noticed that I had pictured the Dining Car part inventory on the Sky Lounge page. The (URL) Sky Lounge (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level —Thomas Andersen
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| | | | | (...) Hi James, the above link seems to be "down" Thanks again for a great model, got the split baseplates and I am about to shop around for the rest in a couple of days. Looking forward to build it, caurse "I can build it!" :o) Thomas (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level —James Mathis
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| | | | | | (...) Sorry, I took that page down. Please visit the (URL) El Capitan folders my BrickShelf gallery>. Thanks for your interest in building it. later, James Mathis (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level —Tanvir Mahtab
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| | | | | (...) SNIP (...) Hi James, great models as always! One of these days I might have the spare parts to build them... BTW, would it be possible for you to provide us with more pics of your Union Pacific Excutive Touring Set (exteriors and interiors)? (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | UP Executive Set (was Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level) —James Mathis
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| | | | | | (...) Thanks for enjoying this (URL) set>. This is an on-going project I'm working. I'm working toward instructions and presentation. It may be several weeks before I am ready to present this fully. Right now only a couple of the cars have any (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: UP Executive Set (was Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level) —Tanvir Mahtab
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| | | | | | (...) I hadn't realized you'd added pictures of the loco. I'll keep an eye out for more in the future! (20 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level —Thomas Andersen
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| | | | (...) Hi James, Well, I finaly got to order the last bricks and not to mention the split level train bases, and now I am getting ready to build the El Capitan. I would like to hear from you if the is any chance of you getting the PDF file or CD (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level —James Mathis
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| | | | (...) Hi, Thomas, Cool. First, let me apologize for the delay in getting this work assembled and available. It's taking longer than I thought, and I have made several artistic design changes, proofing corrections, and feature content additions. (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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