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Subject: 
Re: Trolley doors
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date: 
Sat, 17 Jul 1999 05:18:58 GMT
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Mike Poindexter wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> [1]  It *can* be done, just not at minifig scale, and who wants to build
> trains to Technic Fig size.  (Well... me, but the lack of wheels, track and
> size restrictions inside the house prevent that.)

Mike, come to the 8 wide side! [1]  And from there, heaven awaits us in ten wide
utopia;-) [2]


-John

[1] <Mike, I am your father>;-)
[2]  Hmmm "Ten wide utopia"  Sounds like a band from Legopolooza!  Tom, my wheels
are spinning..;-)

> 
> 
> In lugnet.trains, Leanne Opaskar writes:
> > Hiya!
> > 
> >       I'm working on a model of the San Diego Trolley, and am trying to
> > figure out how best to emulate the doors on the trolley. They're a sort
> > of gull-wing type in that they pop out from the trolley before sliding
> > to the side.
> > 
> >       Has anyone experimented with doing this style of door before? If so, is
> > there a website where I can check out your work? I'm having some trouble
> > figuring out how to do it.
> > 
> >       If I can't figure out how to do this, I'll probably end up
> > experimenting with sliding doors, which is relatively straightforward
> > with some of the pieces from the Gungan Sub, but I'd really like to try
> > to get the pop-out to work.
> > 
> >               ==Leanne
> > 
> > ----------------------------------------------------------
> > Leanne Opaskar                         lopaskar@san.rr.com



Message is in Reply To:
  Re: Trolley doors
 
Leanne, Welcome to the club! I think that most trains have those kind of doors, but they are too difficult to build with Lego, so they just made the train doors we have right now. I guess that you will have to learn to accept it, as it is not going (...) (27 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)

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