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Re: Pics: JAC Bethgon Coalporter
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 16 Apr 2001 20:17:25 GMT
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cmasi@cmasi.chem.tulane.^nospam^edu
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> In lugnet.trains, James Powell writes:
> > In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> > > Although I built this MOC last year, I never got around to posting pics
> > > of it. It is a model of a Johnstown America Corporation's Bethgon
> > > Coalporter, a rotary dump hopper.
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> > If it was in 6 wide, it'd be a great model :)
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> 6 wide, 8 wide, who cares. It's a great model, period (I've seen it in the
> flesh, John brought it to the train summit).
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> I think we should let the whole 6-8 thing drop. It's just as bad to rag on
> someone for making 8 as it is to rag on someone for making 6. Models are
> what they are. People shouldn't feel pressure to conform unless they want to.
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> ++Lar
It sure is purdy! I'll have to add this to my list of thing that I should
probably try to copy.
The ribs are offset by 1/2 stud?
Did you go 9 so you could get that centerline support beam in the right place?
Chris
P.S. I don't think I'll ever get sick of John thumping 8-wide, or someone
thumping John for going 8-wide. It's like a old bad running joke. I guess I just
like bad old jokes. Every hear the one about the "ether bunny"? I don't, but I
remember it was really old, really bad, and it always made me laugh.
--
See some of my LEGO creations at http://cmasi.chem.tulane.edu/~lego/
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| (...) Thanks. (...) Yes. (...) Nope. In fact, I needed to use a 1x2 center stud for that, because I'm 8 wide at the bottom. The car started out as an 8 wide, but counting the offset of the ribs on each side, it totals 9. Now I normally wouldn't (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Pics: JAC Bethgon Coalporter
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| (...) 6 wide, 8 wide, who cares. It's a great model, period (I've seen it in the flesh, John brought it to the train summit). I think we should let the whole 6-8 thing drop. It's just as bad to rag on someone for making 8 as it is to rag on someone (...) (23 years ago, 14-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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