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Re: New Tank Car
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 19 Feb 2001 04:04:41 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Rich Thompson writes:
> I have been playing around with the possibilities of The Droid Escape Pod (set
> 7106). The 1/4 round side walls make a great tank car, silo, lighthouse or
> rocket ship shape. I took a stab at building a tank car out of a few of these
> sets. The tank car can be seen at:
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> http://www.robotthoughts.com/article.php?sid=103
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> Let me know what you think!
Nice start, but lose the wagon plate if you can. US prototypes don't have
much other than a tank, maybe (but not always) a center spine, and some
mount points at the ends for the trucks. They end up looking quite flimsy.
I totally agree that these parts make tank cars (at 8 wide) very easy and I
expect to see lots of new designs going forward.
++Lar
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| (...) _modern_ US prototypes (those more recent than DOT 103 10 000 gal tank cars) don't have a separate frame. Older tank cars did have separate frames, and DOT 103's lasted until quite recently (and still do exist, just not in interchange (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: New Tank Car
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| Here is a killer rendition of an 8-wide tank car using the Droid Escape Pod parts: (...) (set (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| I have been playing around with the possibilities of The Droid Escape Pod (set 7106). The 1/4 round side walls make a great tank car, silo, lighthouse or rocket ship shape. I took a stab at building a tank car out of a few of these sets. The tank (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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