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Re: Retraction about offset stud on box cars and stuff
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 5 Jul 2001 19:40:11 GMT
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Yargh!! You beat me to it!
After the 1/5 stud offset thread, I prototyped some 1/10 stud ideas in MLCAD
half the day on Tuesday and then with bricks that night. But I was offline
yesterday and just came in today. I still don't have a finished product,
but I did enough to see that it works quite well. It's plenty sturdy, and
you can do both sides set in 1/10 on a 6W car.
My technique is totally different, though. I have to disagree that it is
too small to look good. It's subtle, but very visible- at least when the
facing bricks are all one color. Adding brick text might break it up enough
to mask the offset.
--
Tony Hafner
www.hafhead.com
www.pnltc.org
In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton writes:
> 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 you fit a
> technic twin-hole brick on that with a plate pushed into the side, which is
> 2/5 (or 4/10) of a stud out. So, 5/10 - 4/10 = 1/10. Then, use short pins
> in the side of another technic twin-hole brick, or a 2x1 hinge brick, to
> attach your wall to the plate. This might be hard to fit in 6-wide though.
>
> Jason J Railton
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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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