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Re: James Mathis really has caught the 8-wide bug!
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 16 Nov 2000 13:04:36 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Bram Lambrecht writes:
> Yet another 8 wide from James Mathis:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=1995
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> Nice job! Although I don't see any new innovative techniques,
?? Well, maybe not NEW, but there is a LOT of SNOT in this model.
Consider the grillwork on the nose. That's done with two tailgates, one
right side up, one upside down. Consider the cab windows. These are boat
bridge windows, upside down.
So maybe not NEW techniques (how many different ways to connect things
remain to be discovered? Some, no doubt... but not too many, I bet) but
clever use of existing. :-)
++Lar
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 | | Re: James Mathis really has caught the 8-wide bug!
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| (...) I just flipped the tailgate around at the finger-hinge junction. The 1x4 "finger" plate to which the tailgate is attached is still studs-up. However, the 1x4 "finger" plates are offset 1/2 stud to produce a slight slope to the front "grill" (...) (24 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | James Mathis really has caught the 8-wide bug!
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| Yet another 8 wide from James Mathis: (URL) job! Although I don't see any new innovative techniques, the model looks very realistic. Great details! Almost makes we want to get into trains...but I have no money...just a bunch of 4.5 track and about (...) (24 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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