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Re: making train cars for the show
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lugnet.loc.us.nc
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Tue, 30 Oct 2001 17:23:08 GMT
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"Cary Clark" <cary@corp.nospamwebtv.net> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.loc.us.nc, Frank Filz writes:
> > Cary Clark wrote:
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> > > ...
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> I built a couple of club cars last night and realized that club cars have
> both the extra doors and the extra faucets to finish the middle cars. • Since
> the difference between the 10001 and the K10001 is only $18.00, it makes
> buying more K10001s attractive to have a long, long Metroliner for my home
> layout. I already have a 12 car train, and Christmas is coming...
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> I agree, Frank, we'll end up with way too many Metroliner cars for the • NCLTC
> layout, but that's half the fun. It'll be another reason to stretch the
> layout by 10 more feet. Too bad that I can't order a 10001 that comes with
> straight track instead of curves.
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> Cary
Over the last couple of years I have been trying to accumulate Metroliners
odds and ends to make some other cars for the train. Now that the parts are
more plentiful this should be a little easier to do. As opposed to adding
more passenger cars, I think I will work on two or three "support" cars. A
bar car, a mail car, and some sort of baggage car. My limiting factor is
6x28 grey wagon plates.
Mike
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Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring dot com
http://www.nclug.net - North Carolina LEGO Users Group
http://www.nclug.net/ctb - Carolina Train Builders
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) ... (...) I thought about this too. Since the wagon plates are two plates thick, I was going to try making some out of regular and technic gray plates (although the technic plate color probably wouldn't matter). I guess the difficult part is (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.us.nc)
| | | Re: making train cars for the show
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| (...) its a shame Lego doesn't put these out as a bulk shop item. It would really sell well....(they have grey doors and windows!!) Another source for them is the Railroad Tractor Flatbed. It shares the same grey wagon plate. Benjamin Medinets (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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| (...) I built a couple of club cars last night and realized that club cars have both the extra doors and the extra faucets to finish the middle cars. Since the difference between the 10001 and the K10001 is only $18.00, it makes buying more K10001s (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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