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Re: 8 wide? was Re: Box Cars
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 13 Aug 1999 04:11:47 GMT
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If it makes it into any GMLTC pix I'll see it :-) (I'm just jealous cuz I
haven't seen it yet :-)
-Tom McD.
when replying, spamcake can absorb up to 47 times its weight in excess stomach
acid.
In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> Touché. Et tu, spamtus?
>
> -John
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> Tom McDonald wrote:
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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.
> >
> > In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> > > 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.
> > > >
> > > > It looked really good. It also reminded me a lot of a G scale boxcar.
> > > > Really very nice work.
> > > >
> > > > 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.
> > > >
> > > > So don't go in the 8 wide direction. The dark side can be deceptive.
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| At John's rate of web progress, we will never see any pictures of his stuff. John, you take some pictures and send them to me, I'll post them for you. Got your slides developed yet? Paul (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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