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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> I having been working on and off on my 8 wide Hiawatha loco since last
> winter and have finally finished it:-)
And what a engine it is!
> I have also redesigned my 8 wide passenger cars for it, basically
> eliminating the 1x4x3 train windows and replacing them with 1x2x2 thin
> walls. The scale works out much better with the thin walls. In fact, I
> will no longer use train windows in my trains (wides), but that is
> another story. I have only finished two of the cars; the other 4 are in
> various stages of completion.
>
> Hope you enjoy them!
Yep, even if it is 8 wide :)
John, a really nice job of making this loco. What are you using as the driver
wheels though? It looks right nice as far as a loco goes, even if it is bigger
than my creations (such as the 200 HP sentinel...I have to do up the web page
some more...)
James
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James Powell wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> > I having been working on and off on my 8 wide Hiawatha loco since last
> > winter and have finally finished it:-)
>
> And what a engine it is!
>
> > I have also redesigned my 8 wide passenger cars for it, basically
> > eliminating the 1x4x3 train windows and replacing them with 1x2x2 thin
> > walls. The scale works out much better with the thin walls. In fact, I
> > will no longer use train windows in my trains (wides), but that is
> > another story. I have only finished two of the cars; the other 4 are in
> > various stages of completion.
> >
> > Hope you enjoy them!
>
> Yep, even if it is 8 wide :)
>
> John, a really nice job of making this loco. What are you using as the driver
> wheels though?
*Impurity Warning* ;-)
The drivers are the wheels from the 5571 Monster Rig <gasp> cut in half. Then I
had to <gasp> file down one of the flanges on each wheel. Finally, in order to
get the thing to run properly, I <gasp> glued washers onto the backs of the
drivers to give them some weight so they wouldn't hop the rails.
Gary Istok says it's ok to cut bricks....I'll have to get back to you on the
gluing washers part;-)
-John
> It looks right nice as far as a loco goes, even if it is bigger
> than my creations (such as the 200 HP sentinel...I have to do up the web page
> some more...)
>
> James
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