 | | Re: Container Cars —Larry Pieniazek
| | | | (...) good thinking! That problem with too tight grip by the well of the car means that even the hand cranked cranes in, for example 4549, don't always grip snugly enough. I tried using 1x2 thinwalls but the tile with rod on top solution seems (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Container Cars —Jeff Van Winden
| | | | | (...) Nope, I just had a quick look, I think what you see is a 2 x 2 tile, which does make it look odd.. Sorry for the high angle, I installed the l3p add on lastnight, and did not get a chance to figure out the angles... Thanks fr the feedback! (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Container Cars —Steve Barile
| | | | | Hi Jeff, Critique to follow, don't mean to be too negitive :) I just looked at your car and wondered why 7 wide? I don't see how the 7th stud did anything for you on this design, the foot print is still 4 wide between the 1x2 tiles with-rod-on-top. (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Container Cars —Jeff Van Winden
| | | | | (...) Sorry for the slpw reply, I reorganized my Brickshelf folder, and updated the Container car. My original reason for going 7 wide was so that I could still build some walls along the side of the wagon. See my second version here: (URL) first (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains)
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