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Re: Retraction about offset stud on box cars and stuff
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Date: 
Tue, 3 Jul 2001 03:27:16 GMT
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Jake McKee wrote:

In lugnet.trains, Christopher Masi writes:
Some time ago I said that I didn't think that adding the ribbing details--a la
the 1/5 stud offset--was worth the extra bricks that it would cost me.[1] I
guess I was extrapolating from my own tries at a 1/2 stud offset (which were
less than satisfactory). The conversation about 1/5 stud offsets the other day
got me thinking about them. When I looked at the details of the 1/5 stud offset
construction, I though that it did not look that expensive special part wise. In
fact the only special parts that have to be the right colors are the tiles. The
technic stuff can be any color. So, to make a short story long, I decided to
give it a try. I built one side of a box car, and I must to say, if you haven't
tried a 1/5 stud offset go home an do it tonight!

Interestingly, I was toying with this yesterday. I was actually trying to
see if I could get a similar method to work, but in a 4 or 6 wide config.

Does anyone have a .dat file that shows how this method work?

Jake

---
Jake McKee
AFOL
LUGNET Member #211

Jake,

  I found the message

James Mathis asked...

Did you use this design?
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=2007

I was inspired by Gianluca's original design for the odd offset, but ended
up with a different construction.  I'm not sure my solution is "1/5" offset.
There was some discussion of the fractio, but I've since forgotten the result.

end quote

One side requires four studs, so fitting the design into a six wide car will
require some modifications. If you alternate supporting one side and then the
other, you should be able to get the design to fit.

Chris

--
See some of my LEGO creations at http://cmasi.chem.tulane.edu/~lego/



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  Re: Retraction about offset stud on box cars and stuff
 
(...) Interestingly, I was toying with this yesterday. I was actually trying to see if I could get a similar method to work, but in a 4 or 6 wide config. Does anyone have a .dat file that shows how this method work? Jake --- Jake McKee AFOL LUGNET (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)

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