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Re: monorail follies
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lugnet.trains
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Sun, 1 Oct 2000 21:59:19 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Cary Clark writes:
<snipped construction comments>
> Here's the result:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=16055
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> (no digital camera yet, so this is one of those silly scanner images)
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> I'm somewhat proud of the battery box cover, even though it is slightly off
> center. It has the right proportions and the original Airport Shuttle cover
> is darned hard to copy with standard Lego parts. (But I'd love to see
> others' efforts.) Let me know if you're interested in the construction. The
> downside is it's really hard to get together (although once it's on, it is
> not all that fragile).
I really like your idea of the hinge-panels to cover the monorail motor.
Coverings to the monorail motor are a very challenging task. Good idea. I'd
never thought of turning those panels on their sides like that.
<snipped the section on derailings>
Thanks for posting these images. As for scanner images being silly. I like
them. They provide quite good close up detail of the construction. And, your
images came out very well, even for the pieces being black.
later,
James Mathis
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| Inspired by Mike Walsh and others, I decided to make a four car monorail. I left my Airport Shuttle alone -- which turned out to be a really good idea -- and created a clone in black with a yellow stripe, dictated mostly by the color of my available (...) (24 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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