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Re: 4 Wide Hiawatha car-- This is weird!
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 11 Apr 2000 06:22:59 GMT
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> 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:-)
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
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 | | 4 Wide Hiawatha car-- This is weird!
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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%): (URL) Now this next pic is (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains) !
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