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Re: ex-MILW Soo Line GP40
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 2 Jan 2009 19:08:48 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Matt Hamann wrote:
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Sometime in late July while on a long, 6 hour drive to Pennsylvania I started
playing around with ideas to build a
“Soo
Bandit” GP40 in CAD to pass the time. I chose the bandit scheme because of
the challenge presented by its weathered patch and to go with my existing Soo
Line stock and fellow COLTCer Benn Coifman’s amazing
Milwaukee Road
stock. I eventually came up with a design I was happy with and set out to
build it in real life. Of course, the entire trip I was without an internet
connection and unable to check whether or not a part was available in orange.
So many of the parts were unfortunately unavailable or very rare in orange
(grrr, 1x1 plates and tiles). This forced me to rebuild the engine several
times until I was happy with it once more. After a lot of trial, error,
headaches (I went overboard with the snot), and
being made into a
casserole, I settled on the design I have now. The cab was inspired by
Benn’s GP20, but,
apparently, I had come up with a different solution than his. One of my
personal favorite details on the locomotive is the
5.8 stud wide fuel tank,
which is ever so slightly narrower than the air tanks just like on the
prototype. I am still not completely satisfied with the
dynamic brake blisters
and, until Lego releases a part which is essentially
this cut in half, I
probably never will be.
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Two great locomotive mocs in one week (yours and Tony’s), it is shaping up to be
a good year. Yeah, building in orange can be a bit of a challenge whenever you
trip over those parts that should exist but don’t. Just keep it away from Betty
Crocker.
Benn
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