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Re: Where to start
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lugnet.trains
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Date:
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Tue, 1 May 2001 18:52:51 GMT
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Lester Witter wrote:
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> In lugnet.lego.direct, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > In lugnet.trains, Dean Husby writes:
> > > Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> ............
> > The wagon plate is supposedly warped. I didn't buy any of these, wagon
> > plates are for wimps who can't build proper subframes for themselves, so I
> > can't say, but I digress. • ......
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> > HTH.
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> > ++Lar
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> Can you direct me to any sites that show subframes construction. These details
> are not easy to see in most model pictures
For one style of frame construction, take a look at the last picture on
this page:
http://www.mindspring.com/~ffilz/Lego/train-creations.html
Of course that isn't a very complex construction, but it does the job
without using a wagon plate. My yellow and black loco uses a built up
frame in the style Larry is talking about, but I don't have details of
it. Basically, you build up 2 or 3 layers of plates, using a Technic
plate as a body bolster to attach the truck (bogie) to. Note that the
pin on the bogie plate really only works well with a single thickness
Technic plate, so you need to leave a gap above the Technic plate for
it. In my loco, I used a 2x4 Technic plate, with 1x2 plates at each end
as separators. It would be a little stronger to have worked a 2x6
Technic plate into the construction, but that's not what I did (as a
result, removing a truck usually brings the Technic plate and the 1x2s
along also).
--
Frank Filz
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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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| (...) ......... (...) ...... (...) Can you direct me to any sites that show subframes construction. These details are not easy to see in most model pictures Lester (24 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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