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Re: Retraction about offset stud on box cars and stuff
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 3 Jul 2001 19:17:31 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton writes:>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.
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> Jason J Railton
Look at this:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=14505
if you see the cross section (upper left),yes,the two halves are linked
togther but not to the wagon,but they can't move crosswise because the 1x
plates in their bottom (blue) are put against the studs of the wagon frame
(red),so they have no degree of freedom.
Gianluca
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 | | Re: Retraction about offset stud on box cars and stuff
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| (...) Ah, I get it now. Very subtle. By the way, I can now do 1/10 stud offsets! It's a bit small to look any good, but it's possible. You use a 2x1 plate with centre stud. That sets you 1/2 a stud, or 5/10, back from the normal row of studs. Then (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Retraction about offset stud on box cars and stuff
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| (...) 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. (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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