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Alternate Universe Airplane 1990

            What if...?

...we travelled back in time with todays understanding of building techniques and made the most of it with the parts availiable back then?

I never understood why TLG went 4 wide with Airplanes since the 80ies town sets. Only in the late 2000's they released (somewhat ill looking huge parts) 6 wide versions.
4 wide Planes are part saving, yes, but make absolutely no sense scale wise, since trains went 6 wide directly from the start. It didnt harmonize well back in the day, since both vehicles are in the same size tier.

So here is my rendition of what a 6 wide ariplane could have looked like in the early 90ies, using only parts of that era (except the large wedge slope element from the arctic sets beneath the windscreen, which would have needed to be more pointy and produced prior to 2000, which would have been possible considering all those large elments from diverse "trons" availiable at the time).

So,TLG could have offered better scaled Airplanes -this 6 wide plane is also a very sturdy build - it probably didnt fit into their tiny town baseplate layouts, so airports would have been hard to include size/ prize wise if you think about the runways...

Taken on: January 27, 2021

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