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Re: British Rail InterCity 125-ish (sarcasm warning!)
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Date: 
Thu, 25 Apr 2002 14:09:03 GMT
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JOHN@TCLTCnomorespam.ORG
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James Mathis wrote:

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> Next, staying 6-wide, I may try rounding out only the section of the waggon
> base that is in between the two bogies.  Maybe this would still achieve the
> rounded look yet keep the overall waggon height lower.  ??

Hey, just for reference (in reality;-), here is one of my corrugated passenger cars
which I rounded underneath between the trucks.  I really like the effect.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=138602

-John

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  Re: British Rail InterCity 125-ish (sarcasm warning!)
 
(...) the IC125 waggons look to be roundd over the full length of the car-- even above the bogies. John: Thanks for the reference back to your corrugated passsenger cars. later, James Mathis (24 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
  Re: British Rail InterCity 125-ish (sarcasm warning!)
 
(...) (URL) doesn't capture the look of the real thing very well. Comes a little closer? later, James Mathis (24 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)

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  Re: British Rail InterCity 125-ish (sarcasm warning!)
 
(...) I think 7 or even 8 wide would yield a more appealing aspect ratio for this rounded waggon base. However, I think just for fun to try it in 6-wide first. No real-brick build, yet, but here is a rounded waggon base construction that I think (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)

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