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Re: 8 wide Metroliner
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Mon, 13 Mar 2000 02:48:54 GMT
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lpieniazek@novera^spamless^.com
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Neat. You got the RDC shell appearance as close as you can without being
able to do the tumblehome. Better than John did, actually. But man
that's a lot of corrugated!

Kevin Loch wrote:
> 
> That's the one.
> 
> Here's my version:
> 
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=226
> 
> It's 6 wide and uses no train windows (except for the doors).
> 
> I liked that currogated brick design so much I had to
> try it out.  I used the pictures of the o gauge metroliner
> at the train show for the windows/stripe configuration.
> 
> KL
> 
> In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> > Thanks, Kev.  I have pics on your site;-)
> > 
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2816
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2817
> > 
> > 
> > -John
> > 
> > Kevin Loch wrote:
> > 
> > > I'm trying to find a picture that someone had of an 8-wide
> > > metroliner coach that used gray corrougated bricks.
> > > I used that and
> > > 
> > > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=990
> > > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=988
> > > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=987
> > > 
> > > as inspiration for a new 6-wide metroliner.  I should
> > > have pics up after tomorrows WAMALUG meeting and I want
> > > to give credit to the original model.
> > > 
> > > KL

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(...) I don't know if you noticed but I used dark gray inverse slopes underneath. They really help hint at the curvature the way light gray or black do not. It was a total accident, I had alot of dark gray slopes and diddn't have many light gray (...) (27 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)

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  Re: 8 wide Metroliner
 
That's the one. Here's my version: (URL) 6 wide and uses no train windows (except for the doors). I liked that currogated brick design so much I had to try it out. I used the pictures of the o gauge metroliner at the train show for the (...) (27 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)

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