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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> Eric-
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> Nice work for a rookie;-) That is my favorite box car to model-- the ol' 40
> footer. A couple of nits:
First thanks to everyone that posted or E-mailed me comments and suggestions.
I have made a couple of small changes to the NELUG boxcar according to some of
your suggestions.
1. I moved the trucks out toward the ends more.
2. I lost the bumpers (Thanks John, I like the look although I don't know if
I will do this for all my cars or not because of my lack of the proper parts).
3. You can't see it but I used Larry's suggestion of the 2x2 tile with center
peg and some technic plates instead of the 2x2 turntable to attach the trucks
to the car. Also a bit of an expensive mod but it is definitely more secure.
4. (My favorite) We came up with this at the NELUG meeting last night. We
changed the head of the Hobo with the new Scorpion Guy's head from the new Race
sets. Now he really has that "bitter beer taste" look on his face.
I have added pictures to the page and I added a couple of pics and a
description of how I handled the fake doors at the bottom of the page.
http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/train/boxcar/
Thanks again for all the suggestions. I really like the car now. We'll see
how far down the road of LEGO Trains this takes me.
Eric Kingsley
The New England LEGO Users Group
http://www.nelug.org/
View my creations at:
http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/
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| Eric- Nice work for a rookie;-) That is my favorite box car to model-- the ol' 40 footer. A couple of nits: 1. Loose the buffers. We are in America-- land of the free, and home of the bufferless;-) Use the 2x3 black plate with one side rounded and a (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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