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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 03:06:05 GMT
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johnneal@uswest.!spamless!net
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Touché. Et tu, spamtus?
-John
Tom McDonald wrote:
> 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;-)
> >
> > 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;-)
> >
> > -John
> >
> > Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> >
> > > 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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| If it makes it into any GMLTC pix I'll see it :-) (I'm just jealous cuz I haven't seen it yet :-) -Tom McD. when replying, spamcake can absorb up to 47 times its weight in excess stomach acid. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 8 wide? was Re: Box Cars
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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. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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