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Re: James Mathis really has caught the 8-wide bug!
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 17 Nov 2000 07:25:15 GMT
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johnneal@uswest.^SayNoToSpam^net
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Christopher Masi wrote:
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> I think that is so funny, interesting funny, not ha ha funny. So many models are
> built around a part that the builder thinks is perfect. James thought the boat
> bridge window would be perfect for a DB212. Kim thought that the sloped round
> window was perfect for an F7. I thought the 2x3 rounded brick was the right
> brick for a blower housing. We took our "perfect" bricks and built engines
> around them, weird. ANyone else build a model around a perfect brick?
The 6x8 ultra low slope was the sole inspiration for me building 14 wide, and the
1x2 gray corrugated and the 1x1x1.3 half rounds inspired my 8 wide passenger cars.
-John
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> Chris
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| (...) I built the Big Boy and Garrett around the dimesions of the technic gray pulley. It seemed to be the correct size to use as a driver. So I scaled the real train dimensions down to match the driver to the pulley, then built the train to those (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: James Mathis really has caught the 8-wide bug!
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| (...) I think that is so funny, interesting funny, not ha ha funny. So many models are built around a part that the builder thinks is perfect. James thought the boat bridge window would be perfect for a DB212. Kim thought that the sloped round (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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