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(...) Ok, Dave is right, this is fun! So, I added the axle joiner and this is what it looks like now: (URL) Moving the housing back allowed the signal arm to be simplified. Since the housing was moved back, there's now more clearance (about 1/2 stud (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Recently I've been working with this part: (URL) felt that it could be useful in creating some nice looking freight rolling stock. I believe I was right. I was able to come up with a simple design that worked very well and I reproduced the design in (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Monorail Station Preview
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Brian, Thanks for the kind words. On a seperate note thanks for all your work as club secretary during the last year. Brian D (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.trains)
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I want to build a SD70m in 7 wide but wanted to figure out how to do the 3 axles first. Here's what I came up with. It will cross switches and cross overs in forward and reverse and at varying speeds. It also matches the detail of the decorative (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains)
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I'm hooked on 7 wide. I thought I would try a passenger car in the VIA rail colors. Its a little big... 56 studs in total. It still handles a 180 turn but it hangs over the inside of the track. I used SNOT'd 1x4x5 windows for the majority of the (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains)
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