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Re: Any Interesting Cars need building?
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Fri, 2 Mar 2001 13:18:59 GMT
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Shaun,
Have I found the perfect railroad cars for you!!!
http://www.railwaygun.co.uk/
Now that should be right up your ally.
BTW Eric Brok has done one of these...
http://homepages.svc.fcj.hvu.nl/brok/legomind/models/trains/railgun.html
I do know that these ranged in size all the way up to a massive 4 rail German
Gun that needed a batalion of men just to load and shoot.
Eric Kingsley
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?
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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!
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| Hi Eric, These are great! I did consider making one of these, but I finally decided it wasn't really in keeping with the rest of the scene :D I do plan on putting one of these together at some point, though ... thanks for the site, it's a perfect (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
| | | Re: Any Interesting Cars need building?
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| (...) Heh! I was thinking of the same kind of thing, but I didn't say anything. I was afraid he'd actually build it, and we'd have to put it on our layout... :D It would be cool, but I think it would look out of place on, say, Tom's metroliner-type (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Any Interesting Cars need building?
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| Hi All, 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 (...) (24 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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