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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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James Mathis wrote:


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 (23 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 (23 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 (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)

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