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Re: Shades of Blue & Orange
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 3 Feb 2002 23:00:09 GMT
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Greg Perry wrote:
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> In lugnet.general, Frank Filz writes:
> > Greg Perry wrote:
> > > Frank's question about the orange in the Scala sets compared to the orange
> > > in the HP sets was one I'd already asked myself. To me they look the same
> > > (even after a second examination). I compared the light orange pieces used
> > > for the bed in 4722 to the light orange, poopish chair element from 3110 (a
> > > keen little accessories set I've been meaning to rave about). They appear
> > > to be the same shade of light orange. So far I haven't accumulated enought
> > > elements in this color to really do anything with it.
> >
> > Must be the same then. Two of those chair pieces from 3110 make a nice
> > little gondola body for a short train car. I've also got a blue one.
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> I had been eyeing those chair pieces recently as a possibility for a train
> car (couldn't think of much else to do with them). Now that I picked them
> up and actually started to think of something to do with them, I noticed
> that they're 7 studs wide. So I was already thinking that I'd need to
> center them on an 8-wide car base.
To make a gondola from the chair pieces, I just "bolted" them onto a
frame built between two wheel sets. I didn't put any cross members,
though I probably should have, and those could easily be 6 wide.
> Along those same lines, I went ahead and grabbed a couple of the Scala 3144
> sets that are on S@H special this week. I'm hoping that those orange wall
> elements can also be used to build a train car (I want to use them in
> conjunction with the seats). I want to build a train car using light orange
> in the color scheme. I have a bunch of the pumpkin-like LEGO pen globes
> that I want to use as decorations on this car. Unfortunately, the orange of
> the globes is slightly off from the Scala/HP light orange. Not enough to
> keep me from trying though. The finished car would then be added to my
> Ghostline Express. (http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=9356)
Hmm, never thought about using those walls in a train car. One problem
would be what to do for an end wall, though it could be black which
wouldn't cause any worry about color match. Another problem would be if
one wanted a door, otherwise they would make a great box car side. I
guess they could make a high bay gondola/hopper side also which would
get around the need for a door. Again of course, a black door could also
work. They will be fairly tall though (I want to say those walls are 8
bricks high).
Frank
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