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Re: Indian EMU
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:05:17 GMT
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Seriously-- why would that be “hard to do”? Aversion to creating wide trains
is baffling to me. This MOC could easily be built 9 wide, going by the
looks of the prototype, and it would look great at that width!
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If your other trains are eight-wide I’d say this should be a least nine-wide,
possibly ten.
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Forget about conventions, Tim. Capture the look of what you are modeling. I
always find that “function follows form”. Work out the running details later
(if even necessary).
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What I enjoy is trying to capture the look of something with the extra challenge
imposed by limiting myself to six-wide (and typically built on a stantard train
baseplate). As a general rule this works out fine but in this case I think that
a true “six-wide” version would actually be seven-wide to keep the look accurate
enough given the second limitation of a minifigs height.
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You have a great start on this MOC. Now hit the ball out of the park:-)
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Thanks. I think I will go seven-wide if/when I upgrade it. So much becomes
easier and better if I do.
Tim
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| (...) Sure, but you can't defy the laws of geometry, Captain! The shape of the loco is clearly a rectangle, so if you chose to limit yourself and create it 6 wide, then (as Lar pointed out) it needs to be a lot shorter. So short, in fact, that it (...) (19 years ago, 10-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Seriously-- why would that be "hard to do"? Aversion to creating wide trains is baffling to me. This MOC could easily be built 9 wide, going by the looks of the prototype, and it would look great at that width! Forget about conventions, Tim. (...) (19 years ago, 10-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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