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Re: New German Loco: Green DB139 and more
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Tue, 28 Mar 2000 23:16:46 GMT
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[cmasi@cmasi.chem.tulane]avoidspam[.edu]
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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 blemishes. Imagine letting a train rust so
badly that there are holes in it!
Chris
James Mathis wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke writes:
> >
> > 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
>
> 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 either side with green bricks.
>
> The next closest standard LEGO window element that I'd try to use would be the
> exclusive black-framed windows from the yellow/black locomotive in the 9volt
> Freight Rail Runner train set. But, still, that doesn't do it exactly right,
> either.
>
> later,
> James Mathis
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: New German Loco: Green DB139 and more
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: New German Loco: Green DB139 and more
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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 (24 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New German Loco: Green DB139 and more
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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