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Re: 2-Wide Steam Train
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Tue, 18 Sep 2001 16:48:49 GMT
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> > > http://www.hafhead.com/lego/mytrain/2wsteam/index.html
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> One wonders if, perhaps, it doesn't look quite so tidy from the other
> side...? But I could be wrong.
The walls are just as tidy, but I ran out of "wheels" so the other side has
bare plates for running gear.
> Ah, actually, if you centre-mounted a 1x1 5-stud brick in the middle (on a
> 1x1 round plate or two, or stuck it into the roof or the side of a 1x2
> technic brick mounted across the wagon), then stuck a tile on either side...
> am I close?
That could work, but I think you'd have to make the whole thing a plate
taller, or you'd have vertical stud clearance problems with the tops of the
1x1's. If you centered the 1x1 brick behind the facing 2x2 tile, you'd have
an odd quarter-plate vertical offset. You might be able to pull it off by
only pushing pieces partly onto the studs, but it would be very fragile.
I used a 1x1 plate with a closed clip that has studs on both sides. But I
use the older version- the clip part is a half-plate thick instead of a full
plate thick like the newer ones. I put a plate on each side and a tile on
that. That actually gives me another plate of thickness to play with, and I
just realized that I could add more texture by using grill tiles on top
(that would make *great* livestock cars!) The clip pieces rest on top of a
pair of 1x2 panels, and are bound to the roof with a 1-stud 1x2 plate.
> Very nice model though.
Thanks!
--
Tony Hafner
www.hafhead.com
www.pnltc.org
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| (...) One wonders if, perhaps, it doesn't look quite so tidy from the other side...? But I could be wrong. Ah, actually, if you centre-mounted a 1x1 5-stud brick in the middle (on a 1x1 round plate or two, or stuck it into the roof or the side of a (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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