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Re: Beyer-Garrett 4-8-4-4-8-4 Sudan
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Tue, 19 Sep 2000 14:20:37 GMT
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James Powell wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Stacy Bledsoe writes:
> > 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 a few of you were interested. Please post any comments
> > or suggestions.
Impressive, Stacy. I am not that familiar with this type; do you have any
proto-photos from which you are working?
> > Thanks,
> > Stacy
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=1381
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> Nice! Now we have someone beating the Yanks at large engines :).
Brace yourself if Dan Siskind ever gets around to converting his Big Boy to 8
wide:-) (although his 8 wide Dash 9 is pretty large, too...)
-John
> Some
> 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
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 | | Re: Beyer-Garrett 4-8-4-4-8-4 Sudan
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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)
| | | Re: Beyer-Garrett 4-8-4-4-8-4 Sudan
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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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| | Re: Beyer-Garrett 4-8-4-4-8-4 Sudan
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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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