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Re: Box Cars
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 10 Aug 1999 13:22:36 GMT
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Simon Robinson wrote:
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> Err - I still haven't figured this out. 3.5 x 4 x 5 sounds like a huge brick.
> The nearest doors I can think of are 1x4x5.
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> ?????????
Oops, that's what I get for posting in a bit of a rush... Mookie and
others identified the correct door.
6769 Fort Legoredo has a couple in black. Now if only I could find more
sets with the rails (I used the 4 8 long rails from my two copies of
6977 Arachnoid Star Base plus 8 2 long rails from some other set).
I took pictures, so I should be able to post in a few weeks or so (the
roll of film still has a bunch of pictures left). For interior
detailing, I used up a bunch of my 2x2x2 brown barrels (which I've got a
bazzilion of from all the 6716 Weapons Wagons that I've been breaking
down) plus I used one of the Wild West figures to make a hobo riding in
the car.
I need to add a break wheel and need to figure out what to do for
ladders and grab irons.
I may also rebuild the car on a custom frame. Using a train plate makes
the car just a little too tall (it's taller than the engine I build from
my 4559 and 5542 parts). The doors are actually closer to 5.6 bricks
high (the build up of the wall is: 1 sliding door track plate, 5 bricks,
1 regular plate, 1 sliding door track plate). The fit is absoluteley
perfect.
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Frank Filz
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Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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| In lugnet.trains, Frank Filz writes: (some snippage) (...) Copied from (URL) X 8 Plate with runner slot on side for large doors Seen in at least 20 sets: Red 8 in 4563 Euro Freight Line 4 in 720 Building Set 2 in 4555 Freight Loading Station 2 in (...) (25 years ago, 11-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| Err - I still haven't figured this out. 3.5 x 4 x 5 sounds like a huge brick. The nearest doors I can think of are 1x4x5. ???...??? (...) in (...) (25 years ago, 10-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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