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Re: Draft of a new driver wheel
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 29 Oct 2003 14:25:46 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Reinhard “Ben” Beneke wrote:
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Brad said “no”. But there are other parties than TLC. Would you (and what
about the other train heads?) ignore this design, when it would be done by a
third party supplier?
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Ben - I may have missed something. What did Brad say ‘no’ to? Moulding this
specific part, or big drivers in general?
I really like the look of this part, and everyone knows we all want drivers, but
I think the spokes seem a bit thin and may weaken with heavy running -
particularly around the coupling rod mount.
Personally, I prefer a smaller wheel (3 studs across the hub). What size is
this across the hub, rather than the flange?
It’s just if you use a flexing wheelbase, the drivers have to pass freely under
the sole-plate, so I find smaller than scale to be more useful. Mind you, I’d
still use these, and I appreciate that if it’s going to be a single mould, it
should be a compromise between the requirements of 6-wide and 8-wide modellers.
Jason Railton
P.S. As for Larry, La
La La I can’t hear you...
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| (...) Hi Jason! He said "no" for any drivers in general. :-( (...) Have a look at this: (URL) On the left hand is a wheel from 396 etc. And I never saw a broken one. My spokes are twice as thick as these old one have been. (...) Have not measured it (...) (21 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Forget abou running behaviour for the moment: I just wanted to have an impression about the "feeling" of these wheels. How do they look like in a LEGO® engine. For a real model it would need blind drivers or a steering mechanism like here: (...) (21 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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