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Re: Trans-Siberian Railway
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 16 Jun 2005 23:28:13 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Timothy Gould wrote:
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Timothy,
You are getting a really nice collection of models going here. The
Pendolino is quite smart looking. I really like you solution for the black
curved part beneath the windscreen.
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I’d missed the Pendolino, thats a nice model of a difficult (in Lego) prototype,
and I agrre with James on the bit below the windscreen. To me its one of the
non-obvious, but actually quite simple ideas that is very effective. One thing I
find strange is that people build the Pendolino rather than the Voyager, which I
think is a far better looking train, the Pendolino is a bit blobby at the front
end.
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Thanks! The credit for that actually half belongs to my wife who told me that
an original curvier design actually looked less curvy and helped me refine
it. The funny thing about that model is that the brick version looks narrower
than the CAD one, even though I’ve tried it from different angles, camera
angles etc. Some weird optical illusion I think.
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I have found that, but more that things are longer when I build them in the
brick (same thing really) I think is something to do with the isometric in MLCad
and the camera in POV
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You’ve merged the retro 60s bricks, macaronis, and slopes for the cab
windscreen nicely on top of a modern-day SNOTwise curved nose. I am
reminded of the elegance of official LEGO
set 727 12v locomotive, but with the modern touch of curved bricks and
fresh greens.
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I’ve never seen that set before (it was released the year I was born and
probably never made it to Australia anyway). It’s such a great train, better
than most of those from the eighties and nineties and designed with a far
smaller range of pieces available. It actually reminds me of some recent
MOC’s I’ve seen (although I can’t remember whose) which is kind of funny
given the vast range of windscreens and greeblies we have today.
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Strange, I was just looking at that set earlier today and thinking it was great!
Tim
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| --SNIP-- (...) --SNIP-- I do prefer the Pendolino to the Voyager (and they are much more comfortable to travel in) but mostly it was the challenge of working out how to do the front in a six-wide train. I have to say that it's quite a challenge to (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks! The credit for that actually half belongs to my wife who told me that an original curvier design actually looked less curvy and helped me refine it. The funny thing about that model is that the brick version looks narrower than the CAD (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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