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David,
I hadn't seen your greenline train until just now. Excellent model. Fantastic
work on the articulated thru-way between the cars to acheive no-gap thru curves.
Very impressive.
later,
James Mathis
In lugnet.loc.us.ma, David Eaton writes:
> In lugnet.loc.us.ma, David Eaton writes:
> > http://www.suave.net/~dave/greenline/greenline.cgi
>
> > It's based off of the green line of the Boston subway, in particular, the
> > cars shown here:
> >
> > http://www.nycsubway.org/us/boston/green/mbta-green-cleveland03.jpg
> > http://www.nycsubway.org/us/boston/green/mbta-green-cleveland04.jpg
>
> Wow. I just found out something very interesting. I decided that since I'll
> be bringing the green line train to the train show, I'd better have some
> stats on it, since I didn't think it was to scale with minifigs or the rest
> of our trains that we'll be displaying....
>
> The train I built is based off of the "Boeing LRV" Model, built from
> 1976-1978. And (get this all you 6-wider's out there) it actually IS minifig
> scale, contrary to my first impressions. Boeing LRV's are 71 feet long and
> 106 inches wide. And assuming a minifig is 6 feet tall, it should be 62.125
> studs long and 7.729 studs wide. Mine's 64 studs long and 8 studs wide.
> WOOHOO! Complete coincidence strikes again! (And note making avg minifig
> height LESS than 6 feet, which is "more accurate" means it should be BIGGER
> (maybe even 10 or 12 studs wide!))
>
> Anyway, I was rather startled by that, but rather pleasantly suprised :)
>
> As for an update it's now got REAL train windows & angled in front ends...
> and fiber optic lighting for the headlights! And soon enough maybe I'll have
> some bilboards for the side, as well as the "T" logo, handicapped sign, and
> front numbering!
>
> DaveE
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