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Re: Container Width (was Re: New MOC: Cargo Sprinter)
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 28 Aug 2000 21:35:11 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Mike Poindexter writes:
> Containers are not as wide as trains! Sure, they are close, but with trains
> being 10' wide, represented as 6 studs, then an 8' wide container should be
> 4.8 studs wide. If you round it to the nearest stud, then it would be 5
> wide by 12long for an HCL and 5 x 24for an FCL.
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> If you round it to the nearest even stud length, then it would be 4 studs
> wide.
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> Using 8 wide trains, containers should be 6.4 studs wide, which rounds to 6
> wide x 16 long for an HCL and 32 long for an FCL. If you choose to give
> container proportions a priority over absolute scale, then 6x15 and 6x30
> will work.
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> Containers are not as wide as trains and never should be.
Agreed. However the 4 wides just look funny. They're not even tall enough for
a minifig to stand up in, and we know how short those guys are. :-)
I'll probably just lump it, but I'll continue to whinge (an OZ word!) about it
nonetheless.
Would people accept 5 wide containers? I am working on the productification-
design of my articulated double stack and would be interested in buyer's
opinions, would buyers prefer 4 wide (retaining compatability with TLC), 5
wide (proportioned about right, as Mike says) or 6 wide (a bit TOO wide but
looks good) on a 6 wide car (the car width of 6 or so is not really
negotiable, my line is going to be all 6 wide based)
++Lar
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Container Width (was Re: New MOC: Cargo Sprinter)
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| (...) I personally am planning on going 6 wide for containers. I guess 5 wide would be a possibility, I really won't be having doors in my containers (the windows w/shutters in the old Maersk truck would be neat to get, and with availability of (...) (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Container Width (was Re: New MOC: Cargo Sprinter)
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| (...) Good one :-) I agree the four wides look too small, but the six wides look too big. I suspect that on an eight wide car, the six wides would look right, but the photos I saw of some of the ambassador cars with six on six just didn't work IMO. (...) (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Container Width (was Re: New MOC: Cargo Sprinter)
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| Containers are not as wide as trains! Sure, they are close, but with trains being 10' wide, represented as 6 studs, then an 8' wide container should be 4.8 studs wide. If you round it to the nearest stud, then it would be 5 wide by 12long for an HCL (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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