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Re: Train Pics at Joe' Lego Page
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 7 Apr 1999 02:26:20 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote:
> Modern US prototype modelers, take note of this work. That
> clink-clink-clink you hear in the background is the bar being raised.
...I must concur. Joe's pages are the stuff us just-re-born beginners dream of
and strive to emulate. (damn, now I have to go get some train parts to work on
trains more :-)
...As more praise, I love his city. The one thing that always sticks out is the
grave site with mourners. Very simple, very elegant, and very much a detail that
shows how the whole thing goes together.
> While there are a few things I'd nitpick, I think there are a number of
> noteworthy items:
> - The covered hoppers and coil cars
> - Using airplane windows reversed as front windows gives the cab roofs a
> nice overhang
> - The UP "we can handle it" boxcar with fishbelly underframe
...I have to put in a vote for the track car. The functional stabilizing legs
are excellent and really make the whole thing seem plausible.
--
just a thought
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| Modern US prototype modelers, take note of this work. That clink-clink-clink you hear in the background is the bar being raised. While there are a few things I'd nitpick, I think there are a number of noteworthy items: - The covered hoppers and coil (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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