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Re: 4551 Crocodile improvements
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 4 Sep 2002 07:33:53 GMT
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"Jan-Albert van Ree" <javanree@vanree.net> wrote:
> Over time I noticed that my 4551 crocodile engine wasn't running very
> stable and would derail quite often at high speeds, specially when
> running over points or when pushing a train.
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> After some testing I discovered that the nose was too light and
> "jumpy" so I experimented with some weight bricks. And now, here's the
> result : http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=24264
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> You can hardly tell from the outside that there's a weight brick
> inside at all. Only downside is that adding working lights is now next
> to impossible (or you need to drop the rounded 2*4*2 brick inside) But
> the engine runs a lot better, which IMHO is more important.
I did add both a weight brick three working lights, but had to modify a
bit the design of the nose: only one grilled 1x2 brick per side, and one
plate more in height:
http://www.marioferrari.org/crocodile/crocodile.html
Ciao
Mario
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