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Re: Nominations for a trainset poll
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 5 May 2005 23:46:15 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Mark Bellis wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Tim David wrote:
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(SNIP)
• A standalone loco set to be followed later by a maximum of TWO suitable
rolling stock sets (these can be build-able as different variations as per
the Santa Fe coaches).
• A complete train set consisting of no more than FOUR vehicles.
As we are speaking hypothetically you can assume that Lego produce a wheel
suitable for steam locomotives (2) along the lines of the
BBB wheels. Although you are not being asked
to actually design the sets you should assume that they would be 6 wide to
the standard Lego style so that may influence your decision.
As well as
suggesting your favourites try to think of things that would make good sets
with widespread appeal. What famous trains from other countries do you know
of? Links to images of the real thing would be good too.
Once people have made their suggestions I’ll make a couple of polls.
Tim
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Since the designers at TLC have so much more time than we do, and since I
managed to build an LMS Garratt (2-6-0+0-6-2), I’m sure they can do a
Big-Boy, assuming the current trend of North America being the biggest trains
market. And yes, it does have to go round four curves together!!!
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Speaking from personal experience -
my 8-wide “Challenger”
- a Big Boy would be extremely difficult to do without some major
simplifications. My Challenger can handle 4 curved tracks in a row, (but still
has problems with switch track...) adding two more sets of drive wheels could
simply make the locomotive too long to articulate that well. And to try and
build it 6-wide? No thanks - I used every spare stud of space I could find to
get mine to work!
My personal choice would be the “Orient Express”. Although Lego would probably
have to pay a hefty licensing fee to model it...
JohnG, GMLTC
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| (...) I'm not saying it has to be 6-wide :-) For the AFOL market, Tim's suggestion of UCS trains might work. An engine as large as a Challenger or Big-Boy is already too big for the popular market, so why not do it properly to the scale of the (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Since the designers at TLC have so much more time than we do, and since I managed to build an LMS Garratt (2-6-0+0-6-2), I'm sure they can do a Big-Boy, assuming the current trend of North America being the biggest trains market. And yes, it (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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