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Re: Box Cars
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Wed, 11 Aug 1999 15:31:32 GMT
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"Thomas P. Rafert" wrote:

8 wide !!!  The idea has crossed my mind, do I dare crossover?  Could I ever go
back?

Never know until you try;-)

Heck, I suppose anything is possible, I dare to build mountain and
landscape(1) with ... BURPs. :-)  I must admit although, it is fun to try to
stay within 6 wide, and I want to try my hand at some even smaller gauge.

Tom

(1) approaching 12.5' long x 3' deep of mountain and other various scenery.

In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
The idea has possibilities, as all of my box car sliding doors are gray:-p
(except a red one borrowed from the 7722)

Yo, Tom- when you do get around to building freight, why not try living
dangerously and spend some time on the 8 wide side.  As Cat Stevens put it, • "OOh
baby, baby it's a wide world, and it's hard to get by justaponna sixwide"  Or
*something* like that;-)

-John




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  8 wide? was Re: Box Cars
 
I hereby do admit that 8 wide CAN look good. John showed me a boxcar he has been working on, it has a FRED in the end, integrated grab iron ladders, sliding doors, separated roofwalk, and a whole bunch of other details. It looked really good. It (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)

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  Re: Box Cars
 
8 wide !!! The idea has crossed my mind, do I dare crossover? Could I ever go back? Heck, I suppose anything is possible, I dare to build mountain and landscape(1) with ... BURPs. :-) I must admit although, it is fun to try to stay within 6 wide, (...) (25 years ago, 11-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)

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