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Subject: 
 Re: Flatcars
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 lugnet.trains
Date: 
 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:38:11 GMT
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"Tim Gould" <tgould.lego(AT@)gmail(DOT.)com> wrote in message
news:JJL3w7.4nK@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.announce.moc, Matt Hamann wrote:
> > I've slowly been photographing my flatcars which have been built since
> > late
> > January (you can see some in their earlier stages in COLTC show
> > galleries).
> > Here is my most recent, a not quite 7 wide centerbeam flatcar. The
> > trucks/bogies on that and the bulkhead flatcar were inspired in part by
> > the
> > ones Tim Gould used on his US covered hoppercar.
> > 
> > <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2559179>
> > 
> > <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2547096>
> > 
> > The bulkheads of the bulkhead flatcar were designed by Tim Gould and me
> > through a discussion in mechahub's IRC chatroom.
> > 
> > <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2387280>
> > 
> > I was inspired by Cale Liephart's
> > <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=233999 Pensy Flatcars>
> > You
> > can see a slightly different version (the hand brake, is the biggest)
> > <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2397703 here>.
> > 
> > <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2415161>
> > 
> > The depressed flatcar was inspired by
> > <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=248521 this>. Thanks for
> > looking, -Matt
> 
> Nice work on all of these, Matt. The centerbeam is definitely my
> favourite. Very
> sleek.
> 
> Tim

Whoa!  That centerbeam is a work of art!  I love the idea of using the
string, and those trucks are pretty nifty too.

-Rob
www.brickmodder.net



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  Re: Flatcars
 
(...) Nice work on all of these, Matt. The centerbeam is definitely my favourite. Very sleek. Tim (18 years ago, 13-Jun-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)

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