6 Wide base used in 8 Wide

[edsmith0075]

Greetings crew,

I am in the process of transforming my 6 wide fleet into 8 wide. The problem right now for me is that I have lots of 6 wide bases. Is there a way I can use the 6 wide base in my 8 wide builds. I don't know if anyone has ever done this, I just trying to make use of some pieces that may be obsolete for my building needs now.

Thanks for the advice in advance,

Ed

[dr_spock]

You could use 1x_ plates on side to expand the width of the train bases. The height of the base is 2 plates high.

[3797]

I don't know if anyone has ever done this, ...

I did it with the 7745, the Metro Liner and the Club Car. All of those are now a few studs longer, which is why I didn't use the 6x28 plates in my builds.

[garethjellis]

Hey EdSmith,

you may find that your 6 wide plates are too short for most rolling stock in 8 wide if you are keeping things to scale.

[Brickthus]

This Tube Wagon uses a standard 6x24 baseplate.

Similarly for Brake Vans.

The low-loader baseplate lends itself to a Nuclear Flask Wagon.

I find it more of a pain for wider trains that the coupling is joined to the buffer beam. Surely TLG could use a 2x3 plate with hole instead, with separate buffers, and still claim that a child could not swallow the coupling?

Mark

[Aaron]

You could always just use normal plates with turntables. It would give you more freedom that way.

[edsmith0075]

Thank you for the feedback. I will keep folks posted as I go along. If anyone happens to fall upon some 8 wide instructions or pics feel free to post or share the links.

Thanks Again

[dr_spock]

Thank you for the feedback. I will keep folks posted as I go along. If anyone happens to fall upon some 8 wide instructions or pics feel free to post or share the links.

Thanks Again

You can try Railbricks. http://railbricks.com/

They have instructions. I think there might be some 8 wides in there. I can't remember now. It is not hard to take an existing 6 wide and make it fatter.