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San Diego Coaster (Custom Livery)
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Tue, 7 Jun 2005 22:57:13 GMT
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Just wanted to share some photos of my recent build:
My Brickshelf Gallery:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=131461
Firstly, all credit for the design goes to James Mathis who posted the LDraw
build on his Brickshelf pages some time ago. Interestingly, James tells me that
he has never brick-built this set before so was pleased to hear that I had done
so. In fact, this may be only the second brick-built version to date - Robert
Powell being the first.
James’ original design is based on the San Diego Coaster - specifically an EMD
F59PHI with Bombardier BiLevel coaches. My colour variant is based on the
Coaster design but I chose grey/white/green as my custom livery mainly due to
parts availability and the fact that I thought my early LDraw renders were
looking rather cool :-)
The real Coaster is typically powered by one loco but I felt a five-coach
brick-built version would benefit from a second power unit. This revealed an
interesting problem which was a slight weakness in the original design of the
nose/coupler section. This has now been reworked internally to prevent the lead
engine pulling the nose section off the second unit! James has encouraged me to
share these changes and so I’ll be putting the reworked coupler component up in
my Brickshelf gallery soon.
A personal thanks to James who provided very positive feedback on my first
photos to him - and also for the great work he does for the LEGO train
community.
Martin
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Message has 4 Replies:
 | | Re: San Diego Coaster (Custom Livery)
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| Martin, Very nice! I since changed the coloring on mine by adding a teal stripe giving it a more Coaster specific color scheme (I'll try to post some pics). My friend and SPLTC cohort Paul Thomas ((URL) built a set using Metrolink colors last year (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | Re: San Diego Coaster (Custom Livery)
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| (...) Wow! That's such a nice train and I really like the colours. Lovely work from both Martin and James. How far/fast does the real thing travel? It looks like a mid-speed longish distance train. Once again, fantastic work! Tim (19 years ago, 8-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | Re: San Diego Coaster (Custom Livery)
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| In lugnet.trains, Martin Long wrote: SNIPPED That is one pretty train. I must commend you on such a fine rendition of James Mathis' work. BTW don't you just love the fact that smoke 1x2x2 panels can be found in any number desired these days, thanks (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | Re: San Diego Coaster (Custom Livery)
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| The Coaster is a commuter train that serves portions of San Diego (California) County. To read more about the Coaster, check out these to sites... (URL) Original Message ----- In lugnet.trains, Tim Gould wrote: Wow! That's such a nice train and I (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains)
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