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Re: N&W J-class steam locomotive
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:16:11 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Benn Coifman wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Carl Greatrix wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Benn Coifman wrote:
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I was finally able to clear out enough time and off enough room to
photograph my N&W J-class steam engine (northern, 4-8-4) and consist.
Comments are welcome,
Enjoy,
Benn
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I have to say, this looks pretty slick, I bet it looks fantastic in action.
Clever work of the floating assembly of the fixed valve gear to drive
wheels, I know that space is WAY tight! well done :)
You really need some side hand rails along that boiler though!!....you have
every possible option to do so, so what you waiting for?!
Carl
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Thank you for the kind words. As I mentioned, watch RB for photos showing the
drivers without the engine in the way. After seeing
your 9F, it looks like I’ve left out
about half of the feasible detailing on the drivers alone. I want to get
“working” valve gear in one of my designs. Speaking of your 9F, I have just
one word: WOW! After seeing your build I want to go back to my tenwheeler and
add lots of piping.
The (prototype) J’s were stylized to look like they could fly to the moon
with most of the hardware hidden under the jacketing. So I deliberately left
the handrails off of the model for the same reason I left the pinstriping
off, I thought it would be disproportionately large and too prominent. When I
look at photos of the real J’s, I only notice the handrails when I study the
locomotives. Don’t worry though, my next steam engine or two will make up for
the omitted handrails on the J.
Benn
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Hi Benn,
Thank YOU for your kind words also :)
I know what you mean about the hand rails being disproportinately large, what
I’ve started using now rather than normal tubing is technic flex rod, it gives a
more proportionate / scale look.
Carl
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