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Re: British Rail InterCity 125-ish (sarcasm warning!)
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Thu, 25 Apr 2002 15:44:52 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.trains, James Mathis writes:
> > 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.
> 
> 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 was thinking about Chris' method; brilliant work!.  Not sure I would like
that look on this passenger waggon.

8, 7, ugh. ;-)

> I am just loving the way you got that upside down and sideways stuff to work
> in your mockup, interlocking those 1x2-1x4 brackets is brilliant!

That was fun to figure out.

> > John: Thanks for the reference back to your corrugated passsenger cars.
> 
> They do look sweet, although the amount of corro they consume makes one >blanch!

Yikes!

later,
James Mathis



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  Re: British Rail InterCity 125-ish (sarcasm warning!)
 
(...) Ya, but a lot of modern euro/british stock uses those style wheels. (...) Roger that! :-) (MTW-1004 is 6 12/15 wide with an 8 wide load, though... (yes I said 12/15 it's two extra tiles sideways wider...) ) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)

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  Re: British Rail InterCity 125-ish (sarcasm warning!)
 
(...) 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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