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Since the Halloween buckets came out last year, I have wanted to build
something modeled in orange.
Several of us seem to be on the same page these days to model passenger trains,
specifically TGVs! :-) This is excellent.
I'm am enjoying seeing all the great work.
Orange...TGV...
I've put up on my web site my attempt to model the French SNCF TGV PSE in its
orange, black, and white colors.
It's only four cars long: two engine units and two simple passenger cars.
Each of the cars is coupled by means of LEGO yellow rubber bands, which allows
all four cars to be close-coupled.
The two passenger cars, at their union, share a common two axle bogie. The
bogie can pivot independently of either passenger car. This shared bogie also
free-floats between the two cars with in-line translation on tiled "tongues"
that fit into slots in both passenger cars.
Pictures are worth more than my feeble words. See this model of the TGV PSE in
orange at:
http://www.ee.nmt.edu/~jmathis/legopage.html
Thanks for looking.
later,
James Mathis
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In lugnet.trains, James Mathis writes:
> Since the Halloween buckets came out last year, I have wanted to build
> something modeled in orange.
>
> Several of us seem to be on the same page these days to model passenger • trains,
> specifically TGVs! :-) This is excellent.
> I'm am enjoying seeing all the great work.
>
> Orange...TGV...
> I've put up on my web site my attempt to model the French SNCF TGV PSE in its
> orange, black, and white colors.
This is awesome! I love this train. I want one bad. *sigh* I've got enough
orange slopes but need more bricks. I rarely apply bookmarks to sites but this
warrants one hands down.
I just found my new Christmas train project. :)
-Tom McD.
when replying, note that this French train does not serve Le Spammecake.
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Simply superb! This is exactly the kind of set LEGO should be producing. It's
so recognizable. Excellent work James. I'm humbled.
Ben Fleskes
PNLTC
In lugnet.trains, James Mathis writes:
> Since the Halloween buckets came out last year, I have wanted to build
> something modeled in orange.
>
> Several of us seem to be on the same page these days to model passenger • trains,
> specifically TGVs! :-) This is excellent.
> I'm am enjoying seeing all the great work.
>
> Orange...TGV...
> I've put up on my web site my attempt to model the French SNCF TGV PSE in its
> orange, black, and white colors.
>
> It's only four cars long: two engine units and two simple passenger cars.
> Each of the cars is coupled by means of LEGO yellow rubber bands, which allows
> all four cars to be close-coupled.
> The two passenger cars, at their union, share a common two axle bogie. The
> bogie can pivot independently of either passenger car. This shared bogie also
> free-floats between the two cars with in-line translation on tiled "tongues"
> that fit into slots in both passenger cars.
>
> Pictures are worth more than my feeble words. See this model of the TGV PSE • in
> orange at:
> http://www.ee.nmt.edu/~jmathis/legopage.html
>
> Thanks for looking.
> later,
> James Mathis
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Ben Fleskes wrote:
>
> Simply superb! This is exactly the kind of set LEGO should be producing. It's
> so recognizable. Excellent work James. I'm humbled.
Master Builder James does it again...
I just spent a little time poring over this, and showing it to some of
my NL cow orkers, who are all pretty impressed. Now, I can't go so far
to say that I'm humbled (1) but I'm certainly impressed and in awe, as
usual.
1 - :-) Me?? Humble? Surely you jest.
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> I just spent a little time poring over this, and showing it to some of
> my NL cow orkers, who are all pretty impressed. Now, I can't go so far
> to say that I'm humbled (1) but I'm certainly impressed and in awe, as
> usual.
>
> 1 - :-) Me?? Humble? Surely you jest.
Larry,
What are your NL cow orkers? How do you ork a cow? And they are in the
National League for cow orking?
Mike
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since i live in a 'cowtown' i appreciated Larry's orkers!
be sure to treat those orkers well, Larry, we wouldn't want the cows to go
without:)
John Matthews
Mike Poindexter <lego@poindexter.cc> wrote in message
news:FCsABo.Dv0@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > I just spent a little time poring over this, and showing it to some of
> > my NL cow orkers, who are all pretty impressed. Now, I can't go so far
> > to say that I'm humbled (1) but I'm certainly impressed and in awe, as
> > usual.
> >
> > 1 - :-) Me?? Humble? Surely you jest.
