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Re: British Rail InterCity 125-ish (sarcasm warning!)
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Date: 
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 (...) (23 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) (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)

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