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Re: New MOC: Fully articulated light rail vehicle
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lugnet.trains
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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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