>
>
> Larry,
>
> What are your NL cow orkers? How do you ork a cow? And they are in the
> National League for cow orking?
>
> Mike
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In lugnet.trains, John Matthews writes:
> since i live in a 'cowtown' i appreciated Larry's orkers!
You mean "Cowtown" as in Fort Worth, TX or somewhere else? Hey, Ft Worth is
close to Ork lahoma, isn't it?
Alan C
Austin TX area
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Ummm, WOW!
I am completly impressed.
This has been my vavorite(sp?) train for a long time, and think it is
great that lego finaly released orange pieces to allow us to construct
this train. But alas, on a college students income, I am not able to
purchase large quantitys of sets.
-Doug
James Mathis wrote:
>
> Since the Halloween buckets came out last year, I have wanted to build
> something modeled in orange.
>
> Several of us seem to be on the same page these days to model passenger trains,
> specifically TGVs! :-) This is excellent.
> I'm am enjoying seeing all the great work.
>
> Orange...TGV...
> I've put up on my web site my attempt to model the French SNCF TGV PSE in its
> orange, black, and white colors.
>
> It's only four cars long: two engine units and two simple passenger cars.
> Each of the cars is coupled by means of LEGO yellow rubber bands, which allows
> all four cars to be close-coupled.
> The two passenger cars, at their union, share a common two axle bogie. The
> bogie can pivot independently of either passenger car. This shared bogie also
> free-floats between the two cars with in-line translation on tiled "tongues"
> that fit into slots in both passenger cars.
>
> Pictures are worth more than my feeble words. See this model of the TGV PSE in
> orange at:
> http://www.ee.nmt.edu/~jmathis/legopage.html
>
> Thanks for looking.
> later,
> James Mathis
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Nice train, it looks cool!
I wish I could find them Halloween buckets in my local stores.
But it seems that they never made it to the Tampa Bay Area?
Maybe this year? See Ya... Robin W.
In lugnet.trains, James Mathis writes:
> Since the Halloween buckets came out last year, I have wanted to build
> something modeled in orange.
>
> Several of us seem to be on the same page these days to model passenger • trains,
> specifically TGVs! :-) This is excellent.
> I'm am enjoying seeing all the great work.
>
> Orange...TGV...
> I've put up on my web site my attempt to model the French SNCF TGV PSE in its
> orange, black, and white colors.
>
> It's only four cars long: two engine units and two simple passenger cars.
> Each of the cars is coupled by means of LEGO yellow rubber bands, which allows
> all four cars to be close-coupled.
> The two passenger cars, at their union, share a common two axle bogie. The
> bogie can pivot independently of either passenger car. This shared bogie also
> free-floats between the two cars with in-line translation on tiled "tongues"
> that fit into slots in both passenger cars.
>
> Pictures are worth more than my feeble words. See this model of the TGV PSE • in
> orange at:
> http://www.ee.nmt.edu/~jmathis/legopage.html
>
> Thanks for looking.
> later,
> James Mathis
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hey james, nice model..
and thanks for adding a link to my picture of my thalys.
is there any chance you can add the link of my new Thalys page instead?
right now itt has 2 pov pix, 1 ldlite pic,and * pix of the real thing.
also is the ldraw model in zip file.
also, if you want to see my trains page, ive redone it as well, with (just
pictures now) some of my new models.
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/6596/lego/trains.html
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/6596/lego/thalys.html
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Congrats. It looks so good it hurts. (Thinking of why TLG doesn't bring out
such sets, even knowing the amount of bricks would mean splitting the train
over several affordable sets).
Eric
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They named a train after my home town? Wow.
Does "grande vitesse" imply anything in French other than "very fast"? If
it doesn't, I think Grand Rapids should get a refund on The Calder.
Steve
See
<http://www.artnetweb.com/sculpctr/isctest/documents/scmag98/calder/sm-caldr.htm>
for more on Calder. Maybe they'll someday learn what "hyperlink document"
means.
On Thu, 3 Jun 1999 18:34:01 GMT, "James Mathis" <jmathis@arctic.nmt.edu>
wrote:
> Since the Halloween buckets came out last year, I have wanted to build
> something modeled in orange.
>
> Several of us seem to be on the same page these days to model passenger trains,
> specifically TGVs! :-) This is excellent.
> I'm am enjoying seeing all the great work.
>
> Orange...TGV...
