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Subject:	Re: Revision: BF 2003 LTC Container swap call for participation
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains.org
Date:	Fri, 18 Jul 2003 06:19:24 GMT
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On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Larry Pieniazek wrote: > In lugnet.trains.org, Brian Darrow wrote: > > I'd like to get in on the container swap, representing the IndyLUG club. > > Just let me know how many containers we'll need to build and bring. I see > > that the footprint is 4x8 but how many bricks tall are the contaniers? > > Go with the standard container height, that's what everyone else did. > > see, for example, set 4549: > http://library.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=1464 > > specifically this page: > http://library.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=15912 > > Your containers do NOT have to use the expensive parts, such as the 4x8 partly > studded plate, thinwalls and container doors, that these do. They just need to > be dimensionally equivalent. > > For example here is a design that is size equivalent but a lot cheaper to > build... > > http://news.lugnet.com/cad/dat/models/?n=2024 I believe there are explicit instructions for one easily-made version here: http://www.ngltc.org/gallery/thumb.asp?Folder=61-ngltc_container -- TWS Garrison http://www.math.purdue.edu/~tgarriso/ Remove capital letters in address for direct reply.

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		Re: Revision: BF 2003 LTC Container swap call for participation
(...) I personally am not so keen on the use of the 4x4 plate on top, I think it best to mimic the stud/no stud configuration of the original 4x8 partly studded plate, as we did, although it increases consumption of 1xN tiles. However this is NOT a (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jul-03, to lugnet.trains.org)

		Re: Revision: BF 2003 LTC Container swap call for participation
"TWS Garrison" <tgarrisBASSo@ISmath...urdue.edu> wrote in message [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] Here are the instructions for the NCLTC container too: (URL) Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring.com (URL) - North Carolina LEGO Train (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jul-03, to lugnet.trains.org)

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		Re: Revision: BF 2003 LTC Container swap call for participation
(...) Go with the standard container height, that's what everyone else did. see, for example, set 4549: (URL) specifically this page: (URL) containers do NOT have to use the expensive parts, such as the 4x8 partly studded plate, thinwalls and (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jul-03, to lugnet.trains.org)

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