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Re: Train Stickers
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Mon, 31 Jan 2000 19:00:31 GMT
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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 last locomotive, what is
the white/light grey colored material on the rims?
Thanks for sharing your great ideas.
Michel Magnan
> 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...
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> "http://www.ameritech.net/users/brian_williams/BC_500924.JPG"
> An old-time Austrian beer car lettered for the Stiegl brewery in
> Salzburg. The artwork includes silver and black inks. The model
> bears the royal crest in the lower left for the Royal Williamsburg
> State Railway Co.. The acronym in German for the railroad can be seen
> just below the crest as "K.W.St.E.". The car number is just below this.
> Each car on my model railroad is individually numbered (I just couldn't
> away from set numbers on the old 12v trains). The grey lines on the
> wheels are stickers to simulate older spoked wheels. These add a lot
> movement to the models when they are moving slowly, especially a long
> string of cars.
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> http://www.ameritech.net/users/brian_williams/BC_557966.JPG
> An old-time German reefer lettered for the Kaiser Freidrich-Quelle company.
> This car was popular in the Maerklin line a few years ago and a Lego
> version seemed a natural. Note the white underprinting neccessary to make
> the blue and red visible against the yellow car. The small cabin on the
> left, if you haven't seen this before, is a brakeman's cab.
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> http://www.ameritech.net/users/brian_williams/FC_500902.JPG
> An old-time German stake car loaded with a truck. Most of my two axel
> cars are limited to four studs maximun between wheelsets to minimize
> friction on curves. This model, however, needed 5 studs to achieve
> good proportions.
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> http://www.ameritech.net/users/brian_williams/Tank_Mobile.JPG
> A short American tank car lettered for the Mobilegas company. These
> stickers are commonly available through hobby shops for lettering
> R/C cars.
>
> "http://www.ameritech.net/users/brian_williams/Lok_Kathryn.JPG"
> Kathryn represents an 1975 German class BII locomotive that pulls the
> Royal Train on my fictitous provincial (German) railway. The decoration
> on this engine was done before I purchased an Alps printer so all the green
> panels were hand cut as well as the gold piping. The tender is full height
> as it carries peat for fuel.
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> "http://www.ameritech.net/users/brian_williams/Lok_772.jpg"
> This is the class 22 electric switcher also lettered for the fictitious
> K.W.St.E - Acronym in German for the Royal Williamsburg State Railway
> (no relation to Wurtemburg). The pantograph is a functioning Maerklin
> HO scale pantograph mounted on the roof. A wire runs-down to the motor
> and a switch was installed to select from track or overhead power.
>
> "http://www.ameritech.net/users/brian_williams/Quartet.JPG"
> Here is a quartet entertaining passengers at the Winterthur station.
> Only a fanciful model railroad could include such a typically American
> element in a European setting. Custom figures and signage (note the
> second class coach in the background) really add to the layout's
> ambiance.
>
> "http://www.ameritech.net/users/brian_williams/William_Crooks.JPG"
> For the American enthusist, here is a Lego version of the William
> Crooks and two coaches of the St. Paul and Pacific Railway. This was
> the first locomotive in Minnesota. The train premiered last summer
> at the GMLTC display at the National Model Train Show in St. Paul.
> The American flag on the pilot has the correct number of stars for the
> year that Minnesota joined the union. The other flag is the Minnesota
> state flag.
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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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| 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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