> I've put up on my web site my attempt to model the French SNCF TGV PSE in its
> orange, black, and white colors.
>
> It's only four cars long: two engine units and two simple passenger cars.
> Each of the cars is coupled by means of LEGO yellow rubber bands, which allows
> all four cars to be close-coupled.
> The two passenger cars, at their union, share a common two axle bogie. The
> bogie can pivot independently of either passenger car. This shared bogie also
> free-floats between the two cars with in-line translation on tiled "tongues"
> that fit into slots in both passenger cars.
>
> Pictures are worth more than my feeble words. See this model of the TGV PSE in
> orange at:
> http://www.ee.nmt.edu/~jmathis/legopage.html
>
> Thanks for looking.
> later,
> James Mathis
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James, you are to be commended!! Bravo, if Lego would only make decent
sets such as yours...
Carrie
In lugnet.trains, Steve Bliss writes:
> They named a train after my home town? Wow.
>
> Does "grande vitesse" imply anything in French other than "very fast"? If
> it doesn't, I think Grand Rapids should get a refund on The Calder.
>
> Steve
> See
> <http://www.artnetweb.com/sculpctr/isctest/documents/scmag98/calder/sm- • caldr.htm>
> for more on Calder. Maybe they'll someday learn what "hyperlink document"
> means.
>
> On Thu, 3 Jun 1999 18:34:01 GMT, "James Mathis" <jmathis@arctic.nmt.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > Since the Halloween buckets came out last year, I have wanted to build
> > something modeled in orange.
> >
> > Several of us seem to be on the same page these days to model passenger • trains,
> > specifically TGVs! :-) This is excellent.
> > I'm am enjoying seeing all the great work.
> >
> > Orange...TGV...
> > I've put up on my web site my attempt to model the French SNCF TGV PSE in its
> > orange, black, and white colors.
> >
> > It's only four cars long: two engine units and two simple passenger cars.
> > Each of the cars is coupled by means of LEGO yellow rubber bands, which • allows
> > all four cars to be close-coupled.
> > The two passenger cars, at their union, share a common two axle bogie. The
> > bogie can pivot independently of either passenger car. This shared bogie • also
> > free-floats between the two cars with in-line translation on tiled "tongues"
> > that fit into slots in both passenger cars.
> >
> > Pictures are worth more than my feeble words. See this model of the TGV PSE • in
> > orange at:
> > http://www.ee.nmt.edu/~jmathis/legopage.html
> >
> > Thanks for looking.
> > later,
> > James Mathis
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In lugnet.trains, Carrie Whitcher writes:
> James, you are to be commended!! Bravo, if Lego would only make decent
> sets such as yours...
>
> Carrie
> > > http://www.ee.nmt.edu/~jmathis/legopage.html
Thanks. One of beauties of LEGO: You can build your own, the way you like it.
Just some new comments about the orange TGV. I have had some time to revise
the shared bogie coupler between the passenger cars. This newer design has no
extra pivot pieces, as the older design did. The only built-in pivot is on the
bogie plate. There are two "tongues" that fit into the ends of the adjacent
passenger cars: one tongue into each car. One of the tongues only translates
"in-line" with the length of the car. The other tongue can both translate
"in-line" with the length of the car AND rotate along that translation: this
rotation and translation is nearly identical to the coupler used for the BOB
train. All the cars are still connected by using yellow LEGO rubber bands.
I have also been able to add a third passenger car to the orange TGV. No
pictures, yet. This makes the train 5 units long. With the new shared bogie
coupler design the train snakes more smoothly through complex "S" curvy-curves.
Having two shared bogies on the train really makes a difference in the entire
look of the train. Through straight-aways the train's looks just scream for
full-throttle speed! I only wish I could say that the train could enter and
take a curve of 90 degrees at full throttle, but it can't. Just too much speed
for its design.
Even though I don't think the real TGV Sud-Est in orange has any double deck
observation cars, the third passenger car uses the 4559 Cargo Railway hinged
canopy trans-light blue windows and has two levels. I wish I could've used the
2 brick tall thin wall trans-light blue windows and kept the same look for each
passenger car, but I don't have *that* many of those windows.
Using the rubber bands to keep the cars close-coupled really makes the train
look quite sleek on the straight-aways, even though it does look a bit more
ungainly on the outside of a section of curved track. Need some kind of LEGO
expandable bellows between the cars to expand along the outside diameter
through curves to maintain a more "solid" and connected look.
