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Re: More pictures of my Dash-8/9/? model
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Sat, 12 Feb 2000 20:43:34 GMT
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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 will start at trainweb instead of at the public library.
I guess I should change the name of my model. I really was not trying to make
it look like any particular type of locomotive, I just wanted something that
looked "cool" and had some neat features. I simply went through a diesel
recognition handbook and cribbed features and style elements from all over the
diesel world.
I guess that is why I put the "?" in my model name. I would like to be able
to tell a Dash 8 from a 1500 on sight, but I'm not there yet.
Will
P.S. I was up very late last night trying to make a couple of "fun" cars for
the WAMALUG display at the train show (today and tomorrow). Check them out at
the railcars folder in my folder at the brickshelf gallery:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=wsmiddel
In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> Will Middelaer wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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?
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> http://www.ge.com/transportation/ts2.htm#D9
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> 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)
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> http://www.trainweb.org/csxphotos/photos/C32-8/7477cr.jpg
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> 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
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> 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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>
> Note: this is a family forum!
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