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OK, look before you post. Now I get it. I was so busy trying to fit what I was seeing into the floating truck solution that it didn't make any sense. Now I clearly see the pivot points etc. BTW can you post a couple pics of it sitting on a curve :) (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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I was wondering where your leading and trailing truck pivot points were. Are each of these pivot points still between the axles of the respective trucks or in front and behind? I'll also go back and look at your pics. Would you mind if I used this (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes, the drivers are attached to the frame, for the reasons Shaun explains above and because that's how the real ones are built. By making the pilot and trailing trucks pivot closely to the drivers, I was able to keep the drivers over the (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes, the loco is very "clean" - it was inspired by European designs of the day (not very American looking, I agree). Right now neither tender truck has DCC. The plan is to swap out "stock" motors for DCC motors which would mean that there (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Looks like you got off to a GREAT start... thanks for sharing. Your flyer came out great. (it's been put in my collection) xfut trains.org (22 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.us.lucny, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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LUCNY held it's first public display at the Syracuse Oncenter Convention Center in Syracuse, NY this past weekend, January 11th and 12th. The show was the first time GATS had stopped in Syracuse, and we took advantage of the great location to get (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.us.lucny, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Train(ee) newbie wants to know how large table?
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(...) We got the new Intelli-Train (3335) in Billund this summer - it is actually quite fun, we're considered letting the cat play with that.... aj-ml - who has to complete Harry Potter 2002 before all those new train-sets arrives in the stores and (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm not expecting to have everything up, just a smallish layout, I'm trying to be realistic. :) (...) Thanks, I'm already addicted to LEGO I'm just engulfing more and more themes. In six months I've "discovered" Star Wars and Trains. What's (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Tobbe, Tobbe.... In August 2000 me and my SO was in Billund, and we bought our first 4561 at an auction there, for DKK 610. Already then did my housebound say: "We can afford one train, but not the consequences of starting to collect trains". (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) If I might pipe in, I think that the drivers are indeed affixed to the body ... my experience has been that this is an important feature with a lot of working-piston systems. Having the drivers move means that you either have to (a) have the (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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