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Re: 4512- thoughts
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Date: 
Sat, 19 Jul 2003 21:32:34 GMT
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Nice quickie review, James.  I know it makes me look forward to getting it.  It
is a bummer somewhat about the "click-hingification" of those parts you
mentioned.

A question though; does the red hopper-ish car have a rotating center?  It looks
like a slag car somewhat, but can't quite tell.

-Stefan-



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(...) No, it is a turning side dump hopper. The sides are made up of the pieces from the cloud city car (red 5L 2w 2h, bent at 3l), and then have technic pins holding them to the ends. It is quite an inventive way to make it discharge. It is a clean (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.trains)

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  4512- thoughts
 
I've gotten my first copy of 4512, and are reasonably impressed with it. As others have noted, the box showes 1/2 straights, but the set doesn't include them :(. The loco isn't too bad (fairly close to that of 4564, but not the same). New snowplow (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-03, to lugnet.trains)

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