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| (...) Snip (...) James, Just finished building the trolley. I used Blue in place of Tan (windows), White in place of Grey (roof), Dark Bley in place of Brown (doors),and Grey in place of Red (ends, etc). I have found one problem. The ends of the (...) (20 years ago, 22-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Bruce, How, wow! Thanks for building this trolley. I'll definitely check out the roof issue. Now, I will try to model it your livery. Thank you very much. later, James Mathis (20 years ago, 22-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Since that little 1x1 slope is so hard to come by in gray, may I be so bold to suggest a solution that eliminates those elements and binds the 3x3 rounded plates as well-- use (URL) this piece> along the side of the ends of the roof instead (...) (20 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| In lugnet.trains, Bruce S. Chamberlain wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> Hey Bruce- I began building a version of James' trolley (mine shall be a white ambassador trolley) and found an issue attaching the upside down train rail in (URL) Step 6 here>. We (...) (20 years ago, 24-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) IIRC, it's only a negligible distance. The attachment is reasonably secure. But it can be enough to bother you if you're a stickler for details. (I know I am!) Legoswami (20 years ago, 24-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) John, I didn't notice this at the time, but when you point it out and I put the pieces together in my head, I can see you are right. I am going to have to take it appart and check if this affects the fit of the other parts. Thanks, Bruce (20 years ago, 24-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) John, Thanks for catching this fault in the construction. I failed to notice this error. And, I don't like it. Rather embarrassing. Maybe this (URL) alternate construction will work using 1x1 headlamp bricks (one stud on the side)>. And, Bruce (...) (19 years ago, 24-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) I've seen many a construction get bitten by the fact that a stud is ever so slightly taller than 1/2 plate (and it's the stud itself, not the logo - my simple test for height differences is to match two pieces and then run my fingernail (...) (19 years ago, 24-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) lol I'm telling you that there are dangers to virtual building! :-) Well, I putzed around with it a little, but I am siccing Ross on the project and told him to have at it, only keeping the overall "feel" of the MOC intact. I might even be (...) (19 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) And, Bruce Chamberlain pointed out another error. The front windows don't push back as far as I indicate in the virtual model. The 1/2-stud inset of the doors interfers with the front window insertion. Back to the drawing board on that. (...) (...) (19 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| Here are some more design modifications thanks to (URL) Bruce Chamberlain> and (URL) Hans-Juergen Gaus>. There was an interference problem with inserting the windows into the 1/2-stud inset doors. Both Bruce and Hans-Juergen addressed this problem (...) (19 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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