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Manfred, Thanks for this redesign of the Caboose. It is a great improvement in the appearance and the steps are certainly more secure. -- Bob Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net (URL) Moolhuysen" <moom@nospamchello.nl> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Usually under the frame, but, on that, i wouldn't know. Josh (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes. The mishmash of scales really highlights the difference between Scale and Gauge. The track gauge that LGB chose is the old Gauge 1, I think... Standard gauge at 1:32 *scale* or very close. So you see Aristocraft selling first generation (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) [snip] (...) No, there has to be something wrong with your wheel blocks. Maybe they have collected lots of dust, maybe they have a quality lack.... If you put your waggons on a table with straight track on it and you make a slight ramp out of (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ok, I see, Thanks. Exactly where do you put the weight? I have one of those boat weights that's pretty old. I have yet to build my own train engine but I am trying to make the My Own Train more stable. (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I went back and looked at what was happening again. The problem is definately slippage and not lack of electrical power. I added 2 of the weight bricks and that helped quite a bit. I was able to pull the 4 cars from 4561 then with just the one (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Floating boats are also a great sorce for the weights. Josh (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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I noticed in my recent LEGO Club magazine the upcoming Legoland Train Show/Convention. I hope everyone that goes has a wonderful time and please post some pictures on the Internet afterwards. I was really amazed at how the LEGO Club magazine already (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) John Neal might be off-line for a few days, he's attending a wedding this weekend. Otherwise, I'm SURE we'd hear him chirp up on this subject! Last week at our GMLTC 'meeting' I suggested that he build 50-wide trains as a *joke*. He thought it (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Lots of stuff. Not limited to trains either 8?) (...) They do improve traction, and also stability, if correctly placed. If you have a tall loco, putting one of these under the centre definitely makes it more able to take corners fast. Of (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) No, the 9volt motors also have the rubber o-ring, it's just smaller and less noticable than the 12v ones. jt (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I assume you ment to say this only for the old 12V train motors, and this is not valid for the current 9V motors ? Greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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I was being cagey because John Neal has built 14-wide trains on G scale trucks. The other day I commented about his caboose. (URL) thought John might make a comment since someone was referring to 14-wide as goofy. Chris (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Suffice to say...I think that this is a better choice! (and cheaper..a roll of pennies costs $.50, the weights are ~$6 or so... James Powell (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) time...like ~50 years :) (...) Meter gauge (...) Ya, why not go the whole hog and model in Gauge 1? (of course, then you loose the advantages of Lego...) James Powell (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The train motors have small rubber o-rings around the wheels, they are what grips the rails to provide traction. By putting extra weight in the locomotive, it helps keep them from slipping. I believe you can get the weights from Pitsco. Or, (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Okay, this is a question about train weights. What do train weights do? I assume that they put more weight on the motor so that it won't slip, but I'm not sure. Someone please tell me what they are for. If they are to put weight on the drive wheels, (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Just cross posting to .town Josh (23 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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He's serious! He saw a pair of G scale trucks in my LEGO room the other night and I saw his wheels spinning (pun intended)! Then he read my Lugnet bio: "Someday I will build... A "G" scale train system out of LEGO (14 studs wide)" and called it (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ooh I am looking forward to this one..... Chris P.S. Are you trolling or are you serious? (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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