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Rockyrailroad578 — Mavis and Henrietta
Published: 2016-08-23 20:19:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 2701; Favourites: 39; Downloads: 0
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"While Toby was at the workshops for an overhaul, and Percy was away at the big station for shunting, the Fat Controller had only one locomotive available for running the tramway; The neighbor's locomotive. Mavis was delighted at the chance to pull a passenger train and avoid shunting in the quarries. Henrietta wasn't too happy to be away from Toby, but her mood soon changed when his replacement came. "Good morning, Mavis, I-" She was soon cut off by a quick bump from the 04. "Sorry! I braked, honest!" Squeaked Mavis, a little shaken up. Henrietta shrugged it off as the vacuum pipes were coupled. "I'll show that tea kettle that I can do passenger. It's one van, I pull twenty trucks without thinking." Suddenly, Henrietta realized that this was going to be a long day. The diesel shunter quickly started off, yanking the poor tramcar behind. "Come on! We haven't even started our first train!"Related content
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Thanks! The class 04 noses and cab windows are too comically proportioned to leave it be.
Half of the reason why I use eyes on the windows is because that's where the crew would see, so it wouldn't be too different for the locomotive. (The exception would be Beyer Garratts, they can't see anything in my drawings)
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Your drawings are good!
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Thanks again!
Most of the inspiration for the cartoonish locomotives came from a couple electrics I know quite closely. Whereas people tend to agree that steam engines have a very animalistic behavior, I'd say that electrics have similar, if not more personality because the old ones I work with don't tend to do exactly what you want them to do.
Oh, and their air compressors have a way of telling you which whistles they like because certain locos with certain whistles don't sound as nice, mostly depending on how big the air compressor is.
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No probs! Yes I'm quite keen on electrics too.
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The older locos over here have poles (Essentially like trams in the UK and Europe), and because of the way they're set up, it isn't ideal to run in reverse with the pole facing that direction since it's being pushed against the overhead wire and could go the wrong way on an overhead switch. Because of that, you either have to switch poles, or turn one pole all the way around.
The black steeplecab in my drawings has come close to lifting me off the ground a few times.
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Yes I see what you mean.
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Best part is that I can apply this to any machine with at least two flat sheets of metal or glass, so I'm free to do it on pretty much any large machine.
...Including but not limited to retired flying boats. Not much of an aircraft person but these things have such an interesting nose shape that I couldn't resist.
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Yep I like flying boats too!
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I find them interesting, mainly because an aircraft/tank simulator I play a lot (Warthunder) had the Short Sunderland as an option for the British bomber design tree. I had no idea how big it was until it spawned in the hangar one day...
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Odd design choice you've chosen, but I know you have your reasons and it's not half bad!
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Thanks! Did you notice what I did with Terence?
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XD ah yes I do! Not a bad look for him either.
Your little caption for this pic gave me an idea for a story. I hope you don't mind if I use it. I'll be sure to credit you if you wish
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Thanks! Notice how he's actually British and not a Caterpillar in my version.
Go for it! Just credit me of course.
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XD heh, yeah I do see that!
You got it!
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You like the eyes in windows design don't you? It's a little odd since I'm so used to the grey faces but it's by no means bad, very well done.
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Yeah, I work around electrics with poles, faces wouldn't work on them
Henrietta kind of needed that I think, because the new face is extremely unsettling.
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