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Subject:	Re: Carriage roof and underframe
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains
Date:	Wed, 9 Feb 2005 23:43:20 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Stuart Jones wrote: > Some design ideas for a carriage roof, trying to get those shallow curves > without using slopes or stacked plates: > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1088848 > > A view of the components: > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1088849 > > For you 8-widers, just add 2-stud wide bricks down the middle. > > As with wagons, I think steam-age carriages need to have some underframe detail, > here's another design idea: > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1088845 > > Views of the underside (with battery boxes in the middle) and components: > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1088846 > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1088847 > > The length of the underframe can be adjusted by using different combinations of > 4L bars, 4H antennae and 6.6L bars > > I've been out of Lego for nearly 2 years due to various reasons, good to be > dabbling again. Hi to everyone in the Brickish Association and the NBLTC. > > Stuart Good to hear from you Stuart. We're at Swindon again (with 2 layouts) next weekend. Please asee www.brickish.org for details & hope to see you there! Cheers Jon

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		Carriage roof and underframe
Some design ideas for a carriage roof, trying to get those shallow curves without using slopes or stacked plates: (URL) view of the components: (URL) you 8-widers, just add 2-stud wide bricks down the middle. As with wagons, I think steam-age (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)

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