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    Re: New models of Semi Trucks etc. —Will Hess
   (...) This would involve using regular tiles and the 1x2 tiles with a single stud to serve as a "bed" to place an offset 3,5,or 7 wide body upon. This would work pretty easy for 3-wide, but the others would require another layer of plates to hold (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
   
        Re: New models of Semi Trucks etc. —Kevin Wilson
   (...) You may already know this, Will, but Lego's current Idea Book (which is pretty lame overall) has instructions for a semi cab which has a 4-wide driving cab and a 5-wide rear (sleeping?) cab. I just built it today, by coincidence. It's not bad. (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
   
        Re: New models of Semi Trucks etc. —Will Hess
   (...) I'll have to track a copy down then. I remember they did this with the Indy Transport (my brother has it) but he lost the instructions to it and I haven't bothered to look for them on kl.net (soon to be the brickshelf). How many studs long is (...) (25 years ago, 2-Sep-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
   
        Re: New models of Semi Trucks etc. —Larry Pieniazek
     Lego reuses good ideas. The Maersk set sleeper cab is also 5 wide. Also, I believe one of my favorite tow trucks has a 5 wide equipment bed: (URL) recall getting a bunch of these when S@H was blowing them out in early 1998. Aspiring builders of 5 (...) (25 years ago, 2-Sep-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.database)
    
         Re: New models of Semi Trucks etc. —Joshua Delahunty
     Larry Pieniazek wrote: <snip - 6670 is being discussed> (...) I don't believe I did this one. But the '93 and '94 brochures have it listed in the Race category (see (URL) auto icon is, like the "recreation" icon, an example of an icon that has never (...) (25 years ago, 3-Sep-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.database)
   
        Re: New models of Semi Trucks etc. —Kevin Wilson
   (...) 3 studs long from front to back. You couldn't get a minifig inside it. The plate arrangement underneath: on top of the 2-wide foundation plates are 6 1x2 with centre stud plates, like so: +---+ +---+ | | | | | o |---+---| o | | | | | | +---+ o (...) (25 years ago, 2-Sep-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
 

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