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(...) Nice effort, Tim and James. This is especially interesting to me (and Ross) because we (in the sense that I acquire the needed bricks and he assembles them;-) have studied the Hogwarts Express at length, from finding pics and schematics online (...) (18 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I only worked from two pics of the Hornby set and one picture of the real loco in its standard livery. I'm really, really bad at finding prototype pictures so your advice is very valuable. (...) Very nice design. I look forward to seeing it (...) (18 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Good luck with that... (URL) don't forget there are other colours out there: (URL) I love this shot that Huw took: (URL) went for an actual 'Castle' class. That's what 'Hogwart's Castle' is supposed to be, but they couldn't get a Castle for (...) (18 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) lol Thanks; you know what I've been going through;-) But I have to say that, from the looks of your beaut, it is definitely worth it! Actually, I am in the middle of recoloring my Milwaukee Road Hiawatha train in dark red, and Ross is working (...) (18 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) The profile of the coaches used in the film (BR Mk1) is actually pretty much a constant large radius curve down the whole side. Newer designs of British coaches have a different profile with a far sharper curve at the bottom. (URL) This (...) (18 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Pedant On As far as I can tell from looking at pics of the web of the Hogwarts Express the coaches are painted in the standard BR maroon livery of the '60s. In which case the twin yellow pinstripes actually have a black line between them, (...) (18 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I really do love Pedant Alerts! :-) This is news to me, and greatly appreciated! I find that trying to nail down fine details like this is a serendipitous process at best! When building, I may choose to omit certain details for any number of (...) (18 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Wow. Now that is what I call "sub-til";-) I must confess that I don't see much difference, and gauging from the curvature of the Mk1 I would have to say that it is nominal at best and trying to account for it at such a small scale is futile. (...) (18 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I have to say I don't think I would bother with it on a Mk1, possibly on a Mk2 built 8 wide.. Tim (18 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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--SNIP-- (...) --SNIP-- Now I see what's wrong with you eight-widers. You try to make things look accurate instead of doing things that are fun. :P Of course a square carriage would have been fine and looked just as accurate if not more so but (...) (18 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Is that just super-affluence of red curved slopes or was the carriage affected by a passing dementor? :-) Anyway, to compare notes, here's a link to my 8mm scale Hogwarts Express, a scale model of the Hall class engine (5972 Olton Hall) used (...) (18 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hi Mark, (...) I don't but CAD does. I figure those parts are appearing everywhere now so it's only a matter of time before Brickilink reflects their true value. (...) Carriages look good although I don't like the gears too much. Have you thought (...) (18 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Guilty as charged. Except that you've failed to account for the fun involved in rivet counting:-) (...) It was a fun and unique design exploration, and appreciated! JOHN (18 years ago, 23-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Sadly those wheels are too big, being 8ft diameter to scale. I did consider the wheels from the bar code truck (part 6595), though I have them only in white and light bley so far. I've also experimented with model team wheels with tyres. The (...) (18 years ago, 23-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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--SNIP-- (...) Whoops! For some reason I thought those gears were eight wide. Tim (18 years ago, 23-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Mark, I'm in the US, but I'm modeling some Thomas and Friends engins and cars. Perhaps you can explain a bit regarding GB train operation, past and present. I notice a white lantern, sometimes 2, placed on the front foot plate on many engines. (...) (18 years ago, 23-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Until the mid-to-late 50s the headlamps formed a code to denote the type of train. There were four positions, centre, left and right along the footplate and top of the smokebox door. See (URL) this site> for more info (scroll down a bit for (...) (18 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) snipped (...) Tim, that was extremely useful, thank you. I'm assuming that Thomas with two coaches would be a B class, same for Toby with his coach and baggag car. Is the red end of train light mounted high or low? Mat (18 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I would have thought so, although as I said it varied slightly from railway to railway so I wouldn't worry about it too much. The red light on the end is normally mounted just above one of the buffers, i.e. low down to one side. Tim PS I was (...) (18 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) In the illustrations from the original Awdry books, Thomas has his front lamp on top of the smokebox when pulling a passenger train such as Annie and Clarabel. This indicates a stopping passenger train, class 2. Gordon, on the other hand, has (...) (18 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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