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Re: New mod to double decker passenger train
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Sat, 22 Jan 2000 16:22:54 GMT
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Tony Priestman wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, Larry Pieniazek (<3889AFA6.279A1D8F@voyager.net>)
> wrote at 13:24:54
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> > Do you mean his 8wides? I tend to agree, and it wasn't till recently
> > that I realised it... 8wides make modeling too easy, you get more room
> > to work in. That's fundamentally what bothers me, he's cheating.
> >
> > Or do you mean the fact that US proto are larger? In that case I don't
> > agree... larger whole does not mean larger parts, it means more of them.
> > There is as much fine detail present in a US proto (that you mostly have
> > to skip or elide or compress) as there is in a euro proto.
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> The latter, I'm afraid :-) I don't think John's cheating: just playing
> to a different set of rules.
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> I must confess to the attraction of 8 wide. Although 10 wide would be
> better. And for British stock :-)
Funny you should mention 10. I started work last night on a 14 wide box car
scaled to Belvillians and using G scale wheels. I custom built the trucks
out of LEGO, but will need to <gasp> glue a few pieces in order to hold the
wheels in place (for strength). Wow, building *that* big is fun{:^D
> The thing that bothers me about John's stuff that I've seen in pictures
> is that the windows of the passenger stock look too small. This may be
> subjective, as I'm not familiar with American trains, but I don't think
> train windows are big enough for the job.
It's not a subjective thing, Tony. Check out this pic I just quickly
grabbed and observe a typical Pullman streamlined coach. I have seen photos
of Euro...er foreign passenger cars and have notice that by and large
windows across the pond are proportionally bigger to their coaches than
Pullman's.
http://www.mtmuseum.org/railroad/roster/gn1096.html
-John
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> --
> Tony Priestman
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| On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, John Neal (<3889D95C.A3177C3F@...west.net>) wrote at 16:22:54 (...) windows are similar sizes, but the bigger American coach bodies make them look smaller. Which is what you said :-) I seem to recall 70' as a coach length in the (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New mod to double decker passenger train
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| On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, Larry Pieniazek (<3889AFA6.279A1D8F@...ager.net>) wrote at 13:24:54 (...) The latter, I'm afraid :-) I don't think John's cheating: just playing to a different set of rules. I must confess to the attraction of 8 wide. Although (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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