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Re: New MOC: Fully articulated light rail vehicle
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Date: 
Tue, 3 Dec 2002 21:57:22 GMT
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"Bob hayes" <bobhayes1@aol.com> writes:
In lugnet.announce.moc, William R. Ward writes: • [...]
The articulation is done by having wall and ceiling sections that
bridge the different parts of the body. The wall sections are held in
place with rubber bands on both ends. The ceiling section is held with
a swivel hinge at one end and a rubber band at the other. The body
parts are connected together using ball and socket hitches. • [...]
http://www.wards.net/~bill/lego/trains/light-rail/
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=29123

Very nice.  I like transit vehicles.

Thanks!  Did you see my City Bus model?

How does it do going up and down where the track is not level?

Good question.  Our layout doesn't have any elevation changes so I
couldn't say.  I think that it would handle a gradual change in
elevation easily enough, but a more extreme change might snap off the
roof pieces from the plate hinges.  The rubber bands shouldn't have a
problem with it, though.

--Bill.

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William R Ward            bill@wards.net          http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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  Re: New MOC: Fully articulated light rail vehicle
 
In lugnet.announce.moc, William R. Ward writes: Bill, Very nice. I like transit vehicles. How does it do going up and down where the track is not level? Bob (...) [snip] (...) (22 years ago, 3-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains)

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