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Re: German DB Class 144 in 8-wide for IR System
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 28 Jul 2006 22:06:18 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, James Mathis wrote:
> While I'm not 100 percent sure what the new 6 x 30 IR train baseplate looks
> like, I tried to fake it for an experiment to build a locomotive based on the
> German DB Class 144 as inspired by the new IR set loc as a starting point. I've
> seen better Brick'd Up Cab windscreens than using the Big Cab screen from the
> set, but anyway...
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> Some interesting features include (maybe someone else already did these?):
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> - minifigure ski for the pantagraph pick-up shoe
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> - magnifying glass for the front headlamps
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> - a lot of SNOT work:
> - around the central corrugated brick work to get 1-plate thick
> separation between adjacent corrugated bricks
> - use fo 1x1x2/3 slope brick to carry the width from 6 to 8 wide
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=196479
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> Note that the DB Class 144 series of electric locomotives seem to have included
> (per the Rail Fan Europe site) at least 3 different body styles, including one
> with the stub-nose that is quite like that in the new IR freight train set.
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> later,
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> James Mathis
Hi James,
This caught my eye earlier today. Great work as usual, especially under the
constraint of incorporating the IR box. The magnifying glasses are a great idea
(I've not seen it before). But... 1x1 slopes don't come in green ;)
Tim
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