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Re: Newbie Question about train parts
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 25 May 2000 13:46:45 GMT
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lawrence wilkes wrote:
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> In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> > Up until the recent advent of the Soccer buses, train windows were extremely
> > hard to come by. And even *with* the buses, you will not get "true" divided
> > train window panes. So the easiest colors suddenly now become red, yellow,
> > blue, and black, and white. Gray will be the hardest, and most all train
> > doors will cost you about a gallon of blood each. Hopefully LD will solve
> > that shortage...
Of course last year I reached a point of deciding that red train windows
were easy to get (I've got a ton of McDonalds), but the buses certainly
will help that a lot more since you get 7 in each set, with glass.
> I could also add that they are also too tall at 3 high for some of the more
> streamlined trains that would look better with 2 high windows.
Although they wouldn't look too good on a modern train, red classic
windows aren't too hard to come by on eBay. White is also not too hard
to acquire.
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Frank Filz
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| (...) It's interesting that most folks seem to consider only the divided glass panes as 'true' train windows. If you are building modern trains then the divided glass might be an irrelevance as they have sealed windows. I could also add that they (...) (24 years ago, 25-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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