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1920 Electric
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Tue, 11 Nov 2003 04:39:28 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Mike Walsh wrote:
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> "Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message
> news:Ho1H66.Bx3@lugnet.com...
> > In lugnet.trains, Mike Walsh wrote:
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> [ ... snipped ... ]
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> > Now, I'm off to the basement... gotta build me a little something.
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> A steam engine perhaps?
Na... Steam is pretty old hat. Clearly what's needed are good electric locos.
This *isn't* a good one,the body is (by *far*) not my best work but I wanted to
show off a little articulation in the frame. So the NEED for good electric locos
is still out there.
The articulation is nothing fancy, just a single pivot point midway between the
inner rod connected driver center and the non rod connected driver which is two
2x2 turntables. Some interleaving of the plates and tiles lets the frane look
pretty solid, and it took some fiddling for everything to move freely but it's
not any big deal.
I considered using a middle axle that was free to move sideways but I had bad
results with switchpoints when I did that. This tracks nicely through switches
with no problems
Once moderated:
Deeplinks
Side view:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/lar/SneakPeeks/1920electric/dscn1091.jpg
Nose View:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/lar/SneakPeeks/1920electric/dscn1093.jpg
On a curve showing bend in frame:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/lar/SneakPeeks/1920electric/dscn1096.jpg
End view showing frame offset:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/lar/SneakPeeks/1920electric/dscn1097.jpg
With stablemate, the Crocodile:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/lar/SneakPeeks/1920electric/dscn1102.jpg
Chassis:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/lar/SneakPeeks/1920electric/dscn1098.jpg
Interior shot:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/lar/SneakPeeks/1920electric/dscn1099.jpg
The files go from Dscn1090.jpg through Dscn1102.jpg with the omission of 1092...
Enjoy.
So that's 2 MOCs I've posted already using these wheels... and I only got 6
wheels. The GMLTC got shedfuls and so far we have how many on display from them?
:-)
(all in good fun, people. I was just itching to get something created with these
so I've been going for quantity not quality...)
PS, Rob, someone mailed me their pics of a 36 axle Schnabel, you better get
busy.
++Lar
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| Hello Larry, You didn't get many postings in response to your pics on brickshelf yet, but I have to say, I like these models. Yes, I agree, the electric loco body looks a bit like version 0.x ;-). I think most of that is due to the garden fence (...) (21 years ago, 13-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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