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Re: Palantine Steamer with Wagons Set
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Tue, 7 Nov 2000 03:16:16 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, James Mathis writes:
Jumping from the latest "high speed" rail model, I have now tried an older
fashioned model.


John Neal, you asked for it....  ;-)
Thanks go to "Ben" Beneke for putting me on-track to build a steamer.

Here's my result:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=1912


(Some Snippage Self-Evident)

Now THAT is some intense design work. I'm not usually one for euro-style
rolling stock, but I gotta say what you've got there looks really really good.
I love the door on the boxcar - brilliant idea with the sliding and so on. The
detail work on the loco - very nice. While I do echo your lamentations for lack
of proper valve/drive rods, they're hardly missed for all the rest of the
detail you've worked in.

All that and it's the proper width! <gd/r> :)

KevinM.



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  Palantine Steamer with Wagons Set
 
Jumping from the latest "high speed" rail model, I have now tried an older fashioned model. This train set is modeled after the Palantine steamer and wagon set. A Maerklin model of the set is shown here: Steam Locomotive: (URL) you can see, this set (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)  

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