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Re: British Rail InterCity 125-ish (sarcasm warning!)
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Thu, 25 Apr 2002 15:04:22 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> 
> 
> 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

Yeah, that looks really nice.  Darn those Brits for making the underside of
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



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(...) It kind of forces your hand to go 8 wide, or at least 7, don't it? Even if you go with the low profile outer journalless truck that Chris showed recently you can't rotate the wheels and fit within a 4 wide area. I am just loving the way you (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)

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(...) 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. (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)

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