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Basic 'bread and butter' tank cars to share with you.
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Date: 
Thu, 5 Oct 2000 05:47:56 GMT
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Well everybody, I'm back once more with a new pic. Check out my tank cars at
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=16372 . As you can tell, they
are pretty simple and not all that awesome like that 8-wide crane car I saw
earlier(kudos to the guy who made that), but since I had no round Technic-
style wheel hubs, so I decided to use good ole' fashioned sloped bricks. I've
made these 5,000 gallon (my figurative scaling) capacity cars in black, red,
and gray. Pretty simple, huh? Anyway, some input would help give these little
cars some meaning on ones layout. any takers?  -Harvey



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  Re: Basic 'bread and butter' tank cars to share with you.
 
(...) Not sure I parsed this one correctly. They seem "cute". Kind of small, and could use some detailing like railings, ladders, discharge valving, etc. BUt a good start. Question for the group, should a tank like this be 4 diameter or 6. For a 6 (...) (24 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
  Re: Basic 'bread and butter' tank cars to share with you.
 
(...) "Simple" can also be "awesome": if I were a Mega-bloks product manager looking to start a Trains line, I'd consider a design that could be inexpensively produced, using only existing basic elements, to be pretty "awesome". I like the (...) (24 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)

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