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Re: My opinion on drivers...
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Tue, 5 Nov 2002 00:46:09 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Stefan Garcia writes:
> > In lugnet.trains, John Gerlach writes:
> > > 
> > > 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!
> > 
> > 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)

Uhh...oops.  I didn't know the Milwaukee Road streamlined any Hudsons.
That's what I get for not looking at the wheels.

> 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

Very cool.  Both models definitely capture the smooth looks of the prototype.

> 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...

I look forward to seeing them.

-Stefan-



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  Re: My opinion on drivers...
 
(...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)

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