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Re: Interest in set 5561
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Wed, 26 Jan 2000 22:57:47 GMT
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Mike Poindexter wrote:

This set also has a large number of chrome elements that look <snip> nice on a
train.

Yes, I used four of the chrome exhaust elbows as (wait for it) exhaust
elbows (roof mounted) on my doodlebugs so I heartily concur. Also I used
the hubs in my high pressure chemical tanker.

It also has a large number of plates and various kinds of slopes
including extreme slopes and a goodly number of curved elements.

5561 rocks. I have either 20 or 40 (depending on whether one counts
chickens that haven't been hatched (er, delivered) yet or not) that
currently haven't been parted out, although 2 gave up their doors for my
/Nik's Shinkasen model...

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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message news:388F7BEB.C7242C...ger.net... (...) Judging from recent events, I wouldn't count unhatched chickens. I used to include stuff on order in my collection count, but now I keep 3 separate tallies (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)

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  Re: Interest in set 5561
 
This set also has a large number of chrome elements that look damn nice on a train. Being one of the ugliest Model Team vehicles ever, it has been a slow mover and is a very good deal for parts when found at a discount. Mike Poindexter Tom Stangl (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)

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