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Re: 8 Wide verses 6 Wide Super Chief Comparison
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 1 Mar 2002 23:51:49 GMT
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JOHN@TCLTC.ORGspamcake
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richard marchetti wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> > I would never say that mine is better, just different in a more
> > prototypical kind of way:-)
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> I think your model is better from the front (the proportion seems more
> correct), but from the sides I think they are both more or less the same
> although yours is obviously larger again.
Take a look at this comparison which I just whipped up:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=129941 (while adding this
I accidentally deleted the entire folder but I just reloaded it:-p)
Mine isn't just "larger"-- it's also proportioned more correctly.
> The front windshield looks a
> little weak, I assume a corressponding lego element doesn't exist to suit
> your needs...
You assume correctly. Although the windshield may leave something to be
desired, it does create the feeling of the original's drooping windows
rather well, IMO
-John
> That's my non-trainhead opinion, anyway.
>
> -- Hop-Frog
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