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Re: MOW vehicle that I posted to Town earlier
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 17 Dec 2002 03:25:49 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Aaron M. Sneary writes:
> > If you haven't seen it already, take a look at this MOW vehicle.
> > It is a highrail built from a photo and a couple of design specs I found on
> > the manufacturer's website (now forgotten)
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> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=283634
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=283635
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=259445
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> > Forgive my lack of rail wheels. I haven't bought Gringott's Bank yet.
> > What do you think?
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> Are those little small wheels supposed to be small train wheels or road wheels?
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> If the former, this isn't a highrailer, I don't feel, as highrailers have
> both road and rail wheels.
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> If the latter, they're awfully small for road wheels. I'd want to see a
> proto pic if at all possible before I could comment further. Perhaps you
> could dig up the link after all? Was it Fairmont?
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> What's the link to the town post (assuming it has more detail on what you
> were trying to accomplish)?
Larry,
http://news.lugnet.com/town/?n=5544
Some other nice stuff in that post BTW, Aaron.
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> Thanks. (BS on a weekday afternoon is pretty busy... I had to multitask for
> about 10 min before seeing the first pic.. perhaps the other two give more
> detail, I could not say...)
It seemed to be fairly fast for me (in comparison to earlier today)
Very nice, Aaron. I really like the front windshield section. How are the
hazard stripes attached?
Excellent work,
-Kevin
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| (...) The orginal was railwheels only. (...) This is my ignorance of RR lingo. That or I was deceived by a misleading label on one of the webpages. I looked, but could not find the link. (...) The stripes are attached with 1x2 hinges, to not (...) (24 years ago, 17-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Are those little small wheels supposed to be small train wheels or road wheels? If the former, this isn't a highrailer, I don't feel, as highrailers have both road and rail wheels. If the latter, they're awfully small for road wheels. I'd want (...) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains)
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