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Subject:	Re: wheelset ideas
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains
Date:	Thu, 28 Mar 2002 10:01:35 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Christopher Tracey writes: > As you can see this model sits rather high on the trucks, so I've > figured out a way to use the wheels without frames: > > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=14325 > > This creates a truck that is perfect in height for my needs (saves about > 1-2 plates) and allows my design to handle curves quite well. However, > this design is lacking the sideframes on the trucks. I haven't been > able to come up with a good solution to this-- Any Ideas? Hi Chris, I have done a solution for this a while ago, because I needed red sideframes: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=122132 I used the tube from for e.g. 7171 (or flex-system) to connect the frame. But you might get into trouble with your height problem again if you doit the same way.... Kind Regards, Ben BTW: I have published a 9V wheel without sideframes nearly exactely 2 years ago (still remember that day as if just a week went past since then): http://www-public.tu-bs.de:8080/~rbeneke/lego/misc/pi412.jpg http://www-public.tu-bs.de:8080/~rbeneke/lego/misc/misc.html#fun

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		Re: wheelset ideas
(...) page available on Brickshlef? Can you email me the files? Thanks, Paul Sinasohn (22 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)

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		wheelset ideas
I was taking a break today from analysing some data and I started working on a longstanding problem I've been having with a model. I'm trying to build a 5-unit spine car, based on a previous design of mine ( (URL) you can see this model sits rather (...) (22 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)

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