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Subject:	Re: New models of Semi Trucks etc.
Newsgroups:	lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains
Date:	Wed, 1 Sep 1999 05:24:13 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes: > Take a look at a container, and a boxcar sometime. To LEGO resolution, > same width. > > Those 4 wide containers we have are too narrow AND too short, even a > minifig should be able to (nominally) stand up inside one (although mine > are usually made from solid bricks, I have better uses for thinwalls but > you know what I mean. > > So: 6 wide trains, 6 wide trailers, 6 wide containers. That's where we > need to be. But containers aren't the same width as the cars. The containers go in drop well cars so the cars have to be wider than the containers. More fuel on the fire.... Paul

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		Re: New models of Semi Trucks etc.
(...) Yes, they are a bit wider, that is true. But the extra width can be as little as 4 inches a side (in fact on some spine cars it's 0) which in a total width of 10 feet is less than LEGO resolution. That's not even a plate on its side, much less (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)

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		Re: New models of Semi Trucks etc.
(...) well, modesty IS a virtue and I've got them all, but I digress. Trucks should be the SAME width as trains, at least the trailers should be. Take a look at a container, and a boxcar sometime. To LEGO resolution, same width. Those 4 wide (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)

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