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Subject:	Christmas Trolley in Metallic Silver (drool)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains
Date:	Fri, 4 Dec 2009 17:46:46 GMT
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Here is a little trolley that I built yesterday to run around the Christmas tree this year:

Aside from the WOW factor of seeing a MOC completely in a rare color, it was a pretty straight-forward build. The only tricky part was the fact that I was pretty limited in piece selection for the metallic silver-- 8 different elements. The one interesting part of the build (for all of you building connoisseurs) is the clerestory, whose roof is off-set by a half stud. That was fun to build.

Direct links:

My 8wide folder is HERE.

I’ll have to update to include a pic of the trolley around the tree.

Merry Christmas!

JOHN

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		Re: Christmas Trolley in Metallic Silver (drool)
(...) That was in fact the first part of the model that caught my eye. Well-played all around, John! (15 years ago, 4-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains)

		Re: Christmas Trolley in Metallic Silver (drool)
(...) In-home, floor level use is probably fine, but if you ever run that on a layout you better hope that it doesn't take a spill, or the silver paint is likely to get uglified. I was never really sure if they were painted or not, but recently I (...) (15 years ago, 4-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, FTX)

		Re: Christmas Trolley in Metallic Silver (drool)
(...) Nice! Shiny toys are good. But... you're not the most insane user of metallic silver on a train. That honour goes to Peter Norman (URL) ;) Tim (15 years ago, 5-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, FTX)

		Re: Christmas Trolley in Metallic Silver (drool)
In lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, John Neal wrote: <snip> (...) Nicely done! The complexity of the build is masked by the simple look of it all--I love it Dave K (15 years ago, 7-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains)

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