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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 20:07:22 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton wrote:
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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?
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Hi Jason!
He said “no” for any drivers in general. :-(
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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.
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Have a look at this:
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.
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Personally, I prefer a smaller wheel (3 studs across the hub). What size is
this across the hub, rather than the flange?
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Have not measured it myself (in millimeters) so far, only in CAD-coordinates...
Leg Godt!
my Homepage:
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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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| (...) From your own picture, eyeballing the measurement by holding pencils up to the wheel and the ties below it and so forth, I get that the hub diameter is just a smidgeon below 4 studs across, while Jason of the green engine wants 3, which (...) (21 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Draft of a new driver wheel
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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 (...) (21 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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