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Re: Micro Steam Engine
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lugnet.build.microscale
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Fri, 7 Oct 2005 06:02:37 GMT
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In lugnet.build.microscale, Nathan Todd wrote:
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Looks amazing! What is the dk grey piece you used for tracks? This is one of
the best odd-piece solutions I’ve seen in ages, perhaps ever : )
God Bless,
Nathan
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Thanks for the comments Nathan!
As Marc mentioned, the track is made up of door rail pieces with tiles on top,
fit snugly into the space between the wall of a 1 x 2 panel and an adjacent
brick. See the picture below.
I actually used grill 1x2 gray tiles instead of solid tiles along the door rails
since I had a lot more.
If anyone actually builds track for the engine, note that I ‘cheat’ a bit when
placing the engine on the track. I attach 2
1x2 jumper plates onto the bottom of the
engine to keep it centered between the tracks.
J
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| (...) Wow, that is even more complicated than I first realised. I hadn't noticed the studs up section between the rails, and didn't realise what the gauge was. In my head I was visualising a full-snot solution something like: (2 URLs) (This is a (...) (19 years ago, 7-Oct-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| Looks amazing! What is the dk grey piece you used for tracks? This is one of the best odd-piece solutions I've seen in ages, perhaps ever : ) God Bless, Nathan (19 years ago, 6-Oct-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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