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Subject:	Re: London Underground Train
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains
Date:	Sat, 27 Nov 2004 02:43:18 GMT
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In lugnet.underground, Jonathan Reynolds wrote: > Hello all, > > I've recently completed a model of a tube train like this one > > http://www.brickish.org/members/files/jreynolds/Ruislip73.jpg > > If any of you have flown into Heathrow and caught the tube up to central London, > this is the train you will have ridden in > > The lego model has been built 6-wide and compressed in length to suit the > curves. Both prototype and model are noticably lower than the 'surface' stock > and required the use of an articulaed design to limit the intrusion of the motor > bogey.(see pics below) > > http://www.brickish.org/members/files/jreynolds/TubeTQ.JPG > > http://www.brickish.org/members/files/jreynolds/TubeComparison.JPG > > http://www.brickish.org/members/files/jreynolds/TubeArticulation.JPG > > The model uses plenty of SNOT techniques - those doors are inset by less than > half a stud, for example. Hope you like it. > > Jon Reynolds Hello Jon Great looking train ! Is it a 6 wide or a 7 wide ? Thanks,Teunis M>ltc

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		Re: London Underground Train
(...) Hello Teunis, The tube trains are 6-wide. They are running alongside standard trains which are also 6-wide so visually it was important to ensure that, if anything, they look a little narrower in keeping with the character of the prototype. (...) (20 years ago, 27-Nov-04, to lugnet.trains)

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