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Re: CN engine WIP
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:26:27 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
In lugnet.trains, Aaron M. Sneary wrote:
In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote:

Not bad, but a bit stubby, as others have said. Try making the cab a bit
shorter. That gives a stud or two more to the hood and hides the
disproportionality. Also, consider black trucks instead of gray. Gray is a
bit too light for most protos unless they are brand new or kept clean.

++Lar

Oh, yea, it's waaaay to short to be prototypical. But I see what you mean
about the safety cab hood being a little too short. Don't know how much I
can change in the cab, and keep the snotty windows. As for the striped
portion, I think it's proportionally too long, but the overall engine length
is too short.

I think I may not have spoken clearly, my apologies.

Older hood units have 2 hoods, one long one and one short one. With a safety
cab (or full width cab and nose) the engine only has one hood, the long one,
which in this paint scheme carries the black and white diagonals. It's my
view *that* hood (the long hood) is too short, not too long. It may not
measure out that way but it's how it feels.

~~~

It does look a little stubby--so I agree with Larry.

However, it's sooooo cute being stubby :)

Dave K
-never overlook the 'cute' factor!



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  Re: CN engine WIP
 
(...) I would agree with everyone that the long hood is too short for the train, but at least in person, it feels proptionally too long compared to the Cab/nose. But from what I've been told, building it as a 6-axle SD would be much harder. So I (...) (19 years ago, 20-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)

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  Re: CN engine WIP
 
(...) I think I may not have spoken clearly, my apologies. Older hood units have 2 hoods, one long one and one short one. With a safety cab (or full width cab and nose) the engine only has one hood, the long one, which in this paint scheme carries (...) (19 years ago, 17-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)  

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