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Re: My opinion on drivers...
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Sun, 3 Nov 2002 19:09:34 GMT
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> > because I have one, and, IIRC, it has also been done with a -6- loco the • same
> > way (Robin S's Hogwarts Express/VLC)
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> Agreed, this can be accomplished with the same config as mentioned above.
> And those pulley wheels just don't scream "highballer" to me. They're
> barely bigger than the train wheels (well, the model team ones are w/ • tires,
> but then the valve gear isn't at the edge of the driver).
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> James or Robin S., could you give a link to the Hogwart's Express moc?
> Sounds neat.
Here are a few pics of Robin's HE on FBTB:
http://www.fbtb.net/hp/customs/rs/rs2.jpg
http://www.fbtb.net/hp/customs/rs/rs3.jpg
This is another very similar HE built by another member, Scott Falez
http://www.akasa.ca/vlc/VLCChilliwackShow/vlccw250.html
http://www.akasa.ca/vlc/VLCChilliwackShow/vlccw251.html
Both are heavily articulated to get around teh curves, and the drivers don't
extend up past the footplate as they would on the prototype.
Kevin
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