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| (...) Someone mentioned a while back that they found a good thin-walled rubber hose about the right diameter, and cut rings off that to provide grip for the old 4.5v wheels. I can't lay my hands on the post right now.... ROSCO (22 years ago, 23-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Have a look at this message & threads. From zero wide on up! (URL) (22 years ago, 23-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | ozBricks Fans Websites
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| Hi everybody. Since a lot of LEGO fans have websites under ozBricks, and most of us don't even know of their existence, I made a website that contains a full list of links to those websites. www.ozbricks.net/links It's divided so far to sectors like (...) (22 years ago, 23-Feb-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics) !!
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| (...) 8 width trains? Nah, it will never catch on... ;-) Jeroen (22 years ago, 23-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| Has anyone tried to make a train car 8 studs across? I was thinking this would be a pretty cool idea for a working Hogwarts train. On the left side of the train, you have the wall, and like the santa fe, the windows have elbow space, as does the (...) (22 years ago, 22-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I too have been using a sharp knife to take small slivers of plastic out from each wheel block. As a result, there has been a tremendous improvement in the performance of each train. Previously the Santa Fe engine was struggling to pull more (...) (22 years ago, 22-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| Are there any pictures of the other wagons in this set? David (...) (22 years ago, 22-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: Train Wheel Friction?
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| (...) Well, this is really a different issue, but it seems appropriate to mention it here. In the MOT instructions, it has the the motor as the front bogie, but in practice this causes a lot of slippage even with a small number of carriages being (...) (22 years ago, 22-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| I contacted Lego Direct and presented the problem to them stating that there was significant drag on the gray wheel sets. In the course of the discussion the lady (name escapes me) who is the customer service rep for trains was not aware of this (...) (22 years ago, 22-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
| | | | | GFLTC at GATS this weekend!
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| LEGO Train Fans, The Greater Florida LEGO Train Club (GFLTC) will have a 18x25 layout at the Great American Train Show, February 22-23, 2003 in St Petersburg, Florida. We will also have a expanded Kids Area with four large play tables. See some (...) (22 years ago, 22-Feb-03, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.org.us.gflug)
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