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I have posted a few pictures on Brickshelf.com of the Beyer-Garrett that I have been building. It is still in Design Development, there are a few things I still need to work on, mostly detailing. But, I thought I would give you all a look-see since (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Beyer-Garrett 4-8-4-4-8-4 Sudan
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Stacy: What a nice steamer it is!! Great job !! I really like this green & black monster. (...) Yes she needs some detailing, especially on her boiler. What kind of detailing are you gonna work on ? (...) Yes !! Thank you Stacy for your great (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) comments: The firebox looks too small, and the boiler should be more squatted down. They go out to the loading gauge, and are as short as possible typically on a garrett. I'm not sure, but this one is modeled on a EAR one? James (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Impressive, Stacy. I am not that familiar with this type; do you have any proto-photos from which you are working? (...) Brace yourself if Dan Siskind ever gets around to converting his Big Boy to 8 wide:-) (although his 8 wide Dash 9 is (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) so cool. Nice work so far, but I think that the white wheels are out of place. Maybe black tiny train wheels, or if those are too small, maybe some black 12/4.5v wheels would look better. Anyway, I cannot wait to see the finished product. Boy (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) things (...) comments (...) squatted (...) typically (...) The white wheels will go away. They are just temps. I have some small gray spoked wheels from the new dino-adventurers sets. I just have a little suspension issue to take care of (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Looks like you beat me to it. But its great to finally see one. Great work! We have been talking about these for a couple years in PNLTC but no one has tried it to date. I just started working on one since G2K but haven't posted yet. My biggest (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) book chocked full of Garratt information? The title is 'The Garratt Locomotive'(1969), and it's written by A.E. Durrant. I purchased the book through Ron's Books (email is ronsbooks@aol.com). Good luck Garratt fans on finding this rare bird. (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hey Rocket Boy, take another look at the Brickshelf(tm) pics... :-) In one of them the model is sitting on top of a proto photo of a similar configuration unit. So I am going to go with "Yes, Stacy has proto-photos from which Stacy is (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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