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Re: Two questions about My Own Train engine
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 1 Mar 2002 16:43:19 GMT
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Brian kendig wrote in message ...
> I've got two questions about the My Own Train locomotive:
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> (1) Why do the 'large engine' instructions give two different designs, one
> for if you have the tender and one for if you don't? I think the 'without
> tender' design looks better, but does it somehow get in the way of being
> able to attach the tender to the engine?
The "without tender" MOT engines have a coal bunker built onto the back,
which would be superfluous on an engine with a tender, and also make it
impossible to reach out the back of the engine cab to the tender and get the
coal.
Kevin
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| (...) You also end up using some of the coloured bricks around the bunker area, which would otherwise be required for the tender. They don't actually give you enough bricks to build the stand-alone engine and the tender at the same time. Jason J (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| I've got two questions about the My Own Train locomotive: (1) Why do the 'large engine' instructions give two different designs, one for if you have the tender and one for if you don't? I think the 'without tender' design looks better, but does it (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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