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    Re: cramming details into 6 studs —Larry Pieniazek
   (...) Not everyone shares that opinion. I tend to hold the opposite view. To keep the proportions right, in many cases you need to increase everything by a third, not just the width. Not always, but in many cases. ++Lar (24 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: cramming details into 6 studs —John Neal
    (...) You mean that a 6 wide is *stretched* to get an 8 wide? (...) Well, that's the point. The proportions are *wrong* to begin with in 6 wide-- if you are trying to model to scale. But that's okay; I mean, compression happens;-) It's just a (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: cramming details into 6 studs —Larry Pieniazek
   (...) Again, I disagree. The body to truck proportions are wrong, yes. But, at least in my models, the LxWxH proportions are more or less correct. Sometimes the height is a bit too high for the width (maybe in the 'bug, for example) but not always. (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: cramming details into 6 studs —James Brown
   (...) You could mostly avoid this (seeing the side wall through the back window) by using a thin wall immediately behind the window. That would mean that to see the wall through the window you'd need to be straight on to the car, *and* squinting. ;) (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: cramming details into 6 studs —Frank Filz
   (...) That's a good option. I bet there are some SNOT methods also - in fact, how about a 1x2 clear brick on end, studs out. Cap it with a tile and attach it with to a 1x plate on the bottom (against the door). The 1x plate and the tile form the (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
 

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