 | | Preview ALCO RS-1 A. T. & S. F. —James Mathis
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| | | The ALCO RS-1 is an appropriate switch-yard locomotive to service Santa Fe's Hi-Level El Capitan during its introduction in 1956-- shown here in era-appropriate zebra livery. (URL) Here is a preview to an upcoming ALCO RS-1 illustrated step book: (...) (19 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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| | | | | Re: Preview ALCO RS-1 A. T. & S. F. —Samarth Moray
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| | | | | In lugnet.trains, James Mathis wrote: AHHHHHH...... *DROOL.* Great work and detailing as usual. You are the God of Lego Trains. No doubt about it. I look forward to stealing something new from this one when there are more pics ;-) Regards, Legoswami (...) (19 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Preview ALCO RS-1 A. T. & S. F. —James Mathis
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| | | | | | (...) You are welcome to. I do this, too-- my designs are derivative of some design, somewhere. I hope you do find new ideas here, but I'm not so sure. I think this ALCO RS-1 offers a fairly basic studs-up construction, except for the coupler (...) (19 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | making parts Re: Preview ALCO RS-1 A. T. & S. F. —Mathew Clayson
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| | | | | (...) snipped (...) James beutiful work as always. While we dream, a 4 wide version would be nice as well, not to mention a bulk pack! I've toyed with the idea of molding/casting repro parts. This may be the right part to try it with. The best resin (...) (19 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Preview ALCO RS-1 A. T. & S. F. —Tim David
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| | | | | (...) Looks like there are some more Mathis innovations here. The loco has real character and the livery choice works well. I like the front bufferbeam(1) I was interested to see the (URL) build>, did you paint the roof bricks or mock them up with (...) (19 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Preview ALCO RS-1 A. T. & S. F. —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | (...) "Pilot", if I am not mistaken about what part of the loco you are talking about. In particular, this is a switcher pilot since it has steps or footboards (1), not a snowplow. 1 - terrifically dangerous to actually ride on, and now banned to (...) (19 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Preview ALCO RS-1 A. T. & S. F. —James Mathis
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| | | | | | (...) (URL) an early real-brick-build> which uses this (...) Tim, No painted or modified parts. The roof uses quantity 6 black 2x2 curved slope bricks-- link above. later, James (19 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Preview ALCO RS-1 A. T. & S. F. —Tim David
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| | | | | | (...) Sorry, reading too late at night! tim (19 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Preview ALCO RS-1 A. T. & S. F. —Christopher Masi
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| | | | | (...) Yes, that new brick is going set the train world afire. (...) Nice model, by the way :) Chris (...) (19 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Design Update (was Re: Preview ALCO RS-1 A. T. & S. F.) —James Mathis
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| | | | (...) The design of this illustrated step book is complete. (...) Looks like the (URL) new slope brick curved top 1x3x1 piece> is available in black. The new for 2005 set 8648 Buzz Saw racer, US$10, has two of them. Ouch! This RS-1 locomotive uses (...) (19 years ago, 6-Apr-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Design Update (was Re: Preview ALCO RS-1 A. T. & S. F.) —Elroy Davis
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| | | | (...) It's funny that you posted this. I'm working on my own version of an RS-1, and I ended up using the same piece for the roof, though my roof looks to be a couple of studs wider. At the moment, Bricklink has *none* of these in Black, so I had to (...) (19 years ago, 6-Apr-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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