 | | Prototype sources (was Re: New MOC Engine: DB V140
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A repost from RTL. I said this (and cross posted to rec.model.railroad) in response to Bruce asking for prototype sources as a result of seeing James' model: (...) Walthers is a good source, but the catalog now costs 20 bucks per scale, it is so (...) (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Tinkering the 8880 suspension setup
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(...) This may not be very compact, but mount them on a 2x2 plate with technic pin holes underneath, and you'd get the up/down motion, no? (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: New MOC Engine: DB V140
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(...) diesel (...) I read with anticipation... (...) One of the aspects of LEGO that makes building all the more interesting, if not frustrating at times. But, that's part of the challenge. <snipped comments about small drive wheels> (...) The (...) (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 18 wheeler truck
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(...) I agree, it's very cool set. It's really inspiring to see the way it is constructed, especially the use of grey and black pieces to make more "structure" in the model. Makes you want to go ahead and build more, which is the purpose of LEGO as (...) (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 18 wheeler truck
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(...) I haven't tried this, so take this as rant only, but my guess is that you need to redesign the gear box to motorize the 8880 Supercar. See, the gear box is intended for a vehicle in which the wheels drive the motor, not the other way around. (...) (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Tinkering the 8880 suspension setup
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(...) Ah, but they're not the kind which can tilt in the end opposite to the ball joint, right? The ones on the 8437 are basically a 2x1 plate with an A-arm and a ball joint? I'm sorry to say that it's probably hard to make independent front (...) (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 2148 DAT?
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Look at LeoCAD Model Gallery. Thereis a 2148 by Bert Giesen (?) in Town section Selçuk Bram Lambrecht wrote in message ... (...) of (...) (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 18 wheeler truck
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(...) I believe the truck weighed more. By just a little bit. The super car had heft, but it wasn't real heavy. BTW, if you ever get a super car, try dropping it from about a foot up onto a tabletop. Cool... :-) (...) I just went through gearing an (...) (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 18 wheeler truck
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(...) Cool set, huh? Though that huge pile of bricks when beginning is a bit daunting. I left mine together for over a year, and just tore it apart last weekend. Sorting it all out was a _pain_, but I needed some of those parts. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 18 wheeler truck
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Bram Lambrecht wrote in message <19981223.221425.509...no.com>... (...) I think the 5571 is heavier - I've got both but haven't had them both assembled at the same time. 4 of the ungeared motors will move a supercar, but I had to "wreck" the car to (...) (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Tinkering the 8880 suspension setup
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(...) Well I have 2. So I have enough of the specialty steering parts, etc. What I would want would be the 1 and 2 bend round end technic beams and other construction parts. I have plenty of gears and differentials for the kind of building I do (...) (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 18 wheeler truck
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James Mathis wrote: [about motorizing the 5571] (...) Unfortunately, I don't have the super car, so I couldn't tell you whick weighs more. The 5571 is *heavy* and that's why my motorization didn't work. I tried to use two geared motors and extra (...) (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: New MOC Engine: DB V140
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(...) Wow. Any flaws I could mention would only detract from a magnificent model. But you know me, here they are. :-) Every single one of these is due to a limitation of the media. 1. The drive wheels are too small. But this just points out (...) (26 years ago, 23-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 18 wheeler truck
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(...) I believe they were in a corner. <snipped the train doors> <snipped the full-width concept> (...) I certainly understand wanting to keep the interior of a box-trailer free from interior obstruction. I would take the same attitude. That's a big (...) (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 2148 DAT?
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(...) Never mind. I made my own version. I needed the model to provide a sense of scale for my 18 wheeler: (URL) picture: (URL) DAT file: (URL) let me know what you think! --Bram (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 18 wheeler truck
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(...) one >above the other separated in height by about two bricks. One q-d was the >counter top, the other formed the roof. Very nice. I believe the color was >red. Was that in a corner, or were the bricks diagonally mounted? (...) Engine (...) I (...) (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Tinkering the 8880 suspension setup
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(...) I take it that the 8437 has the 'Steering gear, type III' from (URL) makes me wonder which set had the type I? (...) Does anyone have one he wants to part with? ;-) (...) Why did they make that specialized piece? It seems to me that the (...) (26 years ago, 23-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 18 wheeler truck
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(...) Bram Lambrecht also writes: (...) To very good use you put them. At the LEGO Imagination Celebration Truck Tour show in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, I saw eight of them assembled into two wheels (4 quarter-disk bricks each wheel) for a rolling (...) (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | New MOC Engine: DB V140
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Got inspired to work on a model of the German Federal Railways DB V140 diesel hydrolic locomotive. Primary pieces to make this model of the DB V140 come from: 1. 4551 9v train locomotive a. the two cab faces b. red-ribbed 2x2 bricks 2. 5571 Model (...) (26 years ago, 23-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Tinkering the 8880 suspension setup
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Larry... What parts are you looking for from the 8437? I only have 1 but don't nearly all the parts. Fred... There are 4 yellow "A" arms in the 8437. Warning about the flex link w/the ball joints on the end. DO NOT let a 5yr old hold a completed car (...) (26 years ago, 23-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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