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Re: 10017 Mini-Hopper
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 2 Jan 2003 22:48:12 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Mark Palmer writes:
> Interesting, I came up with a similar design last year,
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> http://www.jumare.freeserve.co.uk/lego/trains/5085_main.html
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> mine is literally half of 10017.
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> Mark
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> "Harvey Henkelman" <Ferroequus@webtv.net> wrote in message
> news:H83nMp.Mr2@lugnet.com...
> > Due to the small size of my living arrangment, my goal is to include • only
> > four-wheeled waggons on my layout. Unable to give up the beautiful • 10017
> > hopper, I shrunk the design to the two-axle version seen here...
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> > http://community.webtv.net/Ferroequus/GoodsWaggons
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> > ...it keeps the exact same opening mechanism as the full-size set, but • in
> > half the space.
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> > Comments are welcome,
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> > -Harvey
Very nice, Harvey and Mark. I must agree that bigger is never necessarily
better. Although it's nice to see a long line of rolling stock on a track,
I personally prefer cars that are 16 studs or less. This allows to make
fixed axle cars, and eliminates the need for bogie plates. A few years
back, I made a series of 16-stud 6 wide Metroliner cars, which were pulled
by a small shunting engine. I really liked the effect created, and I found
that I could build more types of cars when building shorter, and it provided
a nice challenge for interior design.
-Kevin
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| (...) It's interesting how two people can take divergent paths when it comes to their ideas for making a set smaller while still preserving the overall effect. I'm waiting for more tan slopes and 6×12 plates so I can remove those clumsy tie rods (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| Interesting, I came up with a similar design last year, (URL) is literally half of 10017. Mark "Harvey Henkelman" <Ferroequus@webtv.net> wrote in message news:H83nMp.Mr2@lugnet.com... (...) only (...) 10017 (...) in (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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