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Re: Train Windows service packs
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Mon, 24 May 1999 22:35:17 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:

> Mike Poindexter wrote:
> 
> > Although I also would agree with you, I must rain on the parade.  They will
> > not produce a service pack with that many individual elements in it, IMHO. \
> 
> You are correct.  Maybe a train bucket, but not a pack. We're better off
> agitating for a pack than a bucket as I think the run can be lower.
> 
> So let's get down to 2 colors.  Or even 1. Me, I like blue. We haven't
> HAD a lot of blue in a long time. Blue and grey. There are good sources
> of black windows doors and airplane windows already (although not the
> narrow train windows)

Blue?  If it's all the same to them, I'd say silver and gray.  I think I'd go for
white over blue.

> > > Fourthly, I forgot about STICKERS! I want some stickers to make windows
> > > frosted, and I want some striping stickers that are the correct length
> > > for the doors in wide and narrow stripes so I can make a red/white/blue
> > > door if I want to, and so forth.
> > 
> > Larry, I think you are starting to fall victim to losing focus here.
> 
> Yes. Never mind. Withdraw the question. Your witness.
> 
> > A final note:  I found a piece I would LOVE to have more of and it would look
> > great on a train (from a freestyle perspective - I am NOT a train buff) and it
> > is a 1x4x4 window with a corrugated snap cover.  I could not find a part
> > number for it but it is on the right side of the 5571 Big Rig Truck just below
> > the red train window.  I think it could be a great cover for a luggage
> > compartment.
> 
> Yes, these do make good hatches/machinery covers and the like. But I
> prefer them for vents rather than doors. US prototype doesn't use these
> sort of doors much.
> 
> > (You do realize that if you reply that you have too many of
> > them, I will ask you for some, Larry...)
> 
> You can never have too many of an obscure windowish part. So although I
> have a few (10??), I don't have enough to where I would part with any.
> 
> Nice try, though.
> 
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  Re: Train Windows service packs
 
(...) for (...) I would also have to agree. If you want blue that much, I have 4 blue train windows I could trade you. My picks would be: 1. Gray/Black 2. Red/White 3. Blue/Yellow (I don't think it will get that far) Adding the corrugated window and (...) (27 years ago, 24-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
  Re: Train Windows service packs
 
(...) will (...) IMHO. \ (...) for (...) look (...) and it (...) below (...) Well from the service packs they have for trains right now idicates anything. You wont get a wide selection of color, just look at the train plate, one color. I think if we (...) (27 years ago, 24-May-99, to lugnet.trains)

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  Re: Train Windows service packs
 
(...) You are correct. Maybe a train bucket, but not a pack. We're better off agitating for a pack than a bucket as I think the run can be lower. So let's get down to 2 colors. Or even 1. Me, I like blue. We haven't HAD a lot of blue in a long (...) (27 years ago, 24-May-99, to lugnet.trains)

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