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Old 09-06-2006, 12:22 PM
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Re: Mercedes-Benz Actros Wrecker Truck

Just as a side note, because I'm a semantic jerk, you are making "plans" of a 1/5 car, and looking for "plans" of a Cummins engine.

"Blueprints" are copies of plans. Back in the day, before computer, plans were originally drawn, by hand, on thin, transluscent paper in either pencil or pencil and ink. Then when copies were needed, they placed these originals over special paper, which was then exposed to light through the original, and then the paper was exposed to ammonia which "developed" the copy, by darkening the paper that was exposed to light, leaving a negative of white lines, which made up the plan.

Eventually, technology reversed it, so that blue lines remained on white paper, and these were called "bluelines." These days, both these methods are completely obsolete, as they aren't the most accurate ways to reproduce copies. We just print another copy on our plotters if we need them now.

Print copies of our "plans."
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