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Re: Retraction about offset stud on box cars and stuff
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Tue, 3 Jul 2001 16:46:02 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Tony Hafner writes:
> > > 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?
> 
> No .dat file, but Gianluca Morelli does an amazing job of demonstrating his
> technique with a pencil.  His solution does this very nicely in 6-wide.  I
> had the privilege of seeing the ITLUG car in the flesh at PNLTC's Guinness
> World Record attempt show last August, and we marveled at the beauty of the
> car.  And of course, we had to open it up to see how it worked.
> 
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=1299
> 
> --
> Tony Hafner
> www.hafhead.com
> www.pnltc.org

That's quite impressive, to have both the inset sides and the lettering.
But, it only shows the two halves being kept 4 plates apart (5 plates = 2
studs).  It doesn't appear to have any way of locking them in place on the
body of the wagon.

Jason J Railton



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  Re: Retraction about offset stud on box cars and stuff
 
In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton writes:>That's quite impressive, to have both the inset sides and the lettering. (...) Look at this: (URL) you see the cross section (upper left),yes,the two halves are linked togther but not to the wagon,but they (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)

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  Re: Retraction about offset stud on box cars and stuff
 
(...) No .dat file, but Gianluca Morelli does an amazing job of demonstrating his technique with a pencil. His solution does this very nicely in 6-wide. I had the privilege of seeing the ITLUG car in the flesh at PNLTC's Guinness World Record (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)

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