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Re: 8 wide? was Re: Box Cars
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Fri, 13 Aug 1999 01:56:51 GMT
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johnneal@uswest./AntiSpam/net
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Very gracious of you to say so, Lar. Thank you...I think. All of this
talk about the dark side makes me feel like Darth Wider or a Girth Maul;-)
BTW Lar, what is keeping your pants up these days? You left your
suspenders on my train layout! {:^D I'm using them to support my train
bridge, though;-)
-John
Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> 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.
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> It looked really good. It also reminded me a lot of a G scale boxcar.
> Really very nice work.
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> However... they are just not practical as 8 wide does not scale well
> with minifig scale. This is the same reason I build my cars 4 wide even
> though only one minifig can sit in each row.
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> So don't go in the 8 wide direction. The dark side can be deceptive.
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> John Neal wrote:
> >
> > "Thomas P. Rafert" wrote:
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> > > 8 wide !!! The idea has crossed my mind, do I dare crossover?
> --
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| I never thought I'd live long enough to hear that. But the other thing I wonder if I'll ever see is John's site displaying the said boxcar. ;-) -Tom McD. when replying, most postmen will not deliver to a house with a spamcake guarding the porch. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 8 wide? was Re: Box Cars
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| 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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