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Re: Silver Metroliner Pics
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Fri, 17 Mar 2000 06:59:15 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Mike Poindexter writes:
> Oh please!  That thing takes 40 silver 2x4 bricks per side!  If you can't get
> a Metroliner off of ebay, try to get 80 silver bricks.  And that is also a lot
> of silver tubes- 40 elbows per side and 40 straights in the middle.  Of
> course, there are no elbows on the back side.  That design cannot be made
> symetrical unless the car is 8 wide.  Even then, the door between cars will be
> blocked off.  It would work better if they had silver 2x2 bricks.  (Even
> better if they had silver bricks in all sizes.)

The only reason there are no tubes on the other side is because I ran out:)
6 wide is exactly the right size for 2 curved and one straight tube (use
a 2 axle to connect the bottom of the straight tube to the other corner tube.
The other side is not done yet (it's black temporarally) but I would
move the doors tward the center 2 studs each to allow for the ends to
work without the need for 2x2 bricks.

> Still, that is absolutely awesome looking.  I _LOVE_ the doors!  I think they
> look a lot better than the regular train doors and I will be stealing that
> idea and using it quite a bit.  Although it isn't practical and impossible to
> implement, it is inspiring - sort of like Miniland.
> 
> Mike Poindexter

It *is* possible to implement!  Definately not practical though.

KL



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  Re: Silver Metroliner Pics
 
(...) Oh please! That thing takes 40 silver 2x4 bricks per side! If you can't get a Metroliner off of ebay, try to get 80 silver bricks. And that is also a lot of silver tubes- 40 elbows per side and 40 straights in the middle. Of course, there are (...) (27 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)

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