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Re: 8 Wide Steam Trains
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:32:08 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Simpson wrote:
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One thing, I read that it can take about twice as many bricks to build an 8
wide train than it does to build the 6 wide version. How true is this?
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It’s a myth, perpetrated by the 8 wide-haters!
But seriously, no, not even close, but 8 wides look about twice as nice as 6
wides.... 
JOHN
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| (...) Until you hit a curve (grin). Seriously though, going from 6 to 8 gives you an improvement in resolution of 33%, so you can get more detail in. But you'll be tempted to make it longer and the lego curves are too tight as it is. The (...) (15 years ago, 26-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Hello Anthony - LOL - I've just started reading the RAILBRICKS back issues, I've just started issue 3. Thanks for the info you sent me and I'll start looking through it later tonight. For right now, what I'd really like to build is something (...) (15 years ago, 15-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains)
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