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Re: Building other people's designs
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 9 Apr 2007 13:18:40 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Tim David wrote:
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I’ve been building other people’s designs recently.
Tim Gould’s Seaboard Air Lines VO660, modified a bit.
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Very nice. I actually got the cab finished on one of these a while ago but got
distracted by other things calling me to build them. I’ll have to revisit it at
some point.
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A couple of reefers from Jake McKee’s book, again modified.
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Again, very nice. Is that dark blue? It appears like it on my screen. If not,
now I know a dark blue reefer will look great! The only thing I might have
done differently on these is the use of train bases. For some reason 2 plate
heights there is appearing a bit much for me. But that is me. Congrats on the
doors, btw!
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It’s nice having the basis done for you while being able to put your own
stamp on the design.
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Indeed. Just about all my vehicles are done this way. Either that or copied
directly as well as I could.
Great stuff!
Jonathan
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| (...) Its worth it. I beleive the .mpd file on Tim (Gould)'s BL page is the one I made after modding the design so if you use that to build don't be surprised if it has differences from his version! (...) It is dark blue. I used the train bases (...) (18 years ago, 9-Apr-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| I've been building other people's designs recently. (URL) Tim Gould's Seaboard Air Lines VO660, modified a bit. (URL) A couple of reefers from Jake McKee's book, again modified. It's nice having the basis done for you while being able to put your (...) (18 years ago, 8-Apr-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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