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Re: Fun with two 4559s and two 5542s
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 6 May 1999 21:12:12 GMT
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Frank Filz wrote:
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> I found that one of the drop center train plates wouldn't work for the
> engine, so I built the engine without using a train plate (a pair of 2x4
> Technic plates works well as a bogie socket).
Long term this is not the correct design, though. You should find that
the bogie turns more freely if you use a plate in the lower layer and a
hollow space in the upper layer instead of two plates stacked together.
With stacked plates you have friction from the pin rib against the
plate. This wears the plate and rib.
Keep building!
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| (...) I had gone this way originally, but was finding that it wasn't sturdy enough when I tried to remove the bogie/power unit. Of course now that the engine is constructed, maybe that isn't an issue (during construction, I kept putting the power (...) (25 years ago, 6-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Fun with two 4559s and two 5542s
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| I picked up a 2nd 4559 and started into bashing them together. I built a new engine using parts from all the sets, plus bricks from some Freestyle tubs plus a couple Technic plates. I found that one of the drop center train plates wouldn't work for (...) (25 years ago, 6-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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