Thanks to all who visit the pictures.
later,
James Mathis
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In lugnet.trains, James Mathis writes:
> Using the rubber bands to keep the cars close-coupled really makes the train
> look quite sleek on the straight-aways, even though it does look a bit more
> ungainly on the outside of a section of curved track. Need some kind of LEGO
> expandable bellows between the cars to expand along the outside diameter
> through curves to maintain a more "solid" and connected look.
Yeah, I know what you mean. I'm working on an articulation scheme that
addresses that very point. So far no true success. But I'm still entertaining
some more ideas, so the jury is still out. I'll share all my juicy secrets
(assuming that this works and that they're still secrets :) sometime before
Christmas. I'd like to have it up and running by the last local club meeting
of the year.
-Tom McD.
when replying, use the handy spamcake tote bag, free with every $50 purchase.
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In lugnet.trains, James Mathis writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Carrie Whitcher writes:
> > James, you are to be commended!! Bravo, if Lego would only make decent
> > sets such as yours...
> >
> > Carrie
>
> > > > http://www.ee.nmt.edu/~jmathis/legopage.html
>
> Thanks. One of beauties of LEGO: You can build your own, the way you like • it.
>
> Just some new comments about the orange TGV. I have had some time to revise
> the shared bogie coupler between the passenger cars. This newer design has no
> extra pivot pieces, as the older design did. The only built-in pivot is on • the
> bogie plate. There are two "tongues" that fit into the ends of the adjacent
> passenger cars: one tongue into each car. One of the tongues only translates
> "in-line" with the length of the car. The other tongue can both translate
> "in-line" with the length of the car AND rotate along that translation: this
> rotation and translation is nearly identical to the coupler used for the BOB
> train. All the cars are still connected by using yellow LEGO rubber bands.
>
> I have also been able to add a third passenger car to the orange TGV. No
> pictures, yet. This makes the train 5 units long. With the new shared bogie
> coupler design the train snakes more smoothly through complex "S" curvy- • curves.
> Having two shared bogies on the train really makes a difference in the entire
> look of the train. Through straight-aways the train's looks just scream for
> full-throttle speed! I only wish I could say that the train could enter and
> take a curve of 90 degrees at full throttle, but it can't. Just too much • speed
> for its design.
>
> Even though I don't think the real TGV Sud-Est in orange has any double deck
> observation cars, the third passenger car uses the 4559 Cargo Railway hinged
> canopy trans-light blue windows and has two levels. I wish I could've used • the
> 2 brick tall thin wall trans-light blue windows and kept the same look for • each
> passenger car, but I don't have *that* many of those windows.
>
> Using the rubber bands to keep the cars close-coupled really makes the train
> look quite sleek on the straight-aways, even though it does look a bit more
> ungainly on the outside of a section of curved track. Need some kind of LEGO
> expandable bellows between the cars to expand along the outside diameter
> through curves to maintain a more "solid" and connected look.
>
> Thanks to all who visit the pictures.
>
> later,
> James Mathis
Hey james
I have played with makeing highspeed lego rail. Not much to it realy just
place a 2x4 standard brick on the outside of the curve at the track joints. I
have done this and was able to run my 7 car long TGV2 through the curves full
speed. I have made my TGV2 articulated and havent tested it witht he
articulation so you may want to test it first. But I have a freight car that
is taller then the crane car that lego sold. And was able to run that around
at full speed with my TGV2 eniges at each end. So run some test and see how it
works out for you. Oh and a lego train looks realy neat leening in on the
turns.
Later, Dave
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David VinZant wrote:
> Hey james
> I have played with makeing highspeed lego rail. Not much to it realy just
> place a 2x4 standard brick on the outside of the curve at the track joints. I
> have done this and was able to run my 7 car long TGV2 through the curves full
> speed. I have made my TGV2 articulated and havent tested it witht he
> articulation so you may want to test it first. But I have a freight car that
> is taller then the crane car that lego sold. And was able to run that around
> at full speed with my TGV2 eniges at each end. So run some test and see how it
> works out for you. Oh and a lego train looks realy neat leening in on the
> turns.
Do you have any pictures of your TGV2?
