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I've been on and off thinking about containers (for ships, trucks, and
trains). One of the things I'm wondering is if all the LEGO sets which have
containers use the same dimensions? The other thing I'm wondering is if I
should set my own standards and make them 6 wide. I do plan on making most
of my trucks 6 wide.
Another oddly related question: is there a source of orange 1x2 tiles (other
than 1x2 grille tiles)? I've got an idea for how to fit a tile flush with
the side of a container wall, and was thinking of making some "Sebulba"
containers which would be half orange and half black. Unfortunately, my
scheme works in terms of 2x4 tiled areas, which means I need to build a 4x4
tiled area with the "Sebulba" 2x2 tile in the center, sort of like:
+---+---+---+---+
| | o | |
| o +---+---+ o |
| | | |
+---+ o/b +---+
| | | |
| b +---+---+ b |
| | b | |
+---+-------+---+
The "o"s are orange tiles
The "b"s are black tiles
The "o/b" is the Sebulba tile
Of course if I do the split vertically, I can just use a Sebulba tile and a
2x2 black tile, so that might be the way to do it, but I think it would look
nicer with the top half orange and the bottom half black.
Note that along the bottom of the tiled area, there needs to be a 1x4 tile,
or a pair of 1x2x1 thin walls, or something else which doesn't have studs.
There may also be other ways to get this arrangement (I'm doing it with a
1x4/1x2 "bumper" bracket) which would allow a smaller tiled area. Of course
if one goes impure, those Tyco plates and tiles could come in real handy
(since they're 1/2 brick height, or 1.5 plate thick). Fortunately both the
1x4/1x2 "bumper" bracket and the 1x1 brick w/recessed side stud ("headlight"
brick) offer a 1/2 plate thickness which is necessary to get the tile flush
with a brick wall in 1 stud thickness (if I go with 6 wide containers, there
will be more options since there are 3 studs to work with on each side
instead of 2).
M-Tron is going to be one of my big shipping companies...
Frank
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| (...) There is a standard LEGO Container size which lorries, trucks and the 1991 sea ports all used - 4x8 in plan. The Maersk and Color Line trucks have different size containers. Set 1651 the old Maersk truck: (URL) 6 wide containers I think they (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| (...) With some creative engineering, you should probably be able to fit create just a 2x2 area, but you might have to sacrifice some interior space... --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| I've had the luck of being allowed access to the Local Harbors here thru a few nice Steveadores (Wish I had their jobs thought. They pay good money.) and I've learned that Containers come in all shapes and sizes. I have nearly 200+ Reference Photos (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Which you are, of course, famous for. When does karimnassar.com go public? (But don't ask me to get on task on my own site :/ ) --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Augh, that sounds familiar, but I can't place it. What's it from? --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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