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| (...) They (the car manufacturers... Pullman Standard, American Car Foundry and others) took big pieces of steel and put them into huge 200++ ton presses and formed ribs and raised/lowered areas into them for strength. They rounded the ends so that (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I'd agree that the rounded edge is too small to model, but the overall curve of the roof can still be done. I like to have (in six-wide at least) a plated roof, with the middle four studs raised by one plate. This isn't my best example of (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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