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Re: Two Soo Line GP38-2s and an Introduction
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Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:26:16 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Matt Hamann wrote:
> After seeing my local LTC's layout at the Ohio State Fair this past summer I
> started to take an interest in LEGO trains and town. The fact that I was
> becoming bored with space also helped a bit. ;-) After attending a COLTC meeting
> in October and attending the NMRA Dayton show in early November I was hooked.
> Shortly after the show I rented Getting Started with LEGO Trains from the
> library and began working on a GP38-2 based off of Jake's design my heavily
> modified. By the next show in December at the Preble County Senior Citizens
> Center I had my first one ready. You can see the results here:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2189788
> I soon became obsessed with making the Soo logo as accurate as possible in brick
> form without using decals and came up with this:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2256538
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/mattH/GP38-2/NewLetters/soo_letteringredeux.ldr
> Each section sometimes will bend in a little and requires taking the top half
> off to fix it, but I'll live.
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> After I had finished making the first GP I felt compelled to make another one. I
> did a google image search of Soo and GP38-2s and saw an image of a Soo
> locomotive in an older color scheme. The design is almost the same as the other
> one I made but with some differences here and there. For example, the rear end
> is one stud shorter due to the SNOT on the sides and aft end. Here is a picture
> of what I came up with:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2316879
> I'm not entirely happy with how the cabin came out because the red should start
> where the front window is not one stud back. Perhaps I'll come up something
> later.
> Here is the whole gallery on brickshelf:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=221437
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> Well, that's it; please let me know what you think. Constructive criticism is
> always greatly appreciated. :-)
Hi Matt,
Great builds. My favourite bit of these is the use of the exoforce claw part in
the nose. It looks fantastic. The italics are another great addition.
As for crits, I think it might look a little better if you made the side windows
a little longer (by two plates) and used a 1x2 tile on the edge of the
windscreen rather than the current 2x2.
Tim
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