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Re: 10219 Maersk Container train set
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Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:06:07 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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I see no reason to do that, looks like LEGO didnt in that set design... :)
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Well, thats precisely my point. I was actually directing my comment towards
TLG. You really cant have locomotives being the same width as a container,
or a bus or a police car, for that matter!
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Locomotives are not 33% wider than containers. Im pretty sure anyway.
If the locomotive is 6 wide plus some overhangs here and there, handrails, etc,
and the container is 6 EXACTLY, that seems to me like enough of a difference.
Container well cars are not that much wider than the containers either.
Didnt we have this argument lo so many years ago?
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Message has 1 Reply: ![](/news/x.gif) | | Re: 10219 Maersk Container train set
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| (...) Containers are about 8' wide. A loco is generally about 10' wide. That's a ratio of 4:5. The ratio of 6 wide to 8 wide is 3:4, but that is certainly more plausible than 1:1 (6 wide to 6 wide). And I mention again for emphasis: the cars and (...) (13 years ago, 24-Jan-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Well, that's precisely my point. I was actually directing my comment towards TLG. You really can't have locomotives being the same width as a container, or a bus or a police car, for that matter! But I do not pretend to understand their loco (...) (13 years ago, 24-Jan-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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