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Everyone, Several people have inquired about the stickers used on some the cars that I posted pictures of last week. Here are four more cars plus the original pics with updated descriptions... "(URL) An old-time Austrian beer car lettered for the (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thats A wonderfull model for lego Brian .. wow im in love! Im trying to model a 2 - 3 - 3 - 0 steamer in cad with the 12 v engine parts... now I got some Ideas LOL (locomotive museum anyone?) -T Burger (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I bet some of us are also wondering how you got the pictures looking that good! Digital or 35mm? What type of lighting? What film speed? The pictures look incredible! I love Kathryn and the Mobile tank car. -Doug G +---...---+ Douglas M (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Simply spectacular modeling. My hat is off to you. Your models have clean lines, elegant in proportion and pleasing to the eye. Thanks for sharing. Ben Fleskes PNLTC (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Doug, All the photographs were shot using an Olympus D300-L (one of the first megapixel cameras) and a three point lighting set-up. This camera tends to give pictures a bluish cast so much digital color-correction was neccesary. Today most premium (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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You mentioned an Alps printer. Does it print in white (white ink)? We had an earlier thread about custom logo printing and it seems to be a drag if you have white in your logo, your kind of stuck. BTW As I said in my direct mail. Your models are (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Fantastic work. Great attention to detail. It is amazing how a little strip of silver really highlights certain parts of the trains. The white "spokes" for the small wheels was a stroke of genius! With respect to the large red spoked wheels on the (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Michel, Thanks! The large red wheels have "tires" made from grey electrical tape. Incidentally, you may wonder how the William Crooks negociates Lego curves without the pilot wheels hitting the cylinders or side rods. The pilot axels are connected (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Steve, Thanks for your comments. Lego is such a creative medium for making toy trains. There are only so many elements and I am continually amazed how people find new ways to combine them and capture the essence of real-life prototypes (great (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi Steve, The model railroader magazine had an article on making your own stickers in the (I believe) June 1999 issue. The author used the Alp printer because it could print in white as well as brass and silver! If you want more details let me know (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ah, they are behind the times, I believe the issue came up at least before may in MRJ (thats Model Railway Journal, by Wild Swan) The comment that was in the MRJ was that only _some_ of the ALPS printers can print white, and it does not print (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Speaking about these large red side wheels, did you machine off the outer flanges? (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Speaking about these large red side wheels, did you machine off the outer flanges? (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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John, No . . . thought about that, but no. The shadows in the photograph make them more difficult to see. See what you can do with good lighting :-). Actually, I chose not to tape the flanges for just this reason: they stand-out like a sore thumb. (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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oops, it was the April 1999 issue, pages 82-83, he uses the ALPS MD-1300. You may want to refer to www.alpsusa.com for more details Michel (...) it (...) let (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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