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The inevitable leap into 10-Wide Trains...
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Thu, 19 Oct 2006 05:05:46 GMT
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Having been building at to a scale of 1 stud (1 brick width) = 1 foot for
(approx 1:35 scale) the better part of the last 2 decades, I decided it was past
time to upgrade my trains to the same scale. With several years experience
building 8-wides for the GMLTC, it wasn’t too difficult to make the migration to
the next, bigger thing. I’m nearly finished with my first locomotive, a GP-40 in
Burlington Northern colors, and I can’t resist posting some preliminary photos.
I hope to have a complete 10-wide train running around the Christmas Tree this
year... to view some photos of progress so far, go here:
http://www.brickmania.com/10_wide_1/index.htm
Pictures of the actual locomotive are here:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locoPicture.aspx?id=10313
Of course the new scale is incredibly time and parts consuming, so it will
probably be another couple of years before anything close to a displayable
layout is finished... Will post more later!
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| (...) Hey, Dano! Long time. Ah, 10 wide. Reminds me of the very first loco I started to build with GMLTC bricks (never completed). It was a 10 wide BN as well. Well, yours looks terrific-- just keep those smallish wheels shielded. Now, another (...) (18 years ago, 19-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | Re: The inevitable leap into 10-Wide Trains...
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| (...) Excellent Daniel! Nice to find a kindred spirit as I'm also an 8mm scale train builder (since 1996). (URL) I started from the other end - trains first, then scenery. I aim for the scale given by a LEGO track gauge of 37.8mm and real gauge of (...) (18 years ago, 21-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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