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I recently bought some 4.5V and 12V train parts, including two 80s 12V motors, but no grip tyres. The engines slip a lot with just a few cars (mostly the steel axle trainbases from the 70s) Does someone know a good alternative for grip tyres. I (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 4512- thoughts
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I've gotten my first copy of 4512, and are reasonably impressed with it. As others have noted, the box showes 1/2 straights, but the set doesn't include them :(. The loco isn't too bad (fairly close to that of 4564, but not the same). New snowplow (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Roller Doors into a Baggage Car
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(...) <snipped loads of description; a good read> Excellent execution to this challenging design. I don't have the time right now to discuss. Gotta run. But, that gives me some time to think about working from you mods. Thanks! later, James Mathis (21 years ago, 18-Jul-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Roller Doors into a Baggage Car
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James Mathis wrote: > Excellent! Thanks for taking the time to investigate this > construction, finding and reporting its real-brick faults, and > tackling some corrective design approaches. No problem - it's fun! >> The channels created by the 2x1 (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Trainshed version 2.0
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(...) Hello Alastair, Your original post was clear and I appreciate the feedback. I added the reply to point out a detail that is not very clear in the pictures I posted. I actually considered glassing in the grills but thought a little ventilation (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-03, to lugnet.trains)
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