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Re: Combines and loads (was Re: New poster by Larry Pieniazek/MTW
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lugnet.trains
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Sat, 16 Aug 2003 22:29:15 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke wrote:
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> > Ok, from the 1024x768 poster I was not too sure about it: I just saw the 6-wide
> > cabin and the 2 studs mudgear on each side of it.
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> A bit of trickery there... :-) The cab is 6 wide at the top (the hinged part)
> but the stationary part is only 5 wide, using tiles to handle the mismatch. The
> stationary part sits on a 6 wide plate base which is offset 1/2 stud from the
> frame, and sticks out one stud only on one side.
> THAT side takes the step unit, which is removed in shipment mode, but it means
> the whole cab (as long as the lights are folded in for shipment too) is only 6.5
> wide (and that .5 is skewed so it's only on one side) without the step
> (mudguard is what you thought it is).
Can' wait to see some more detailed pictures of this model. Sounds by far more
complicated as it seemed to be on the first view....
Ben
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