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Re: New Tank Car
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Mon, 19 Feb 2001 23:15:26 GMT
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Here is a killer rendition of an 8-wide tank car using the Droid Escape Pod
parts:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=33734

Rich Thompson
http://www.robotthoughts.com

In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> 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:
> > 
> > http://www.robotthoughts.com/article.php?sid=103
> > 
> > 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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(...) SRC (26 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)

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(...) 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 (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)

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