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Re: A castle fan's Train plan
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 23 Mar 2006 18:12:30 GMT
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I just wanted to post a big 'Thank you!' to everyone who's replied, you've all
been a great help to me. Don't stop, by the way, I have much to learn.
I also wanted to give a little public update on my progress - I built a
prototype passenger car while waiting for BL orders - 8 wide, 32 long. Frankly
it looks really bad, not so much because of the blandness, but because of the
length. At 8 wide, a 32 stud long car is just too short and looks way too boxy.
I am going to try extending it by 4, 6 or maybe even 8 studs and seeing how that
looks. The car itself functions well, so I may leave the bogies about where
they are and just extend the magnets 2 studs out. I may fall back to 7 wide if
it still looks bad.
I've also begun building the engine, and I'm about half way finished. Man those
BBB wheels are superb. I have a functional wheel base in the 2-8-4
configuration I was going for, and I've built the engine's cab and firebox, as
well as half of the boiler. Tonight I hope to connect the drive wheels to the
boiler and maybe even work on the boiler's face.
--Anthony
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 | | A castle fan's Train plan
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| Hey all, Before I begin, let me apologize for not being 'with it' as far as the train lingo goes. I'm just a novice, so please be kind. Before I was an AFOL, I was a model train fan, and to tell the truth I have a sizable collection in storage (HO (...) (18 years ago, 13-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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