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| Larry, I thought you were a six wide truck guy? I guess I was thinking of someone else. I have been wondering the same thing; should I make containers 4 wide or six wide. 4 wide means I am ok with the old style containers and I can continue using (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| I made some 6 wide trailers way back when I was first playing with train LEGO. But since then I have been mostly 4 wide. Not because it's right. It isn't. IRL trailers and boxcars are almost exactly the same width, (10' 6" I think) and 6 wide (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| (...) I have a feeling I'm going to go with 6 wide. TLC is making more and more 6 wide trucks (now if only they'd make some truck wheels suited for double wheel arrangements other than the 2x2 hubs - technic or standard). I only have a few of those (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| (...) I think 6-wide makes much more impressive trucks. You can always make doors out of plates, using a few <part:2540 1x2 plates w/ handle> and <part:4085 plate 1x1 w/ vert. clip> to create hinges. If you're feeling really ambitious, go (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| Frank catches me in an apparent error... (...) 2148 is what I typed. Trust me. Nefarious forces must have incremented it by two at some point. :-) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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