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Re: Tank Car Sketch
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 29 Nov 2000 00:07:51 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Kevin Maynes writes:
> Heya heya. I've been noodling with the new 8W 1/4-R panel bits, and I thought
> I'd jump the gun a little bit to show what I've got so far. They're not
> complete by any means, they need better trucks, a better undercarriage, perhaps
> a spine, and definitely some greeblies underneath. Then there's the whole
> sticker issue heheh.
> Anyway, the one on its wheels has all studs pointed one direction, and the one
> without wheels has its studs pointed outward at both ends, with the connection
> at that unsightly gap being made by a handful of chainsaw blades.
> Thought it might be worth a larf.
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=2136
Cool! How stable are they? (as in - is the plate running the length of the
car necessary?)
James
(who was just contemplating picking up 7 more of these himself...)
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| (...) Why stop at only 7? ;) They're actually pretty stable, more so than I'd have thought when I first started building. They'd probably crumble to individual elements if they hit the floor from table height, but to pick up and move they're not (...) (26 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Tank Car Sketch
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| Heya heya. I've been noodling with the new 8W 1/4-R panel bits, and I thought I'd jump the gun a little bit to show what I've got so far. They're not complete by any means, they need better trucks, a better undercarriage, perhaps a spine, and (...) (26 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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