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Yes, I would love to try it on the amfleet cars, which have a pronounced
curvature. There are two problems, 1x4 gray hinge plates are fairly rare
and you can't use the wide roof with regular bricks. I used brown 1x2
log bricks to get the clearance necessary for the wall to bend outward.
I could have used regular bricks and only had a 4-wide roof.
Also, I could have used 1x4 hinge plates to connect the bottom to the
rest of the shell, but I opted to used 2x8 and 4x8 plates from the roof to
the bottom instead. The x8 plates gave better structural support.
I could not use both and have the right curve.
KL
In lugnet.general, James Mathis writes:
> In lugnet.general, Kevin Loch writes:
> > I have finished my D.C. Metrorail car. It's a bit long for use
> > on LEGO curve geometry but it is a realistic length. I think the
> > actual cars are 75 feet long.
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=5707
>
> Kevin,
>
> Beautiful work! You have certainly presented a new design form that is
> applicable to a very many passenger train wagons. This angled side wall is
> unique to several sets that I have worked on: Amtrak Acela, British Rail
> APT, maybe the Italian Cis Alpino. I'm sure there are many more!!
>
> Congratulations on showcasing this new "angle" on the shape of passenger
> cars. ;-)
>
> later,
> James Mathis
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