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Reply from Chris Di MasiRe: Hobby Train & 9V motor
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Sat, 5 May 2007 22:39:44 GMT
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--snip--
Chris has asked me to post the following as he’s having troubles posting to
lugnet at the moment
Paul and David,
Yes, the models were tweaked after they were submitted by the LEGO
fans. Most of the tweaks involved removing unsupported building
techniques (the crocodile example that you noticed requires the
builder to take apart the little steering wheel assemblies) and some
models were tweaked to increase the strength of the models. David’s
problems stems from the fact that the LEGO designers didn’t think
that my original design was strong enough.
http://mysite.verizon.net/cjmasi/lego/trolley_f_34.jpg
http://mysite.verizon.net/cjmasi/lego/trolley_bottom.jpg
My loco (23_loco) will suffer from the same problem if someone tries
to attach the detailed dummy motor and a 9v motor. To make everything
fit in the original design, I pushed the gas tank forward by 1/2 a stud.
http://mysite.verizon.net/cjmasi/lego/engine_f_34.jpg
Like Tim, I didn’t have all of the bricks in the set, but I built the
models, making a few color substitutions here and there, first. Then
I created the LDRAW models from the LEGO brick models. I actually re-
rendered one of my models because I discovered that I had used too
many red 1x8’s bricks in one of my models. The LDD files that I sent
to LEGO were the same as the LDRAW files that were used to create the
renderings. My 23_loco and my 14_trolleycar were modified to
eliminate unsupported building techniques, and to strengthen the
models. We discussed the changes, but in the end, LEGO went with the
stronger builds. I have uploaded a version of my 23_loco with a coach
to my Factory gallery (acjmasi) that is more faithful to my original
design. I’ll see if I can post an alternate trolley model to my
gallery too.
Sincerely,
Chris
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 | | Re: Reply from Chris Di MasiRe: Hobby Train & 9V motor
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| (...) --snip-- Hi Tim and Chris, Thanks for the explanations, I suspected these were the type of complexities you guys had to deal with in bringing about this ultimately great set. In retrospect I hope my post didn't sound too critical. Really the (...) (18 years ago, 6-May-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Haven't gotten to that model yet but, for a less drastic example, (URL) #05> (one of my favorites) does require a tweak to add a motor because the 2x6 plate on the base blocks the hole for the motor pin. Easy enough to fix with the left over (...) (18 years ago, 5-May-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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