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Re: Do these LEGO Windows exist???
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lugnet.general, lugnet.trains
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Sun, 17 Sep 2000 18:48:40 GMT
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Nope, wouldn't work - the nubs on the glass are dead center, they need to be at
one end to fit the 1x4x4 frames.
Mike Poindexter wrote:
> 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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| 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 (...) (24 years ago, 17-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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