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Re: 8 wide trolley???
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Mon, 25 Sep 2000 22:38:50 GMT
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johnneal@/nospam/uswest.net
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John Gerlach wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> > Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> >
> > > PS: This model is "technically" 8 wide. Hear that John Neal?
> >
> > "Technically" 8 wide??? Hmmm....just wondering how that is different than
> > just plain ol' 8 wide....
> >
> > > I say that because it has steps at the center and the bottom step, below the
> > > door, sticks out a stud from the body. This is prototypical, but it makes
> > > the body 8 wide, just in that spot. Also the 1x1 clips stick out almost a
> > > stud, and the mirrors, if fully extended, stick out almost 2 studs on each
> > > side.
> >
> > Yo-- 8 wide is 8 wide :-)
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> I'm not sure there is a flame suit strong enough for me to stand in between
> the two loudest and most argumentative GMLTC members, but being the fool that
> I am, I'm going to dive in here.
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> How are we measuring width? Widest part of a locomotive or car? Or are we
> just measuring the "body" of them?
No flaming here, J-1, because of course you are correct, sir! Just because
someone slaps something on their train car that sticks out on the side doesn't
make it a bona fide 8 wide.... (hey, I like the sound of that:) The real litmus
is *interior* room, which in an 8 wide should be 6 studs.
I just couldn't resist tweaking Lar, whom I don't think has the *ability* to
create a "bona fide 8 wide" >;-D
-John (J-2)
> If we're measuring the widest part, the good old 4563 "Load 'n' Haul Railroad"
> would be closer to 7-wide than 6-wide, because of the 1x2 bricks with 'T'
> handles (or whatever the LDraw folks call them) sticking out each side. If
> we're measuring 'body width', then I'd agree that it is 6-wide.
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> (J-2, then your 14-wide Soo Line caboose would be almost 16-wide, and your 4-
> wides are more like 5...)
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> To me, Larry's trolly looks more like a 6-wide than an 8-wide. I'd look at it
> from the interior - if you can sit minifigs side-by-side, it would have to be
> 8-wide. If they're all sitting alone, it's 6-wide. (This of course coming
> from a guy who usually doesn't put figs in his trains!)
>
> Call the Fire Department, the flames are going to be brutal...
>
> JohnG, GMLTC
> (send all flames to gmltc_j1 @ yahoo.com please...)
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| (...) <KNOWS he's being trolled but can't resist rising to the bait anyway> Oh, I have the *ability*, I just don't have the *desire*. Why bother with the crutch of the larger amounts of detail possible in the larger scale, when I'm so darn good at 6 (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I'm not sure there is a flame suit strong enough for me to stand in between the two loudest and most argumentative GMLTC members, but being the fool that I am, I'm going to dive in here. How are we measuring width? Widest part of a locomotive (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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