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Re: Retraction about offset stud on box cars and stuff
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Tue, 3 Jul 2001 09:00:39 GMT
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Ah, now since one stud is exactly 2 1/2 plates, a 1/5 stud offset is
equivalent to half a plate.  That's equivalent to the indentation on the
face of a headlight brick, or the height of its base lip, or the 1x4 face of
one of those 1x2-1x4 brackets.  There must be loads of ways of doing this.

I have to agree it looks great.  I'm going to try one of these myself.

Jason J Railton



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  Re: Retraction about offset stud on box cars and stuff
 
My SNOTgon uses headlight bricks for the 1/5 stud offset. Check it out: (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)

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  Retraction about offset stud on box cars and stuff
 
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 (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)

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