--
Carbon 60
ICQ # 5643170
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> Just some new comments about the orange TGV. I have had some time to • revise
> the shared bogie coupler between the passenger cars. This newer design has • no
> extra pivot pieces, as the older design did. The only built-in pivot is on • the
> bogie plate. There are two "tongues" that fit into the ends of the • adjacent
> passenger cars: one tongue into each car. One of the tongues only • translates
> "in-line" with the length of the car. The other tongue can both translate
> "in-line" with the length of the car AND rotate along that translation: • this
> rotation and translation is nearly identical to the coupler used for the • BOB
> train. All the cars are still connected by using yellow LEGO rubber bands.
I've been working on my Thalys rendition, this weekend focussing on the
close couplings. I designed two versions, one for a shared bogie and one for
seperate, magnet connected bogies. It doesn't use any rubber bands; instead
it uses the LEGO schock absorber piece.
The same principle, but built differently, was used in my Green Crocodile
Locomotive.
http://homepages.svc.fcj.hvu.nl/brok/legomind/models
Select trains from menu
I still have to do some work on other parts of the Thalys, so you'll have to
wait for pics. Soon I'll be able to present the Hondekop train and a dutch
railway station as well.
Eric Brok
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Visit LEGO ON MY MIND:
http://homepages.svc.fcj.hvu.nl/brok/legomind
NEW: Submit your own link:
http://homepages.svc.fcj.hvu.nl/brok/legomind/links
Dutch section:
http://homepages.svc.fcj.hvu.nl/brok/legomind/nl
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In lugnet.trains, Eric Brok writes:
> I've been working on my Thalys rendition, this weekend focussing on the
> close couplings. I designed two versions, one for a shared bogie and one for
> seperate, magnet connected bogies. It doesn't use any rubber bands; instead
> it uses the LEGO schock absorber piece.
> The same principle, but built differently, was used in my Green Crocodile
> Locomotive.
>
> http://homepages.svc.fcj.hvu.nl/brok/legomind/models
> Select trains from menu
I absolutely love the fact that you have designed a close coupler which does
not use rubber bands. Excellent!
I took notice of the Green Crocodile's principle when I built the coupler for
my three-car monorail.
> I still have to do some work on other parts of the Thalys, so you'll have to
> wait for pics. Soon I'll be able to present the Hondekop train and a dutch
> railway station as well.
I look forward to seeing the pics!
later,
James Mathis
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>
> I've been working on my Thalys rendition, this weekend focussing on the
> close couplings. I designed two versions, one for a shared bogie and one for
> seperate, magnet connected bogies. It doesn't use any rubber bands; instead
> it uses the LEGO schock absorber piece.
> The same principle, but built differently, was used in my Green Crocodile
> Locomotive.
>
> http://homepages.svc.fcj.hvu.nl/brok/legomind/models
> Select trains from menu
>
> I still have to do some work on other parts of the Thalys, so you'll have to
> wait for pics. Soon I'll be able to present the Hondekop train and a dutch
> railway station as well.
>
> Eric Brok
ey Eric have you seen my thalys yet?
WwW.geocities.com/area51/corridor/6596/lego/trains.html
the whole train is complete itsself, and since its a cad model i dont have to
worry if it can navagate the curves (WEG) it just looks good in photos
(ehahaha)
it will be a while before i finish the page because im working on my town page
now . ive got several official models to povray image, and i have to make the
page as well.
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I have never seen that shock absober before. What sets have that part? I guess
I have been away from Technic for too long.
Chris
Eric Brok wrote:
> >
> > Just some new comments about the orange TGV. I have had some time to • revise
> > the shared bogie coupler between the passenger cars. This newer design has • no
> > extra pivot pieces, as the older design did. The only built-in pivot is on • the
> > bogie plate. There are two "tongues" that fit into the ends of the • adjacent
> > passenger cars: one tongue into each car. One of the tongues only • translates
> > "in-line" with the length of the car. The other tongue can both translate
> > "in-line" with the length of the car AND rotate along that translation: • this
> > rotation and translation is nearly identical to the coupler used for the • BOB
> > train. All the cars are still connected by using yellow LEGO rubber bands.
>
>
> I've been working on my Thalys rendition, this weekend focussing on the
> close couplings. I designed two versions, one for a shared bogie and one for
> seperate, magnet connected bogies. It doesn't use any rubber bands; instead
> it uses the LEGO schock absorber piece.
> The same principle, but built differently, was used in my Green Crocodile
> Locomotive.
