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Yep, I am replying to myself. I should have said this to start with, but I guess I was being cagey because I decided to go eight wide. First, going 8-wide was a very hard decision to make, and I nearly canned the attempt before it really got off the (...) (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I personally am planning on going 6 wide for containers. I guess 5 wide would be a possibility, I really won't be having doors in my containers (the windows w/shutters in the old Maersk truck would be neat to get, and with availability of (...) (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Right, I just popped the wheelsets out of the frames. I was referring that modeling two sets of rails in order to stagger the wheelsets would be difficult to model in a six wide car since there has to be four studs between the rails. Now, that (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Here's another photo of the Vevey-Mt Pelerin funicular: (URL) Mathis (...) bricks (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) help (...) The funicular we rode started in Vevey, and made stops in towns up to Mt. Pelerin. This is near Montreax on Lake Geneva. We bought some nice wine at a family owned winery when we stopped in Chardonne- chatted some with the owners as (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Locomotive: The vents, railing, and stairs are very elegant! I really like the 1/2 stud offset for the 1/4 curved inset blue bricks. Very very nice. Caboose: Everybody who sees my trains asks, "Where's the caboose?" Sigh. You've got nice detail, (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I didn't look at the Markin photos, so I thought that the Cargo Sprinter was the same size as a regular train. But since you say that these are small trains then OK. As to stumping 8-wide...I think I am a convert. My two latest creations are (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Just looked at them. They are beautif.....egads....they're 8wide! "Christopher Masi" <cmasi@cmasi.chem.tulane.edu> wrote in message news:39AADF73.7988FD...ane.edu... (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Chris, 8 wide may be a bit much. The proto and Markin photos make it clear (to me anyway) that the cab width and chassis/frame width are within a very few inches of the container width if not actually exactly the same (which is my guess). (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I agree with Larry. I kinda like the 6-wide window better. I wonder if an eight wide car with the six wide window and the 1x3x1 red slopes would look even better? With a six wide car I like the six wide window. Chris (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Tom... The red panel is what happens when you run out of black thinwalls in your sorting bins and sorting through several gallons of unsorted brick is too time consuming on my new limited schedule. :) The wheelsets just pop right out the (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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While I still do not know what will come of the NOLTC[1] I have built the first two pieces. I have done a second version of an EMD SD40-2 and a Caboose. There are some new ideas, and a lot of old ones. I am really happy with the these two pieces. (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) steep (...) These ARE cool, aren't they (...) Where? There are (at least?) two in Zurich, both of which I rode. The vehicle we rode was pulled and lowered along the steep trac>k (...) general (...) There was a code pilot controlled rack (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) cab (...) life (...) A tossup with a slight preference for the 6 wide window. Short of using taping there is no good way to get lacy window frames, is there. (rod system rods, maybe??) The 4564 window piece which has lacy frames printed on it (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Agreed. However the 4 wides just look funny. They're not even tall enough for a minifig to stand up in, and we know how short those guys are. :-) I'll probably just lump it, but I'll continue to whinge (an OZ word!) about it nonetheless. Would (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Cool. Make two (they usually work with two for counterbalancing) and make it operational. "James Mathis" <thakius@nmt.edu> wrote in message news:G00KBM.JHM@lugnet.com... (...) It's not a proper name. It's from the Latin funiculus. (...) steep (...) (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Chris, Nice wheel car. What's the red panel? Needs more wheels. Did you damage the wheelset or sideframes when you separated them? "Christopher Tracey" <ctracey@envirolink.org> wrote in message news:39A87BC1.C07748...ink.org... (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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This is a very preliminary design study of a funicular (proper name?). It is a somewhat parallogram-ish single passenger car for going up a very steep and straight incline (mountain). I'm pretty excited about it, mostly because my wife may get (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I've posted a picture of an alternate window styling for the Cargo Sprinter cab window. Photo shows side-by-side comparison of "old" and "new" stylings. Care to express an opinion as to which you like better? I like the "new" styling for two (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Set 5600, the radio control car has yellow 3x3x1 slopes in them. It has at least two, maybe more. Steve (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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