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Re: Train Stickers
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 31 Jan 2000 21:03:40 GMT
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Michel,
Thanks! The large red wheels have "tires" made from grey electrical tape.
Incidentally, you may wonder how the William Crooks negociates Lego curves
without the pilot wheels hitting the cylinders or side rods. The pilot axels
are connected to the pilot beam and cow catcher as a seperate assembly. The
cylinders attach to a couple small turntables underneath the smokebox by means
of two 1x6 Technic plates (the cylinders attach to the boiler). This
arrangement allows the cylinders to rotate slightly about the smokebox while
keeping parallel with the drivers. A small brick attached to the underside of
the forward Technic plate rides in a groove on the pilot assembly between the
wheels. The locomotive pushes (or pulls in reverse) the pilot assembly with
this brick. When the pilot encounters a curve, the brick is forced to rotate
which, in turn, alters the cylinder geometry. Viewed from the side, the
cylinders move forwards or backwards to clear the pilot wheels while remaining
parallel so that the siderods can continue to slide. Some day I'll get around
to covering the yellow siderods with grey tape.
-BMW
> With respect to the large red spoked wheels on the last locomotive, what is
> the white/light grey colored material on the rims?
> Thanks for sharing your great ideas.
> Michel Magnan
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| (...) Speaking about these large red side wheels, did you machine off the outer flanges? (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Speaking about these large red side wheels, did you machine off the outer flanges? (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| Fantastic work. Great attention to detail. It is amazing how a little strip of silver really highlights certain parts of the trains. The white "spokes" for the small wheels was a stroke of genius! With respect to the large red spoked wheels on the (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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