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Re: RTL - train spec question
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Mon, 4 Apr 2005 15:32:51 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Derek Raycraft wrote:
> So if you can keep the car to 6 studs wide, 12 bricks high (including
> wheels) and 24 studs long it would be great.
> Also if things like the power supply are a separate unit, consider
> spanning two cars to help keep the cars smaller.
A six wide car should be more than enough space to use that boardmount camera.
The power supply's just a 9V battery, right?
> Finally if you need to borrow train car parts let me know. I'm sure
> Calum has extra you can borrow. :-)
Yeah, that's funny actually because I have a lot of extra wheelsets. More than
I know what to do with. When I got my first Metroliner, I was like...damn, so
many 4.5V wheels, not enough 9V wheels. I kept buying more and more 9V
sets...but few that I really honestly wanted--lame-o sets like 4559, 4561, My
Own Train etc...whenever they hit discount with the excuse "well, I got them for
the train wheels and couplers/buffers". Now I have too many.
Calum
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| (...) That would be very cool. (...) Here is the basic elevation diagram for the layout. (URL) you can go a wide as 8 bricks and as high as 12 bricks 2 plates with your wheels sitting on the track. However this doesn't account for curves. So the (...) (19 years ago, 3-Apr-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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