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Re: Bulk bricks for trains
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 14 Dec 2000 22:57:35 GMT
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cmasi@cmasi.chem.tulaneANTISPAM.edu
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John Neal wrote:
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> Christopher Masi wrote:
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> > John Neal wrote:
> > >
> > > Bryan Kinkel wrote:
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> > > > How about the little 'Brick 2 x 1 x 1&1/3 with Curved Top' parts as seen in
> > > >
> > > > http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/6091 . I would really like to see these
> > > > offered in bulk (or a 4 wide version).
> > > >
> > > > These are tough to come by in any color besides green (Flash Speeder has
> > > > 12). They look so good when used for the top of passenger cars.
> > > >
> > > > John Neal puts them to good use in his 8 wide sleeper car
> > > > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2816 .
> > >
> > > Thanks, Bryan. I use these for all of my passenger cars. The car you
> > > selected has been selected for extinction;-) Here are my newest versions:
> > > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=5496 (I try to use the 4 wide
> > > version <6081> as much as possible).
> > >
> > > -John
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> > > >
> > > >
> >
> > Are you destroying the gray ones to complete your Hiawatha cars or are you
> > building a new Amtrakish train too?
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> Actually, I destroyed them because I didn't like the proportions. I finally
> realized that the gray windows were too large to scale to be used if one wanted to
> prototype US passenger cars. My Hiawathas show proper proportions. Now, I just
> need more of the 1x2x2 clear/trans blue thin walls to rebuild the Amtrakish cars,
> or pull them out of my Daylight passenger cars....:-( LEGO Direct....HELP!!!:-)
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> -John
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> >
> >
> > Chris
> > --
> > PGP public key available upon request.
I see. You are certainly right; the Amtrak trains do not have square windows.
Since I haven't started modeling passenger trains I haven't really thought about
it much, but I think the square windows look good, even if they are not
prototypical.
Chris
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PGP public key available upon request.
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