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(...) I think the answer, if you can, is to seperate the tender connection from the rear truck. Obviously the connection need to be pivotted at some point above or foward of the truck so it becomes a question of minimising the height the (...) (20 years ago, 18-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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HI All, Since that last post generated some traffic perhaps this will too! :) I am building a “4-8-4” (no prototype in mind) steam engine. I decided to fix the "8" wheels to the boiler/chassis and have the front and rear trucks extended on a pivot (...) (20 years ago, 18-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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oh yeah... NO ONE bit on the Bionicle elements. That's one of my only hopes for bionicle, is that there one day there might be a good train greeble or cow catcher element. :) SteveB (20 years ago, 18-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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WOW, Thanks everyone!!! They are all great ideas and very inspiring! I think I'll try something with robot arms and/or droid arms and flex tubing. (...) (20 years ago, 18-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) My own take on the cowcatcher can be seen here: (URL) (20 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) My non US style cowcatcher: (URL) (20 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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Looks like that new Ldraw part is wrong! Tim (20 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Here is an idea I just threw together. (URL) (20 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Not sure how much help a steam novice like me can be, but here are the two designs I've used thus far. (URL) (20 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) A quick foray into BrickShelf searching for "steam engine" yielded quite a bit! (URL) (20 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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