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Re: New MOC Engine: DB V140
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 24 Dec 1998 04:21:42 GMT
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Larry wrote:
> 1. The drive wheels are too small. But this just points out something
> every train head knows... we need bigger drive wheels!!! The 12V
> drivers are small, and there is NOTHING available in 9V or from Technic • that
> works reliably. Come ON, TLG, make a parts pack with some bigger
> drivers and modular connector rods, valve gear, piston assemblies, etc.
> PLEASE! Sure, non purists can make something, but not us purists.
I don't have any new train tracks, just the old grey kind, so I used 2
new technic motors to drive my Christmas tree train. The steam engine
has Model Team wheels turned inward without the tires so that the very
wide part is hardly visible. That leaves a space two studs wide in the
middle. I used one stud space to hold the wheels in place with a technic
beam and the other space to add gears that link to a motor. Connector
rods were easy to add (and they lead to moving pistons!) However, the
engine uses almost all its muscle to drag itself along, so I added
another motor in the caboose. The final train looks pretty nice, but two
motors and six AA batteries is an awful lot for a slow-moving four-car
train. (engine, tender, old red battery car with nothing in it, red box
car with technic battery box, yellow caboose - I can't have any more cars
because I don't have any more train magnets!)
If someone wants me to LDraw the engine, please let me know.
--Bram
Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com
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WWW: http://www.chuh.org/Students/Bram-Lambrecht/
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| Got inspired to work on a model of the German Federal Railways DB V140 diesel hydrolic locomotive. Primary pieces to make this model of the DB V140 come from: 1. 4551 9v train locomotive a. the two cab faces b. red-ribbed 2x2 bricks 2. 5571 Model (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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