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Re: MOC: first 8-wide diesel moc
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 13 Feb 2001 02:55:47 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Josh Baakko writes:
> In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> > Hey Mike-
> >
> > Nice job on the 8 wide! I like the turned sideways doors for front windows.
> > I am trying to think of an all green line, and the closest I can come to is
> > BN, which was actually black on top. So, you could convert all of your green
> > on top to black and have extra green for length...
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> > Also, you should decide how wide you want to make your body-- 4 wide is prolly
> > easiest, although a little narrow for proto. 6 is a bit wide; 5 is about
> > right, but a hassle to model:-/ One thing is for sure-- you should leave a
> > walk way which extends all along the side of the loco, except for the cab.
> > Some BNs had covered walkways, and so the loco was full width all the way down
> > to the end (to eliminate the accumulation of snow).
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> Not only BN ran these (named F45, FP45), and the walkway isn't covered for
> that reason. Wisconsin Central has the most right now, but the marron &
> gold is hard to model. Here are 3 pictures of BN F45's:
> http://www.northeast.railfan.net/diesel30.html
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> Now this locomotive has one to cover from snow:
> (soory, couldn't find one yet, i'll reply if i do)
here is a pic, but the reason for this cover isn't really snow, but it is
the same concept:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=32703
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> Josh
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> > But all in all, a very nice effort. At least you got the overall width
> > correct;-D
> >
> > -John
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> > Mike Knuepfel wrote:
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> > > this is my first try at making an 8- wide diesel train. Ran a little short
> > > on green. I think it needs to be a little longer.
> > >
> > > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=3229
> > >
> > > enjoy! any feedback appreciated!
> > >
> > > -Mike Knuepfel
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| (...) Not only BN ran these (named F45, FP45), and the walkway isn't covered for that reason. Wisconsin Central has the most right now, but the marron & gold is hard to model. Here are 3 pictures of BN F45's: (URL) this locomotive has one to cover (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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