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Re: Do these LEGO Windows exist???
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Sun, 17 Sep 2000 15:30:44 GMT
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Not that I have tried, but would the glass inserts from the sloped windows
work? I think they were like a 1x4x3, but they loped back a few studs,
which would give them a longer opening, resulting in a taller piece of glass
for the insert.
Mike
"Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:G0yLrw.666@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.general, Gary Istok writes:
> > I probably should rephrase the subject heading to read: "Were these
> > windows ever in a LEGO set?"
> >
> > The ones I am talking about are the classic windows 1x3x2 in WHITE
> > without the window sill at the bottom that sticks out (if they were
> > sold, they would be from circa 1972-80). If you have one and you are
> > not sure that the sill sticks out or not, you can verify it by looking
> > for the two small round holes (air holes for the dies?) on the top of
> > the windows between the 3 studs on top (each hole has a stud on either
> > side).
>
> I decided to have a looksee at my windows. All of my white 1x3x2s are the • old
> style. It looks to me like the little holes are for tabs on the "glass" to
> insert into - in fact I'm sure of it, just looked at a 1x6x2 window with
> shutters which has a loose "glass", the glass has little tabs to stick • into
> the holes.
>
> Don't know if you've observed it, but I just found three styles of 1x6x2
> windows with shutters.
>
> Type 1 (based on the fact that all my CA windows are of this type) has the
> glass holes between the #1 and #2 studs and the #5 and #6 studs, takes a • 2x6
> piece of glass, and has a projecting sill which is the full width of the • space
> between the shutters.
>
> Type 2 has the holes between the #2 and #3 studs and between the #4 and #5
> studs and takes a 2x4 piece of glass. It also has the full with, • projecting
> sill. It is a little different on the back also, the other windows have • raised
> areas at each end to support the ends of the 2x6 glass, this window • doesn't
> have those. It also has a different font for the "LEGO" in the studs.
>
> Type 3 has the holes between the #1 and #2 studs and the #5 and #6 studs,
> takes a 2x6 piece of glass, but the projecting sill is narowwer than the • space
> between the shutters, it is as wide as the ridges around the two window
> openings.
>
> Hmm, in my 1x6x3 windows, I have, red, white, and yellow both with and • without
> holes. All of my frames of this size without glass have holes, • additionally
> supporting the idea that the windows with holes often didn't have the • glass
> glued.
>
> On another window tack, has anyone seen "glass" for the 1x4x4 frame which • is
> used for those rollup equipment doors? They have holes which look like • they
> would hold a piece of glass. I saw an eBay auction which looked like it
> possibly had those frames with glass as windows, but they may have been • 1x4x5
> frames.
>
> Frank
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| (...) They would _almost_ work. They're a millimeter or so too short. The other problem is that they have nubs in the center of the sides, not in the top and bottom. The side nubs cause the frame to be bowed out. Frank (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I decided to have a looksee at my windows. All of my white 1x3x2s are the old style. It looks to me like the little holes are for tabs on the "glass" to insert into - in fact I'm sure of it, just looked at a 1x6x2 window with shutters which (...) (24 years ago, 16-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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