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Re: Brickish Railways newcomer
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 2 Nov 2001 17:47:22 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Simon Bennett writes:
> > How do you do a Co-Co bogie when the wheelsets are 3-long?
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> For a six-wheeled tender, I've allowed the centre wheel block to slide
> sieways by fitting it with 1x2 plates with door rails, then having 1x4
> slotted bricks across the body. I don't know if it's possible to arrange
> something like this low enough to go in as a bogey, but I'll try and let you
> know. Interesting idea.
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> Jason J Railton
Another idea is to provide rotation in the middle of the truck ... I did
something along these lines for my German Railway Gun:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=71464
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=71465
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=71478
In this case, two of the axles are fixed with respect to each other, and the
third is allowed to pivot. A slightly different design which gets to the same
result, and in a bogie-sized package as well :)
-s
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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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