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(...) This thread has stuck in my mind for a while. First, a better link to the picture I meant to show in my original reply. (Bad form, I know... replying to my own post, but I'm fixing a poor FTX posting and adding new info... and using a new (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.build, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| | Curator for lugnet.parts hierarchy
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Rob Hendrix has graciously agreed to assume curatorship of the lugnet.parts hierarchy. Please give him all the support he deserves(1), thanks. ++Lar 1 - i.e. "none"(2) 2 - "That's a joke, son" (22 years ago, 1-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.admin.curators)
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| | Re: Are custom made parts LEGO?
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(...) Hello Johannes, What follows are my opinions only... based on your questions. (...) I would respond, 'no' they're not. They would be construction parts compatible with the LEGO building system, but since they weren't actually made by LEGO, (...) (22 years ago, 31-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts.custom)
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(...) Both styles have their advantages. In the two specific examples that you cited, the single-piece versions not only eliminate the seam you'd get when using the split parts side-by-side, but they're also hollow, allowing them to be secured by (...) (22 years ago, 31-Jul-04, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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(...) That's EXACTLY what I mean, and thank you very much for illustrating it since I was too lazy/rushed to dig up images. (...) I guess regular and inverse are almost as much a pair as right and left side but not QUITE as much, so I guess I can (...) (22 years ago, 31-Jul-04, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: Idea for new train wheel
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(...) Agree with the high quality = no need for traction tires, but there is more to it than just weight. A high quality model has less need for traction tires beceause it designed to keep its wheels on the railhead better, either by springing or (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jul-04, to lugnet.parts.custom)
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| | Re: First post?
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(...) Ditto. (...) Do you mean that they've started releasing parts like these: (2 URLs) Rather than, or at least in addition to, a part like this: (URL) If that's what you mean, then I totally agree. I think it's great to see more of what I would (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jul-04, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: Idea for new train wheel
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(...) Using a BBB wheel would be the best starting point. I know that many of the train builders in Europe use the old spoked wheel, with a custom metal flanged tire added. I'd recomend turning a standard BBB to remove the flang and a git of the (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jul-04, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Idea for new train wheel
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(...) In HO the presence/absence of tyres is sometimes considered a sign of low/hi quality. High quality models don't have them because they don't need them, they free roll enough that adhesion due to weight is sufficient. IIRC slippage is more (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jul-04, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Idea for new train wheel
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Sorry for replying to my own post but I just thought of something that some of these wheels may need to incorporate. I bet there needs to be some sort of rubber traction "tire" on non-conducting wheels. I would hate to see all this get mocked up and (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jul-04, to lugnet.parts.custom)
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