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Subject: 
Re: monorail follies
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Sun, 1 Oct 2000 21:59:19 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Cary Clark writes:

<snipped construction comments>

Here's the result:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=16055

(no digital camera yet, so this is one of those silly scanner images)

I'm somewhat proud of the battery box cover, even though it is slightly off
center. It has the right proportions and the original Airport Shuttle cover
is darned hard to copy with standard Lego parts. (But I'd love to see
others' efforts.) Let me know if you're interested in the construction. The
downside is it's really hard to get together (although once it's on, it is
not all that fragile).

I really like your idea of the hinge-panels to cover the monorail motor.
Coverings to the monorail motor are a very challenging task.  Good idea.  I'd
never thought of turning those panels on their sides like that.

<snipped the section on derailings>

Thanks for posting these images.  As for scanner images being silly.  I like
them.  They provide quite good close up detail of the construction.  And, your
images came out very well, even for the pieces being black.

later,
James Mathis



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  monorail follies
 
Inspired by Mike Walsh and others, I decided to make a four car monorail. I left my Airport Shuttle alone -- which turned out to be a really good idea -- and created a clone in black with a yellow stripe, dictated mostly by the color of my available (...) (24 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)  

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