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Re: Hogwarts Express train - collaboration with James Mathis
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Wed, 22 Feb 2006 02:32:57 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton wrote:
   In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote:
   He has since modified it, but we are now working on a total revision of it.... in dark red Hmmm. And that is with coaches. Brick acquisition has been slow, but results will be forthcoming, so stay tuned:-)

Good luck with that... http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1083307 http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1173011

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 on the Hogwarts Express.

   Just don’t forget there are other colours out there: http://www.brickish.org/members/files/jrailton%5Croyaltrain001.jpg ;-)

Yeah, I remember seeing pics of those coaches, but I can’t tell from this one about which colours you’re speaking;-) (translation: post more better pics:-)
  
And I love this shot that Huw took: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=667682

Tasty!
   I went for an actual ‘Castle’ class. That’s what ‘Hogwart’s Castle’ is supposed to be, but they couldn’t get a Castle for the film. The Hornby model is actually a Castle, since they didn’t have a Hall class mould. I think I’ll have to re-do mine in dark green.

Good luck with that;-) I’ve already had my dark green odyssey:-)

   Personally, I think the BBB wheels below the sole plate make the boiler a little too high on Tim’s engine. If I do rebuild mine, I’ll stick with the model-team sizes, though it means I can’t do full linkages.

Yup-- shrouding is a huge issue that is essentially unsolvable at smaller scales...

   The curves on the carriages are nicely done, but they do come up quite high and raise everything higher above the bogeys. They would certainly look better on a larger scale model, but an excellent job on fitting them in. Why not use BBB small wheels and design some lower profile bogeys? Then you could insert a plate or two of red between the tops of the curves and the yellow stripe.

It may not be the neatest method, but here’s how I’ve attached things to a macoroni boiler: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1514337


I never got the impression of such a curving profile of the coaches. I’ll have to go back and look at my reference material.

JOHN



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  Re: Hogwarts Express train - collaboration with James Mathis
 
(...) 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 (...) (19 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)

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  Re: Hogwarts Express train - collaboration with James Mathis
 
(...) 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 (...) (19 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains)

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