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Re: My opinion on drivers...
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 4 Nov 2002 23:49:43 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Stefan Garcia writes:
> In lugnet.trains, John Gerlach writes:
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> > I used some heavily modified 5571 hubs on my Milwaukee Road:
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=6399 (thanks, J-2!) - the
> > size looked good, but it didn't handle the tracks very well at all. In
> > fact, John Neal has a great video of it tipping over trying to negotiate a
> > switch track! This was because of the other issue with taller wheels - you
> > have to be especially carefull your center of gravity doesn't get too high.
> > Because it it does, watch out!
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> Hehe. You also have to watch out for overhead obstructions. How tall is
> your Atlantic, anyway? Looks pretty big. And very cool.
Ah, you are looking for a Hiawatha Atlantic, are you Stefan? Actually, J-1 was
modeling a Hiawatha Hudson with a little selective compression on the number of
drivers (his MOC is actually a 4-4-4 instead of the proper 4-6-4)
I, on the other hand, *did* model the Atlantic, being inspired by J-1's use of
the 5571 wheels, and came up with my version here:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=526
I have since reworked it, but haven't taken any pics yet-- I've got quite a
backlog of MOCs to photograph these days, but soon...
-John
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| (...) Uhh...oops. I didn't know the Milwaukee Road streamlined any Hudsons. That's what I get for not looking at the wheels. (...) I look forward to seeing them. -Stefan- (24 years ago, 5-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Hehe. You also have to watch out for overhead obstructions. How tall is your Atlantic, anyway? Looks pretty big. And very cool. -Stefan- (24 years ago, 4-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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