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Hi folks,
X-MAs is just waiting outside - a good time to see what'S going on in the
desert: Over the last weeks I build a model of "Namibia's unique railway
experience" - THE DESERT EXPRESS.
A black and white picture was shown in my local newspaper and I thought: "Taht
might be a great project for LEGO!" After very nice e-mail contact with the
Desert Express Management I finally recieved some colored pictures by Michael
Obert. The blue was LEGO blue, the yellow seems to be LEGO yellow and the white
is LEGO white - so were is the problem?
I decided to build it 8-wide! (So what you think John?) Make up your own mind
by comparing the real pictures and my model at:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=2385
The real Desert Express has 8 passenger cars and 1 luggage car and operates
from Windhoek to Swakopmund in Namibia / Africa. It's a luxuary train for
tourists and it stops in the evening to see the sun set in the desert.
The LEGO DX just have 3 cars (each 46 studs long) and a huge engine! The
luggage car door's where build by an idea from James Mathis - Many Thanks on
this way to James!!!
So what do YOU think?? Anything else you want to now???
Kind regards and MERRY CHRISTMAS
Holger ...from Germany
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| Greetings from a different desert, where I wish we had such a cool train! Not only in real life, but also your LEGO version! Well built, HoMa. You have capture details of the train very well. I like the sliding door application. But, perhaps the (...) (24 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| Hmm...this was in my sent message file, but I do not remember seeing it on LUGNET. If it is a duplicate sorry. My original message is at the end. (...) Wow, very nice. I really like your engine! It has lots of little vents and doors and bumps and (...) (24 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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