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Re: My Inverted Hopper Design
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Mon, 24 Apr 2000 04:10:23 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> That is a very clever design, Dean.  Funny, I was just talking to Mike
> Poindexter last night and he was talking about doing the same thing!  Now,
> here is what I think: If you can come up with this ingenious design to get
> around using rare parts, you could prolly create an MOC that is better in
> design than TLC's in the first place!  Heck, look at Lar's design.  You
> could start by improving on his design-- hint: begin by making it 8 wide;-)

That's been done... Mike Poindexter did it. However it's not clear that it was
an improvement, per se. Bigger does not always automatically equate to Better.

(also GD&R)

Dean my advice to you is not to (try to) improve on my design... but to go
forth and do a car that's not been done in large quantities before.

++Lar



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  Re: My Inverted Hopper Design
 
(...) Being new to trains, (1 Year on the 29th. 4565 B-Day prezzy from wife) I've gone from following directions to variations on the directions to MOC's. I have a cute little tanker that I did back before we pooled our LEGO. (My wife has much more (...) (27 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)

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  Re: My Inverted Hopper Design
 
That is a very clever design, Dean. Funny, I was just talking to Mike Poindexter last night and he was talking about doing the same thing! Now, here is what I think: If you can come up with this ingenious design to get around using rare parts, you (...) (27 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)

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