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Re: 'Long nosed diesel'
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Sun, 16 Apr 2000 21:01:43 GMT
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Is it meant to be any particular class.  It can't be a deltic or a 37, but
the nose is very evocative of those designs.

Nicholas Allan
"Huw Millington" <hmillington@cix.co.uk> wrote in message
news:Ft4JDA.2GE@lugnet.com...
I have posted pictures of my latest locomotive creation based loosely on
British prototype long-nosed diesels.

http://www2.pncl.co.uk/~huw/lego/moc/trains/index.html

It borrows heavily from James Mathis' DB139 green locomotive. After first
recreating his model I modified it to create the model shown above.

Thanks to James for the inspiration and getting my SNOT techniques up to
speed.

As usual, LMKWYT, and if you want more info or exploded photos, just ask.

Huw






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"Nicholas Allan" <nick@clunyterr.u-net.com> wrote in message news:Ft4nqo.EFw@lugnet.com... (...) It is just inspired by them collectively. Most are co-co's and have 3 front window panes, plus are much longer. ISTR that there was an early bo-bo (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)

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I have posted pictures of my latest locomotive creation based loosely on British prototype long-nosed diesels. (URL) borrows heavily from James Mathis' DB139 green locomotive. After first recreating his model I modified it to create the model shown (...) (25 years ago, 16-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)  

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