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Subject: 
 Re: WRONG Rung
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Date: 
 Mon, 6 Jun 2005 15:38:18 GMT
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"John" <John@TCLTC.org> wrote in message news:IHnHI1.vC4@lugnet.com...
> I was pretty excited when TLG developed <http://peeron.com/inv/parts/48336
> this
> part>. I was never too happy with the rungs that had the grabbers towards
> the
> middle of the element instead of on the ends.  But now I've changed my
> mind...
> 
> Here are 2 pics of the 2 elements in action:
> 
> <http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/J-2/8wide/00000074.jpg
> <http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/J-2/8wide/thumb/00000074.jpg_thumb.jpg>><http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/J-2/8wide/00000075.jpg
> <http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/J-2/8wide/thumb/00000075.jpg_thumb.jpg>>
> 
> Now, at first glance, I like what I see (not minding the fact of the
> difference
> in brown tones!)  The newer rungs look more like what I think real rungs
> look
> like-- until I view them {from the side}:
> 
> <http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/J-2/8wide/00000076.jpg
> <http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/J-2/8wide/thumb/00000076.jpg_thumb.jpg>>
> 
> Notice how fat and blobby they appear from this angle, and how the old
> style
> looks more delicate.  I really {wanted} to like these newer elements and
> was
> planning on switching over to them eventually, but to my surprise, I am
> not
> preferring them over the old ones-- certainly not enough to go through all
> of
> the cost and trouble of switching out 100s of them.
> 
> So I will pass on them for now, although I might just build a dark red
> Bethgon
> with them and see how it looks overall, and bring it to Cincy for
> evaluation by
> all.  Ah, the pursuit of the trivial:-)
> 
> [JOHN]

You're just going to have to succumb to the temptation to make them
laddertomically correct yourself.  I'll lend you one of my Dremels if you'd
like...  It actually looks like a pretty straightforward mod.  Even lar++
could do it.

Rob



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  Re: WRONG Rung
 
(...) Who is he? I'm happy(??) to say I'm no longer a Dremel virgin... and I even corrupted someone else too. ++Lar (prefix, not postfix) (19 years ago, 6-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains)

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I was pretty excited when TLG developed (URL) this part>. I was never too happy with the rungs that had the grabbers towards the middle of the element instead of on the ends. But now I've changed my mind... Here are 2 pics of the 2 elements in (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)

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