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Re: Any Interesting Cars need building?
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Mon, 26 Feb 2001 15:24:38 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Shaun Sullivan writes:
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> Hi All,
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> I've got a whole slieu of train wheelbases and couplings and such, and
> I'd like to make a car or two for the show (By the way, Eric, I've got
> one building already - it needs one baseplate, you can put it anywhere.
> It's a 2.5 story white office building). Anyway, can anybody think of an
> interesting car or two that I could undertake? I'm looking for
> interesting or unique ideas - one idea I think I'm going to try is an
> aquarium car used to ship some sharks or something from the Boston
> Aquarium to a local zoo for an exhibit. Clear sides, some plant life, a
> suspended shark, some clam shells ... I doubt it has a real-world
> counterpart, but I thought it might be an eye-catching, humorous, or at
> the very least ridiculous addition. I'm also curious as to whether
> anybody's done anything tricky using a micromotor to achieve some
> animation on a car ... can you get a contact that will continuously
> touch on of the metal wheels to parasite power from the track?
The "Aquarium" car sounds great. On that line there is always room for a
Circus Train and/or Cars. Lots of these are just cages on wheels.
As for getting power from the track to the car it is possible. There is a
power connection on the Train Motor itself so you can use a wire from the
engine to a car to give it power. Of course this means that any powered cars
should be at, or at least close, to the Engine. Otherwise you would have to
chain a lot of cars together to get power to the car. Of course the other
option is to put a battery box in the car to power the motor but that has
serious limitations as well.
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> Anyway, I'm just soliciting some thoughts, suggestions, or ideas. I'm
> just starting to build some townish things, and I'm still having trouble
> thinking outside the "galaxy far far away" and "Europe/Africa circa
> 1941" boxes ... Thanks in advance!
I know I definitely get myself into a rut sometimes. I am going to finish up
my Buildings soon I hope and then try and switch gears to vehicles and train
cars. So far I havn't had lots of luck with vehicles so I will probably try
that next so I can figure them out.
Eric Kingsley
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