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Re: New mod to double decker passenger train
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lugnet.trains
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Sun, 23 Jan 2000 01:53:34 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
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> James Mathis wrote:
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> > In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> > 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...
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> 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
Oh, got it. I would *definitely* consider using those windows if I were to
make a greater than 6 stud wide train set. Hmmm, but I don't have *that many*
of those style windows, and even fewer in red.
> > 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?)
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> lol yes, those are my cars:-)
Very nice. I should remember "who do what" better. My public apologies,
sorry.
> > 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.
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> 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:-)
All for fun: It is good.
later,
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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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