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Re: Another German MOC: BR 361 of DB
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Mon, 11 Sep 2000 21:47:41 GMT
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Wie schön! Ben-
Please commend Andreas for me for his nice model! He uses 2 of my
favorite building techniques-- building 8 wide and covering as many
studs as possible with tiles. An excellent looking MOC.
Which makes me think: Have I ever seen a *bad* looking 8 wide? No, I
haven't, and I think part of the reason why is that the proportions work
*for* an 8 wide builder, and conversely, I think 6 wides work against a
builder. What I mean is that building 8 wide liberates me to more
possibilities for detailing and such. When (however rare) I build 6
wide, I feel constrained and restricted. I know that some relish this
challenge to build within such restrictions, but for me it just seems
silly that, for example, my passenger train walls together are half as
thick as my seating area....:-/
That is not to say that I feel *completely* liberated by 8 wide-- we as
train builders could use about a dozen or so specialty elements of train
items not easily constructed from bricks. For me, there is definitely a
tension between utilizing available bricks in creative fashions, and
wanting specialty bricks which render all of that creative effort moot.
Sounds like I'm advocating Town Jr, so I'll don my asbestos suit now:-)
-John
Reinhard \"Ben\" Beneke wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Gianluca Morelli writes:
> > In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke writes:
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> And another must-seen-MOC for John Neal and other 8-wides...
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> http://www.1000steine.de/gallery/g26/index.html
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> A yellow diesel by Andreas Bürgel.
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> Regards,
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> Ben
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| (...) Right, since every train is wider than the track.... But I think with the small radius of track 8-wides in curves (especially when they are a little longer) look not too good. But I don't want to restart the 8-wide discussion. I have decides (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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