>
> http://homepages.svc.fcj.hvu.nl/brok/legomind/models
> Select trains from menu
>
> I still have to do some work on other parts of the Thalys, so you'll have to
> wait for pics. Soon I'll be able to present the Hondekop train and a dutch
> railway station as well.
>
> Eric Brok
> --------
> Visit LEGO ON MY MIND:
> http://homepages.svc.fcj.hvu.nl/brok/legomind
> NEW: Submit your own link:
> http://homepages.svc.fcj.hvu.nl/brok/legomind/links
> Dutch section:
> http://homepages.svc.fcj.hvu.nl/brok/legomind/nl
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Christopher Masi wrote:
>
> I have never seen that shock absober before. What sets have that part? I guess
> I have been away from Technic for too long.
So far I've seen that shock absorber in 4559 Cargo Railway (the gates
are sprung) and 2160 Crystal Scavenger (the "drill" arms can swing and
are sprung). I'm only 95% sure of 2160 (it might have been another set I
inventoried recently - need to post those inventories...)
--
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In article <376FF2A8.1CFB@mindspring.com>, Frank Filz
<ffilz@mindspring.com> writes
> Christopher Masi wrote:
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> > I have never seen that shock absober before. What sets have that part? I guess
> > I have been away from Technic for too long.
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> So far I've seen that shock absorber in 4559 Cargo Railway (the gates
> are sprung) and 2160 Crystal Scavenger (the "drill" arms can swing and
> are sprung). I'm only 95% sure of 2160 (it might have been another set I
> inventoried recently - need to post those inventories...)
There are two in the Volcano Island pirates set (6248) as well.
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Tony Priestman
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Can someone repost the addy to this? I've got a few of those parts I was
thinking of selling, though if I can find good use for them I'll keep them :)
Thanks
Tamy
Tony Priestman wrote:
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> In article <376FF2A8.1CFB@mindspring.com>, Frank Filz
> <ffilz@mindspring.com> writes
> > Christopher Masi wrote:
> > >
> > > I have never seen that shock absober before. What sets have that part? I guess
> > > I have been away from Technic for too long.
> >
> > So far I've seen that shock absorber in 4559 Cargo Railway (the gates
> > are sprung) and 2160 Crystal Scavenger (the "drill" arms can swing and
> > are sprung). I'm only 95% sure of 2160 (it might have been another set I
> > inventoried recently - need to post those inventories...)
>
> There are two in the Volcano Island pirates set (6248) as well.
> --
> Tony Priestman
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It's funny that it looks like the shock absorber has appeared mainly in
applications it doesn't seem t be orginally intended for (shock absorber for
small town cars). Maybe it was 'replaced' for this purpose by the dual axle
spring loaded wheels mount (known mainly in red).
Nevertheless , the shock absorber has appeared in at least one town car, but
I don't recall which one.
BTW, I cheaply bought a load of these shock absorbers in Auczilla about a
year ago; nobody seemed to have any interest than (or know what the the part
was). They come in real handy now for train coupling :-)
Bram Lambrecht has pointed me to his preliminary LDraw model of this part.
It can be found in lugnet.cad.dat (title 'part: shock absorber 1x2).
Eric
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That Cargo Railway keeps getting mor and more attractive....for parts. May I should
go get one and see if I can do anything with it. Those spring are cool.
Chris
PS Thanks for the response.
Frank Filz wrote:
> Christopher Masi wrote:
> >
> > I have never seen that shock absober before. What sets have that part? I guess
> > I have been away from Technic for too long.
>
> So far I've seen that shock absorber in 4559 Cargo Railway (the gates
> are sprung) and 2160 Crystal Scavenger (the "drill" arms can swing and
> are sprung). I'm only 95% sure of 2160 (it might have been another set I
> inventoried recently - need to post those inventories...)
>
> --
> Frank Filz
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Christopher Masi wrote:
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> That Cargo Railway keeps getting mor and more attractive....for parts. May I should
> go get one and see if I can do anything with it. Those spring are cool.
I really need to get some pictures of my re-build of the 4559 engine
(using parts from 2 4559 and 2 5542). I also need to get back to train
building and finish the rebuild of the cars. This set is a lot more
useable than it would appear.
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Frank Filz
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Like the Crystal Scavenger,
the predecessor Crystal Crawler 6145 has
two of these as well.
-- dave
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