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In lugnet.trains, Paul S. D'Urbano wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Christopher Masi wrote:
> > Tim Gould wrote:
> > > <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=247063
> > > <http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/504940636_77b4ef3630.jpg>>
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > This remarkably plain wagon has a deadly secret inside... it's filled with
> > > SNOT!!!!
> > >
> > > I wanted to do the concertina effect very subtly which meant half plate
> > > differences in two directions at once in addition to the half plate height
> > > difference between the layers of 1x1 slopes... the result is a
> > > <http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/timgould/temp/bssp_concertina_trans1.png very
> > > messy> belly to get a very smooth exterior.
> > >
> > > Tim
> >
> > Cool, but I did you ever tell us about this one (which shares a gallery
> > with your concertina wagon)?
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2450216
> >
> > That is also very nice, and I don't think I've seen 1x3 bricks with bow
> > used that way before.
> >
> > Thanks for the inspiration,
> > Chris
>
> Like Chris, I too noticed that cool hopper while admiring the lovely
> SNOT-li-ness of your concertina wagon. (btw, what is a concertina wagon?)
>
> Tim, I've been meaning to ask you, since I've noticed it before, how do you do
> your trucks with the standard wheel/axle but not the housing of the official
> wheelsets? Is it all standard parts? Does it run well? It looks much more
> prototypical for a lot of North American rolling stock to do it as you've done
> (as I'm sure is the reason you do it).
>
> Thanks
> -Paul
This is the other Tim ;-)
The concertina wagon has a solid roof/side in sections that slide inside one
another, hence slight differences in size that Tim had worked so hard to
reproduce. http://ukrailrollingstock.fotopic.net/p36535754.html. In the UK they
are usually used for carrying steel which is loaded from above.
Tim
http://ukrailrollingstock.fotopic.net/p36535754.html
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