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Re: A4 Class Locomotive teaser & Wheel count designations
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 26 May 1999 15:00:30 GMT
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On Wed, 26 May 1999 02:55:16 GMT, "Ben Fleskes" <benfleskes@msn.com> wrote:
> On the contrary, this isn't ludicrous at all. It's a great idea! Why hasn't
> it been done before. Build a circle of track with sixteen sections of track.
> Make a train car using four train motors separated by 90 degrees each. Fill in
> the entire middle with bricks plates etc. And what do you have? A 26"
> diameter rotating platform. Cool! You could put a building, or play scene on
> it and have the whole thing rotate around. Or, if you have a 26" long
> millennium falcon model, put it on top. That would be a cool display.
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> The structure would need to be relatively robust and may require some trusses
> if you want a pretty heavy load, but it should be very doable.
Put some wheeled supports in the middle of the circle.
That's assuming the height of track + motor is equal to the height of
wheels + some number of bricks.
Steve
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| On the contrary, this isn't ludicrous at all. It's a great idea! Why hasn't it been done before. Build a circle of track with sixteen sections of track. Make a train car using four train motors separated by 90 degrees each. Fill in the entire middle (...) (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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