Subject:
|
Re: New Cars added to WWII Train ...
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.build.military
|
Date:
|
Tue, 9 Jul 2002 00:34:12 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
281 times
|
| |
|
|
In article <GyrByF.H3s@lugnet.com>,
"Shaun Sullivan" <shaun_sullivan@irco.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've uploaded a few new train cars to my WWII train. As soon as they're
> available for public consumption, you can see:
>
> (1) A Tanker Car based on Steve Barile's great design, showcasing a snot
> walkway atop the tank,
>
> (2) A generic freight flatbed car for hauling wartime materiel (accent on
> the second "e"),
>
> (3) A spotlight car, featuring a large searchlight/spotlight based on the
> ingenious design of Klaus Dobisch, which was first showcased in his ISCC
> entry in conjunction with Ben Beneke, and
>
> (4) A car mounting a 20mm Flak 30 AA gun. These guns were used
> prolifically throughout WWII, and were found mounted on a broad multitude of
> vehicles.
>
> All of these cars are not based on actual cars - at least, not to my
> knowledge. However, they are all reasonable possibilities. An infrared
> searchlight similar to the one in number (3) above was indeed mounted on a
> few halftracks during the war as an experiment to facilitate night fighting,
> and searchlights often accompanied artillery batteries. Similarly, the Flak
> 30 was found mounted on just about every type of vehicle, so it stands to
> reason that at least one might have found itself in the role of train defence.
>
> All told, the WWII train now stretches in excess of 16 feet! Three motors
> seem to provide enough "oomph" to get it to chug along, but the coupling
> need to be reinforced with LEGO rubber bands, as the magnets alone will not
> support the heavy cars.
>
> Any feedback is welcome!
>
> -s
Shaun,
I saw you train at the last Greenberg show and I was very impressed. I
brought my SD40-2 for show-and-tell, and the guys noticed that I wasn't
using the magnetic couplers. I mentioned that I was having coupling
issues, and they said that you had some coupling issues too. My
solution was to use some technic pieces to build a coupler. If the
rubber bands get too annoying you could try
http://homepage.mac.com/cjmasi/~lego/trains/tech/new_truck/new_truck.htm
Looking forward to the new pictures!
Chris
--
remove *nogarbageplease*. to e-mail me
Do you see these anomalies in OS X too?
http://homepage.mac.com/cjmasi/osx-issues/os_x_issues.htm
|
|
Message is in Reply To:
 | | New Cars added to WWII Train ...
|
| Hi all, I've uploaded a few new train cars to my WWII train. As soon as they're available for public consumption, you can see: (1) A Tanker Car based on Steve Barile's great design, showcasing a snot walkway atop the tank, (2) A generic freight (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.trains)
|
6 Messages in This Thread:
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
