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Re: More pictures of my Dash-8/9/? model
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Fri, 11 Feb 2000 23:04:33 GMT
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LPIENIAZEK@NOVERA.COMihatespam
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Will Middelaer wrote:
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> Well, I finally got my digital camera and got it up and running, so I made up
> a quick and dirty web page to share it.
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> Please let me know what you think.
Well, I like the way you got the color striping worked into the body
color, especially around the rear radiator flares.
But I don't quite know about that nose. Are they really that rounded nd
stubby?
http://www.ge.com/transportation/ts2.htm#D9
That's not a very good pic. It has the safety (or comfort) cab which is
full width. ARE there any narrow nose dash 9s?
Here's a narrow nose dash 8 ( a C32-8 to be exact)
http://www.trainweb.org/csxphotos/photos/C32-8/7477cr.jpg
Here's a dash 9 list for CSX
http://www.trainweb.org/csxphotos/html/CW44-9.html
and from that list, this is an OK shot:
http://www.trainweb.org/csxphotos/photos/CW44-9/9017CSX-bc.jpg
Here's a C39-8 in Conrail colors with narrow nose, it clearly shows the
top of the nose is very flat and there is no side taper, the front is
just a bit pointed.
http://crcyc.railfan.net/locos/ge/8c39/cr6000ef.jpg
So why am I harping on noses? Well because I think they're critical and
most non railfans don't get them right. Get the nose right and a lot of
other stuff can be forgotten, it's the thing many people notice first
on a loco (and on a person!)
And I think you might be exaggerating the cooling fans a bit, I'm not
sure I'd use 2x2 round bricks in that way. Try using the 24 tooth gear
there (preferably the one with the bent teeth
I didn't find a good top down shot but I wasn't trying very hard. Here's
one of a C40-8W
http://crcyc.railfan.net/locos/ge/8c40w/cr6127above.jpg
Note that there are no circular fans AT ALL up there, they're all inside
the radiator bulge at the rear, also note how far back the airhorn is.
--
Larry Pieniazek - lpieniazek@mercator.com - http://my.voyager.net/lar
http://www.mercator.com. Mercator, the e-business transformation company
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| Larry, Thanks for the great feedback. I am not much of a trainhead (Lego or otherwise) yet, and those sites and pictures that you pointed me to were very cool and very useful. I imagine that future attempts to build "realish" looking train stuff (...) (25 years ago, 12-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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