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Subject:	Re: New MOC: British Class 37 diesel loco with articulated bogies
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains
Date:	Mon, 4 Jul 2005 12:19:18 GMT
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With the windscreens, did you mean that the side windows are too short or the front and rear windows too narrow? Cab windows are always the hardest part to model.

I meant the side windows are too short. The front/rear look very nice.

I needed a piece for the front and rear windscreens that would give the division into three parts, and on the real thing the pillars at the sides are thicker than those between the panes, so after much experimentation with SNOT clear bricks, that meant the handrail piece http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=6583 with glass behind was a feasible way to go.

So that’s how you did it. Nice technique.

The pillars had to match the profile of the windscreens, so the side windows are a bit squashed, but could have one plate thickness of length added if I cut up some black hinge tops to make thinner plates for the pillars. I’m trying to avoid cutting up too many pieces :-)

I think you could move the front window forward one brick (apply to rear in reverse) and extend the side windows by two plates. That would mean no cutting and I think would look more prototypical.

Once I get this scheme to work, I’ll do something similar on the Class 44 Peak, since I cheated on that one and used two 2x4 car windscreens. I’m not sure yet though, as the handrail piece isn’t available in green.

Green looks dark grey after enough time on the rails anyway ;-)

We’ll be exhibiting the large layout in Loughborough on 24th-25th September, a week before the Manchester show, but this engine might make its debut even earlier, on our small layout at the Brickish Association event at Shrewsbury castle on 31st July.

Unfortunately with no car I’m not so mobile. Manchester is good as it is a 5min walk for me.

Tim

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		Re: New MOC: British Class 37 diesel loco with articulated bogies
(...) Unfortunately, the front and rear windows are in the right place (without quarter-stud offset bricks being available), and moving them would make the upper body too long for the scale! This is the compromise of detail with measurements of less (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)

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		Re: New MOC: British Class 37 diesel loco with articulated bogies
(...) With the windscreens, did you mean that the side windows are too short or the front and rear windows too narrow? Cab windows are always the hardest part to model. I needed a piece for the front and rear windscreens that would give the division (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk, FTX)

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