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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 18:29:39 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
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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?
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> 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.
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> -John
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> > Chris
> > --
> > PGP public key available upon request.
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 porportions. It was the perfect piece.
Stacy
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