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(...) John has a point hear. Why limit yourself to 6 wide when you can do so much more with 8. Hell, why not 9 wide. It gives you more room for the little details and also makes it possible to make the main part of most modern engines 6 wide which (...) (21 years ago, 13-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Really wanna depress me? ....;-) What point would there be to that? JOHN (21 years ago, 13-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Well, 8wide is "not so much" for me but I think these have captured their respective prototypes pretty well. I especially liked the MK and the Baldwin as they haven't been done so much as ALCO RS units have. Thanks for sharing. Really wanna (...) (21 years ago, 13-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Motorizing 9V switch points (translation from french)
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(...) Hi James, You are right there is no absolute need to use a modified switch point with your drive mechanism. The story is that I tested it with a new switch point and an old 71427 motor quite used. The system went to some problem of torque (...) (21 years ago, 13-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Hello Manfred, I was finally able to get a micromotor to test this solution. Thank you for the pointer. It is quite difficult to find micromotors around here (in France). And it seems impossible to buy from Pistco/Dacta for French import, at (...) (21 years ago, 13-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains)
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