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Re: James Mathis really has caught the 8-wide bug!
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 17 Nov 2000 03:42:21 GMT
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CMASI@saynotospamCMASI.CHEM.TULANE.EDU
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James Mathis wrote:
>
> In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > In lugnet.trains, Bram Lambrecht writes:
> > > Yet another 8 wide from James Mathis:
> > > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=1995
> > >
> > > 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.
>
> 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" look.
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> I agree that there isn't really anything "new". It's mostly still my "try"
> at building 8-wide train creations. After creating the Palantine I thought
> of freight. I really admire Andreas' and Holger's 8-wide loco of the same
> type...so much I wanted one, too.
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> > Consider the cab windows. These are boat
> > bridge windows, upside down.
>
> Now, this boat bridge window is really what drove me to build this
> locomotive in 8-wide. I basically built around the window. It is too wide
> to use as a front windshield for a 6-wide locomotve. And, I think it is too
> long to use on a 6-wide model of this same DB212 locomotive.
> This white 8 stud boat bridge window was just waiting....
> Perfect time to try it since I am "exploring" the realm of 8-wide ;-)
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> later,
> James Mathis
I think that is so funny, interesting funny, not ha ha funny. So many models are
built around a part that the builder thinks is perfect. James thought the boat
bridge window would be perfect for a DB212. Kim thought that the sloped round
window was perfect for an F7. I thought the 2x3 rounded brick was the right
brick for a blower housing. We took our "perfect" bricks and built engines
around them, weird. ANyone else build a model around a perfect brick?
Chris
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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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