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Re: Bay-Window Caboose and a few other cars
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Fri, 3 Mar 2000 07:54:00 GMT
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CMASI@CMASI.CHEMnospam.TULANE.EDU
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Christopher Tracey wrote:
> Although I haven't put a web page up yet, I thought this group might
> enjoy a few pics of some recent train car creations
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> bay window caboose.
> 3/4 view http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2430
> mounting http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2428
> underside http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2429
Nice, do you mean clear slopes that are like windshiels, transparent, or like
roof bricks, translucent. If you mean roof bricks I do not think that will
give you the look you want. I do not mean to be presumptuous but you could try
mounting 1x2x2 windows at an angle. Ben ( http://www.pnltc.org/Gal_engines.htm
) and I ( http://cmasi.chem.tulane.edu/~lego/trains/trolleys/trolleys.htm)
have both used the technique on our trolleys.
> I may replace some of the side slope bricks with clear slopes
> to represent the forward/back facing windows.
> It's loosely modeled after an Erie-Lackawanna caboose.
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> Centerbeam flat
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2524
When I saw this in the WAMALUG pictures I said, quietly to myself, "Hey, that
look just like one of those cars. What is it for?'
> Why do I always forget to put loads on my cars??? Actually I built
> this with Denise's bricks. When I build my own I want to use the 1x3x1
> dual inverse slopes for the top of the center beam, I think this would
> create a prototypical look with the addition of more vertical
> members/holes.
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> ribbed roof boxcar
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2423
> Nothing much to say about this one, it was a study to see if I could create
> that ribbed roof look. When this goes into rebuild I plan on using 2x3
> slopes instead of 4x3. It will also have ladders ala the boxcar on the
> left.
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> tank car
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2502
> standard tank car, I just got a few of those technic subs so I had to put
> those cylinders to a good use. This car was amazingly strong for having
> a frame made out of 1x10 plates. It only broke once during the show.
> During the next rebuild, it will have roof walks, brakes wheels, etc.
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> sw-7/9 switcher
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2531
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2530
> A study for a switcher, I call it the raccoon engine because of the
> mask-like
> face. This will be totally rebuilt.
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> prototype- http://www.kreative.net/ctracey/temp/el/el_411.jpg
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> -----
> well, thanks for looking.
>
> -chris
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| (...) I investigated the angled window idea, i don't think it will work for the space i have. I'm going to try the translucent roof bricks though. (...) They are used for various things- lumber and sheetrock are two things that i can think of off (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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