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| After seeing Larry's LDRAW rendition of the 2-wide train designed by Jorn ((URL) I decided to try and incorporate it into a "full-scale" train car. The result was an 8-wide flatbed with a small train running atop it: (URL) also a 3.5 MB mpeg of it (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains) !
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| (...) -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com www.pnltc.org (22 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I can see why... :-) Shaun, this is one of the neatest ideas I've ever seen portrayed in LEGO. Well done! (...) You got me curios, now: what kind of spring-loaded tensioner would you use, and how would you place it? Pedro (22 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.pt)
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| (...) Thanks! (...) Right now, the vertical axles that the gears are on are located in the technic holes in a standard train baseplate. For some reason, this seems to add a great deal of tension to the axles. In fact, I noticed (prior to putting a (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.pt)
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| (...) Your last sentence there states the problem exactly- the chain links simply aren't the right length for even stud spacing in many cases. Think about it... the links fit over gear teeth, and why would the circumference of integral-stud-diameter (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.pt)
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