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4 Wide Hiawatha car-- This is weird!
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Tue, 11 Apr 2000 06:17:19 GMT
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JOHNNEAL@nospamUSWEST.NET
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Okay, I built *one* more 4 wide car -- a parlor car from the 1939
Hiawatha streamliner run by Milwaukee Road. Now, check this out: I
have 4 pics to show you.
The first is my 4 wide taken directly from my scanner (100%):
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=3429
Okay. Now this next pic is some artwork I made which traced the scanned
image of my 4 wide *exactly*:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/J-2/4wide/hidrawing.jpg
Now, the next pic is a scan of a schematic of the Hi car from Model
Railroader magazine. It is drawn exactly to HO scale and I shot it at
100%.
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/J-2/4wide/mrschematic.jpg
Finally, the last pic takes my drawing from my 4 wide and overlays it on
the Model Railroader schematic:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/J-2/4wide/hioverlay.jpg
Basically what this means is that 4 wide is virtually identical to HO
scale and that there is geometry going on here that I not aware. For
instance, I used all plates on my 4 wide because the lines created by
the plates matched perfectly the flutings (ribs) on the sides. A 1x2
was almost a perfect size for a window. The brown diaphragms under the
car are exactly 3 plates high. The orange and red bands across the top
of the windows are exactly 1 plate high. And the roof is exactly 2
plates high. So it worked out pretty neato. Once I get some passenger
trucks, I'll post more pics:-)
-John
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| (...) 1) Gary I. would be laughing maniacly and saying "See! Classic Lego = HO scale!" 2) I'm afraid that you have opened another Pandora's Box. Will Lego Beach Department of Emergency Services www.crosswinds.net/~hokie (24 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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