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Re: 8 Wide Train Pics
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Thu, 23 Dec 1999 23:11:52 GMT
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John Gerlach wrote:
> 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
Only Old Brad Kenobi can save us;-)
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>
> 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...)
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>
> 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?
Delicate may have conveyed the wrong idea. The design is more for show than for
stability, and so when we run it I get very nervous (for good reason;). I can't
relax when we run that baby, but at the same time it is my fav GMLTC loco. What
adjective would you use?
-John
> <grin>
>
> Hey all you Train fanatics - Happy Holidays! I hope you receive LOTS of cool
> train stuff this year!
And lots of coal in your stockings as well! ;-)
JohnN aka J-2
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> JohnG, GMLTC
> (axe the '.nospam' to reply)
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: 8 Wide Train Pics
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| Hey John, I just started using MLCAD on my PB 1400 (G3 upgraded) boy is it pokey, but it works. It is a menu driven program so it is easy to figure out. I couldn't figure out LDRAW within the first 60 seconds so I gave up on it. So far I have drawn (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Hiawatha
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| (...) "Better than 8-wide"? <kidding!> Artistic? Curvaceous? Streamlined? Looking like it's moving 100mph even when it's standing still? John1, GMLTC (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 8 Wide Train Pics
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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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