Jimr260 Wrote:
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> Can't we all just quit second guessing those who
> have put in countless hours of "free" labor to cre-
> ate the masterpiece we have in the C&TS??????
> I find this nit-picking offensive to all the work done
> to create "almost" (so close that it is a non-issue)
> perfect reproductions
IanLK Wrote:
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> Rivet counters will count
. . .
Anyone who doubts that rivet-counters will count rivets and nit-pickers will pick nits, please see the fifteen (15, count 'em, 15) posts starting with [ngdiscussion.net].
> I don't think William or Brian are being very in-
> sensitive here, guys. However I'm not Dave
> and the others working on the engine.
Besides, rivet counting isn't easy -
One needs to do significant research to determine the number of rivets on the original, or at least on that part of the original with which one is concerned, and then obtain access to the reproduction or re-creation of the object in question to determine the actual number of rivets thereon. And if one is concerned with the exact size and spacing of said rivets then there may be numerous additional measurements necessary, of an extremely nit-picky exactitude. Having been subjected myself to some moderate nit-picking in the past (see above link), I can testify personally that picking nits with lettering is far easier than counting rivets, as often a simple comparison of two photographs will suffice to spark an energetic discussion.
Meanwhile, back at the
ranch roundhouse
. . .
To facilitate the discussion of the re-numbering of #315's tender as part of her back-dating for this year's round-up, and not having straight-on photos thereof available, I did my best to straighten and re-size the photos of #424 (fireman's side) and the two sides of "425" (engineer's and fireman's sides) posted previously by others for comparison. The following is by no means exact — just the result of an hour or so skewing (actually de-skewing) and re-sizing the photos so the the leading '4' is as close as I was able to make it the same height in each
:
Differences in weight and spacing are visible, even to the unaided eye. IMHO, even the '424' could stand a touch of kerning — its balance would be improved by moving the '2' just a bit the the right. Other than the slightly heavy bottom of the '2' and top of the '5' that were mentioned previously, the '425' on the engineer's side (middle example) looks pretty well spaced, needing only a very slight increase between the '2' and the '5'. The '425' on the fireman's side, OTOH, looks quite a bit more cramped than the very tiny example of the number in the drawing of 432 that Davidtltc posted at [
ngdiscussion.net] below. I don't have a "serious" history of the D&RG(W) in my collection, but I'll skim through Beebe & Clegg's
Rio Grande Mainline of the Rockies this evening to see if I can find a clear example of tender lettering to add to the discussion, or perhaps David will help us out by posting a much larger version of just the tender in his drawing.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 05/23/2021 09:06PM by Russo Loco.