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Re: Hiawatha
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 19 Nov 1999 14:10:04 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
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> I plan on building an 8 wide Atlantic, and J1 has already built a beautiful
> 4-6-4 [1] Hudson to pull the 6 wide cars (sorry, no pics yet) which it
> actually did in 1939 to replace the Atlantics.
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> -John
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> [1] Although J1 nailed the body design, the driver configuration was altered
> a 4 because of design constraints. It, however, is a sweet model:-)
And this coming from a guy who I constantly needle because he wants to build 8
wide trains... -blush-
And the best part? Now that I have pictures of the locomotive, I can actually
rebuild it after its trip to the floor! I sat with all the pieces, but
couldn't remember how to put them all together. That's a terribly frustrating
feeling!
To give you an idea of how complicated the locomotive is, I think it uses
around 100 "1x2 plates with single top stud" in grey, and about 20 in red. It
was a monster to build, but it sure looks nice... :-)
JohnG aka "John1", GMLTC
(ya you betcha, remove the ".nospam" to reply, don't cha know...)
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 | | Re: 4558 - wishful thinking?
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| (...) Well.... We are using orange, red, and black/gray for the colors as seen here: (URL) you are looking at is my black roofed 8 wide diner, and 2 gray-roofed 6 wide passenger cars. The Hiawatha had many color iterations; some reproducible, and (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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