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Re: 8 wide? was Re: Box Cars
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 13 Aug 1999 02:57:36 GMT
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I never thought I'd live long enough to hear that. But the other thing I
wonder if I'll ever see is John's site displaying the said boxcar. ;-)
-Tom McD.
when replying, most postmen will not deliver to a house with a spamcake
guarding the porch.
In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> Very gracious of you to say so, Lar. Thank you...I think. All of this
> talk about the dark side makes me feel like Darth Wider or a Girth Maul;-)
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> BTW Lar, what is keeping your pants up these days? You left your
> suspenders on my train layout! {:^D I'm using them to support my train
> bridge, though;-)
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> -John
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> Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> > I hereby do admit that 8 wide CAN look good. John showed me a boxcar he
> > has been working on, it has a FRED in the end, integrated grab iron
> > ladders, sliding doors, separated roofwalk, and a whole bunch of other
> > details.
> >
> > It looked really good. It also reminded me a lot of a G scale boxcar.
> > Really very nice work.
> >
> > However... they are just not practical as 8 wide does not scale well
> > with minifig scale. This is the same reason I build my cars 4 wide even
> > though only one minifig can sit in each row.
> >
> > So don't go in the 8 wide direction. The dark side can be deceptive.
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| Very gracious of you to say so, Lar. Thank you...I think. All of this talk about the dark side makes me feel like Darth Wider or a Girth Maul;-) BTW Lar, what is keeping your pants up these days? You left your suspenders on my train layout! {:^D I'm (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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