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Re: Droid Escape Tank Car
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lugnet.trains
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Sun, 25 Feb 2001 18:28:37 GMT
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cmasi@cmasi.SPAMCAKEchem.tulane.edu
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Christopher Tracey wrote:
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> Looks good Rich,
> I really like the ladders and the top platform. It seems to sit a bit
> high on the trucks for my personal taste, but there's not much you can
> do unless you start using 2x2 turntables to attach the trucks to the
> frame.
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> -chris
Rich, it looks good. I like the way you got the ladders on. So far, I think that
this is the most successful tank car from the droid escape set. However, I too
think that it it to high off the trucks. The greatest feature of the droid
escape pod is the same feature that causes the biggest problem. It is perfectly
round. It looks great, but there is virtually no place to attach anything. Your
work around for the ladder is great. The truck attachment is pretty good.
Chris
> ps. your page is really slow loading on my 56k connection, any chance
> you can have thumbnails instead of shrinking down the larger images?
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> Rich Thompson wrote:
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> > Seeing the Tank Cars at: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=33734
> > and http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=2136, inspired me to try
> > another variation on the Droid Escape Tank Car(TM). It can be viewed at:
> >
> > http://www.robotthoughts.com/article.php?sid=105
> >
> > LMKWYT...Thanks!
> >
> > Rich Thompson
> > http://www.robotthoughts.com
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| I added some closeups of the trucks ((URL) to show the difficulty in attaching them. Any other ideas? I tried attaching the trucks with single plates instead of the double plates that I have and they were not very stable rolling on track. The tank (...) (23 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| Looks good Rich, I really like the ladders and the top platform. It seems to sit a bit high on the trucks for my personal taste, but there's not much you can do unless you start using 2x2 turntables to attach the trucks to the frame. -chris ps. your (...) (23 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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