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Re: Hiawatha steam locomotive
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lugnet.trains
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Sat, 24 Nov 2007 04:45:44 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Benn Coifman wrote:
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I’m happy to say that the patient is in good health and ran solidly for at
least an hour over very wobbly track at a
show yesterday.
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Hey Benn-
Congrats on coming up with a functioning design solution-- I know too well
the problems of creating detailed MOCs that look great but run poorly:-/ And
I don’t even deal in steam! Ross has had EXTENSIVE experience in that area.
I don’t know how many times he had to rebuild his Polar Express and Hogwarts
Express to get them to be able to run consistently. I can’t wait to see the
Hi running.
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Hey John,
thanks for the kind words. Indeed, Ross might be one of the best steam builders
out there. I don’t know how you manage to get those huge trains moving with the
little 9v motors, but they are slick. I’m happy with my quiet little corner of
town.
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I have been pretty AWOL WRT LEGO since Detroit, and my Hi project sits
untouched for almost 2 years! :-0 And now that I’m going in another
direction, it will take a miracle for me to go back and revisit it-- so many
projects competing for my hobby time:-/
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And here you had inspired me to go and replace all of the brown brick with dark
red (I’m still in the process of ordering, so watch this space for news on v2).
Benn
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| (...) Oh, that's fantastic news, Benn! Although the brown is perhaps closer in tonal value to the Hi's dark red, it seemed a bit odd to me to go with that color instead of TLG's dark red. I'm very excited to see your "repaint"! :-) I will be (...) (17 years ago, 24-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Hey Benn- Congrats on coming up with a functioning design solution-- I know too well the problems of creating detailed MOCs that look great but run poorly:-/ And I don't even deal in steam! Ross has had EXTENSIVE experience in that area. I (...) (17 years ago, 16-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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