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Re: A4 Class Locomotive teaser & Wheel count designations
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Tue, 25 May 1999 21:58:22 GMT
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Doug Glasnapp wrote:
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> I have completed my first atempt at creating the British A4 Loco.
> It's the streamlined A4 class british loco steam 4-6-2. I have the
> pictures developed, and my the redesign of my site is almost complete.
> Once i get the pics scanned, i will finish up the site and let everyone
> know about it. Should be done by this weekend.
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> Im using the small train wheels used on the road & rail trucks for the
> small drivers, and the regular sized train wheels for the bigger
> drivers. I had trouble coming up with a way to get that many wheels on
> a long plate. I took the approach that TLG used in the 7777 idea book
> with that long steam enigne. The method works, but the way I have it,
> the back end set of wheels swing out way too much(for my tastes) in the
> curves. (pic below for atempted clarification) I saw on J. Mathis page
> that he used the ball and sockets to make it work, and allowing the
> center set of wheels to slide perpendicular to the tracks. (its the one
> green wagons with tri-axles) I just want clarify that the two outer
> axles are able to rotate, and are connected to the center axle with the
> ball & socket, and the center axle is just designed to slide in the 1x2
> holes in the wagon plate? Would this work on a longer plate
> dimesnions? The composite plate dimensions are now 6x30, with the whole
> loco actually 6x32, but im planning on making it a tad longer. Is there
> any more clarification I would need or am I all set?
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> (beware asci art!)
> ____
> | ------------\
> | \
> ==================
> /\ /\ /\ /\
> O \/ \/ \/ \/ O O
> |--| |------| |-|
> | | This one rotates on its own
> | The 9vmotor rotates
> this set is attached to the motor with a 2x2 turntable and is not
> attached to the train base(this is the part that exposes itself to much)
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> Also, about the wheel count designations, I saw someone counting the
> number of axles to designate the loco(2-3-1 if you counted this loco
> that way) and i am used to the counting of the actual wheels to
> designate things(such as 4-6-2). I do get my ideas from European model
> catalogs and they count the wheels. Is counitng axles the American
> way? or is there any standard way for the world?
Counting wheels is standard for the US.
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Frank Filz
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