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(...) And another must-seen-MOC for John Neal and other 8-wides... (URL) yellow diesel by Andreas Bürgel. Regards, Ben (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hey, that is a great switcher. I noticed that it had an 8/5 wide set up too.[1] I think the mix of 5 wide hoods with 8 wide cabs looks great. Unfortunately, I think that this is going to make 1x2-center-stud plates harder to come by. It looks (...) (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Wie schön! Ben- Please commend Andreas for me for his nice model! He uses 2 of my favorite building techniques-- building 8 wide and covering as many studs as possible with tiles. An excellent looking MOC. Which makes me think: Have I ever seen a (...) (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) too.[1] (...) I don't know and I even do not have the e-mail of the builder of the engine. :-( I just wanted to share the pictures and do some promotion for the www.1000steine.de galleries. (...) In this case it is right, but in most case the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Right, since every train is wider than the track.... But I think with the small radius of track 8-wides in curves (especially when they are a little longer) look not too good. But I don't want to restart the 8-wide discussion. I have decides (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Oh, I'll give you that. But remember, even if prototypes *could* negotiate tight curves like that, they would look as ungainly doing it. (...) Yikes. Need a better reason than that! :-) (...) Actually, the wheels are a bit large (if we are (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) John, Hey, I am not that happy with the W.C./head/toilet/pot...t/whatever in my caboose...you got any pointers? Chris (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) tight (...) Strangely enough, I have seen photos of boxcabs and 40 ft boxcars going around 60' radius curves. They _do_ look funny doing it though. (The pic's are of NYC harbor railways)...I'm aware that some of the logging railways claimed (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) And I wasn't even referring to something as short as a scale 40 footer (32 studs for me); what I had in mind were my 60 stud long passenger cars... -John (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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