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Re: 8 Wide Train Pics
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Thu, 23 Dec 1999 21:49:24 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
Sell?  No, but give freely, sure, but I am not an ldrawer...yet (Just
bought my first <shudder> PC so now I am *able* to download ldraw:-).

Actually, there are just a few techniques that I used that could be
incorporated into any Steamer to make it look more prototypical.  My design
isn't so hot, especially when one considers that I used regular stock
wheels as drivers <shudder>.   John Gerlach and I have worked on an idea of
<more shudders> cutting 5571 hubs to create drivers.  John's first
prototype of the Hiawatha Hudson/Atlantic [1] is a delicate (albeit
beautiful) beast indeed.

Cutting bricks - I've turned to 'the dark side'...  :-O

Speaking of 'dark side', how's that PC, John?  (For those of you who don't
know, John and I are Macintosh fans from waaaay back!  Of course, I work on a
PC all day, so I suppose I shouldn't kid him about it...)

Then he calls my locomotive 'delicate', just because it busted apart from
falling 3 feet onto a concrete floor!  Come on John, are you *never* pleased?

<grin>

Hey all you Train fanatics - Happy Holidays!  I hope you receive LOTS of cool
train stuff this year!

JohnG, GMLTC
  (axe the '.nospam' to reply)



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  Re: 8 Wide Train Pics
 
(...) Only Old Brad Kenobi can save us;-) (...) Actually, I've never used the thing-- I got it for my kids. I'll download ldraw for them and hope they can teach me it! PCs....<shudder> (...) Delicate may have conveyed the wrong idea. The design is (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
  Holidays, WHISTLES, new train accessory needed (was - Re: 8 Wide Train Pics)
 
Well, I've gotten MOST of my trains I ordered. But my 4532/4539s from DYA didn't show up today, so I most likely won't have them for Xmas :-/ I REALLY hope they show tomorrow, Emmanuel shipped them on the 7th. I hope my 4537/4547/4549s show up (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)

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  Re: 8 Wide Train Pics
 
Sell? No, but give freely, sure, but I am not an ldrawer...yet (Just bought my first <shudder> PC so now I am *able* to download ldraw:-). Actually, there are just a few techniques that I used that could be incorporated into any Steamer to make it (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)

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