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Re: New mod to double decker passenger train
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Sat, 22 Jan 2000 23:41:51 GMT
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James Mathis wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> > Welcome back, James:-)
> >
> > The first time I saw your red double decker I wondered to myself what the • sloped
> > red window would look like instead of the slanted glass pieces. Perhaps the • angel
> > is too sharp. At the very least it would give you nice separation from window • to
> > window.
>
> What do you mean by "sloped red window"? Do you suggest uses 1x2 brick hinges
> below regular 1x4x3 red train windows and then "hinging" them to create the
> slope for the window? I can see how I could do the entire second level at this
> angle: windows and solid bricks, too. The transition to the sloping roofline
> of the front of the control cab might be difficult. Hmm...
I had tried using the 1x2 hinge brick to get a slope effect on the streamlined
boiler of my Hiawatha Loco but abandoned the idea for using the 2x2x3 extreme
slope brick, but that is a different story. What I am suggesting is using this
window: http://home.att.net/~partsref/images/4447.gif
> > I also am a huge fan of the 1x1x1.3 half round brick (and its bigger
> > brother, the 1x4x1.3). These would give you a nice smooth, rounded look to • your
> > roof. The proto you chose doesn't exactly lend itself to modeling in LEGO
> > either....
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> I, too, like the 1x1x1.3 half round brick. I used those in color gray
> extensively in a train called BOB.
Yes, of course I have seen your BOB. Excellent work!
> Agreed, proto is not LEGO friendly, but
> therein lies the challenge. ;-) I'm not sure how I (personally) would like to
> use the half round bricks for the roofline of this double decker train: the
> half round bricks are have "vertical" sides (not sure how best to describe
> this) that might make an awkward angle between the slope upper level windows
> and the half rounds used for the roof. Maybe I have misunderstood how you
> envision the design?
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> > BTW, when are you going to forsake the Eurotrash and start modeling some real
> > trains?;-) <Running, to the tune of "The Star Spangled Banner">
>
> I have tried to model "real trains" only once: an Amtrak locomotive. Maybe
> you've seen it and didn't like it? Admittedly, I used perhaps a poor image
> source: a Marklin catalog photo. Personally, I kinda like the result I
> achieved; but, I don't have an "eye" for the US prototypes. If I had the parts
> to build another cab unit (I think I might have enough, haven't tried) and
> complementary train cars (passenger wagon, baggage car, observation car,
> restaurant car, tail end car), I would love to continue with this "real train".
> I feel this particular train set demands the use of loads of the 1x2 brick in
> gray with horizontal "ribs" on one side and the vertical "ribs" on the other.
> (GMLTC makes this type of passenger car in 8-wide, I think?)
lol yes, those are my cars:-)
> At the risk of offending "real train" buffs, I will humbly admit, and risk
> being "outcast", that I simply find the European rolling stock more elegant in
> style. I discount any knowledge of design innovation, technological
> superiority, or functional character. I know absolutely nothing about the "US
> school" or the "European School". It's just a matter of apperance that I
> prefer; and, with LEGO that is all I attempt to model: external appearance.
Offending?? Schools? :-) There is no right or wrong here. What you do is
terrific! A little ribbing back and forth across the pond is all in good fun:-)
[1]
> Until then, I will most likely continue to populate my web site with
> "...trash". ;-)
>
> Thanks for all the comments, John. I really appreciate the
Hello.
[1] Realizing, of course, that you are physically on our side of the pond ;-)
-John
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