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Re: Brickish Railways newcomer
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 2 Nov 2001 13:49:15 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke writes:
> Just take a look at the instruction of 2126. It works with the same design,
> that you should use.
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/scans/2000/2126/2126-03.jpg
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> Kind Regards,
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> Ben
Thanks Ben, that's really useful and thank you for taking the time to find
it for me but... aaargh that's horrible. I hope no-one in .trains takes
this the wrong way but buffer beams are attached to the solebar of a rail
vehicle, not the bogie truck and those wheelsets are too close together to
look right. So this poses (not 'begs' :)) two more questions:
How do you do a Co-Co bogie when the wheelsets are 3-long?
Does anyone else modify their RS to put the couplers and buffers on the chassis?
Psi
(Plus why do TLC leave the two 2x2 plates out of the 3737 when they include
everything else?)
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Brickish Railways newcomer
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| (...) In Real Life, yes. But examine other tight radius model railway systems and you find the same compromise, the couplers go on the trucks. This gives poor performance in reverse, but allows tight curves without easements where body mounted (...) (23 years ago, 2-Nov-01, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Brickish Railways newcomer
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| (...) Lego trains arn't horrible (mayby ZNAP and BuyOnickles are) ;-) (...) As long as we have these narrow curve radius we have to attach the buffers to the bogies to bring them through the curves. (I can live with that). (...) I agree, but you (...) (23 years ago, 2-Nov-01, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Brickish Railways newcomer
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| (...) Depends. If you want it to include a motor, try putting a 2x2 turntable on the back of the motor, then two 1x4 or 1x6 tiles just on the edge of the turntable, and attach another wheelblock to that, trailing behind the motor. If this isn't (...) (23 years ago, 2-Nov-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Brickish Railways newcomer
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| (...) Just take a look at the instruction of 2126. It works with the same design, that you should use. (URL) Regards, Ben My homepage: (URL) no. 1 building contest: (URL) (23 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.trains)
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