I like it! It looks cool in those colors! Reminds me of a cross between a Zephyr and an automobile! And the rounded vents on the sides of the roof are very M10000-esque. I'd run it! Especially if it was tinplate O27!
Becky
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lionelsoni No propeller. Diesel engine at each end. Usually a driver at each end. Here's the Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxtorpeda
No propeller. Diesel engine at each end. Usually a driver at each end. Here's the Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxtorpeda
Thats a neat model at the link you found.
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stebbycentral wallyworld: I like the automobile front end and although I don't care for the finicky nature of sound boards, it would be neat to have the engine turn over and have it sound like a heavily cylinder Packard. I am assuming from the film that it is a double-ender. That is that the front and the back are exactly the same, so that it can be run in reverse without turning. If someone tells me there is really a giant propeller on the back of that thing I am going to be very unhappy with the filmaker for not showing it!
wallyworld: I like the automobile front end and although I don't care for the finicky nature of sound boards, it would be neat to have the engine turn over and have it sound like a heavily cylinder Packard.
I like the automobile front end and although I don't care for the finicky nature of sound boards, it would be neat to have the engine turn over and have it sound like a heavily cylinder Packard.
I am assuming from the film that it is a double-ender. That is that the front and the back are exactly the same, so that it can be run in reverse without turning. If someone tells me there is really a giant propeller on the back of that thing I am going to be very unhappy with the filmaker for not showing it!
It would make for a really noticeable bump and go car..I don't think it was propeller driven. I also noticed the interior sort of contradicted the art deco styling on the outside..it looked like heavy veneered woodwork with over stuffed chairs like a heavyweight passenger car.rather than a more sleek tubular look...I think it would be best done in tinplate.
wallyworld I like the automobile front end and although I don't care for the finicky nature of sound boards, it would be neat to have the engine turn over and have it sound like a heavily cylinder Packard.
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Major That is one cool looking rail car! It looks far better to me than the McKeen cars running in this country!
That is one cool looking rail car! It looks far better to me than the McKeen cars running in this country!
I like the automobile front end and although I don't care for the finicky nature of sound boards, it would be neat to have the engine turn over and have it sound like a heavily cylinder Packard. The amount of glass would allow a better look into the interior..Of course, I am the guy that refurbished a 1927 Dodge Brothers a-ooga horn with a 12" cone and mounted it on the front fender of a Jeep at a full 12 volts ...it gets more attention from distracted drivers than the boring toots of contemporary horns.."What the heck is that?" LOl.
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the only things to say about that have already been said!
just awful.
... or a superhero villain.
Sounded like a Chicago accent.
Good Grief ...
Here is a really unusual ( read funky ) prototype that would make for a great tinplate or hi rail model. It looks like a cross between a 1930's auto, the rail zeppelin and a bus..I wonder if it has a automobile horn..A bizzarro RDC? Moderne..I would really enjoy this on my layout. with some Laurel and Hardy figures as drivers.
I like the ticker tape communications system and the guy cranking down the gate..Im surprised they got the gate down before the car waddled past.
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