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One new model and new pictures of old models. The new model is of a German electric locomotive called a DB 139. My version attempts to approximate a likeness in its green with white stripe livery(?right word to mean color scheme?). (URL) are some (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains) !
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(...) I believe it is. Livery seems to be Continental usage, you don't hear it used much stateside, but once in a while you do instead of Color Scheme.... (...) basic shape down nicely. What set are those green round corners from? Isn't (wasn't) the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) stripe (...) used (...) the (...) If you're meaning the green 1x2x1.3 rounded top w/side plate doothingy, they're in the Flash Speeder (12 of them). Looks like James also used the green 1x4x1.3 rounded top (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi James, again a very cool model! One could only wish Lego had better windows for the train front. (Maybe a kind of train windows in 3x1x2?) Ben (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks. There must be a cold goin' round... More SNOT from many LEGO Trainiacs. Most notably Ben F.'s streamlined steam loco. For my green DB139, I wish I could gently slope the front.... If you look closely, you might be able to see that the (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains) !
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(...) Very true. I'm not completely satisfied with the windscreen. I have considered using older style 1x2x2 house windows in gray from my 7740 locomotive. I'd have to figure out a way to set them at a slight angle and figure out a way to flank (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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James Mathis <thakius@nmt.edu> wrote in message news:Fs51KL.25r@lugnet.com... (...) to (...) number of (...) caps (...) with (...) engine (...) I look forward to it. I have been so inspired by your model, that I'm tempted to go out and buy 4-5 (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) More photos are now available at: (URL) left them at their original size for clarity (I hope). If they are just too big for download to your browser, please, let me know and I'll gladly shrink them down. One thing that I try to build into (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains) !
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This is where 8-wide crowd wins out again. Commenting on your stud forward nose. I think it looks better than 2x2 1/4 curve (aka macaroni bricks?) bricks becase there are no gaps in your design. A macaroni brick desing would have unsightly (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) curve (...) macaroni (...) Also, at six-wide with macaroni's, you can't mount "lights" and have two stud spacing between left and right "lights"...unless you stick the lights farther out in front than the macaroni's. I like no gaps. However, I (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Watcha mean? I've seen engines that were paper thin. River City Railroad (in OR) has 2 which have suffered badly at the hands of mother nature. I must however, congradulate James M on a very nicely done model. James P (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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James Mathis <thakius@nmt.edu> wrote in message news:Fs5LyG.tE@lugnet.com... (...) just (...) Pics are excellent - thanks. I was planning a typical British-design diesel loco, and might be able to use some of your design ideas in my construction (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sorry if the pics took too long to load, Huw. Glad they may be helpful for you to use in your own model. I imagine that my likeness of the DB139 is far enough removed from looking exactly like a real DB139 that it could be claimed for (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) when I (...) DB139 to (...) In the 1970's, my 'trainspotting' era, everything was blue with yellow ends. By 1974 I don't think anything was left in green, although several locos have been 'restored' to their original green (but with (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The following freight cars are "oddly" sized: Slagcar: The pivoting hopper section is "7-wide". The support beam beneath the hopper section is "studs-down". Blue and white hopper: Yup, "7-wide". Pneumatic hopper: This one is "7-wide". It is (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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