Subject:
|
Re: Hand car
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.trains
|
Date:
|
Thu, 20 Mar 2003 18:20:39 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
776 times
|
| |
|
|
Hey there Shawn,
Great idea about the use of the panels! I will look into trying that. So it
will go through a switch but not a cross track? Hmmm...how to convince Lego
to make a train wheel that will fit a technic axle?...imagine the possibilities!
Thanks for your compliments!
John
> Hi John,
>
> I love the way your car looks! I tried putting one together last night - I'm
> *almost* convinced that the size can be squeezed down to 4x8, with either of
> our cars, as long as some creativity goes into it.
>
> I did have a problem with the lever-method, though ... unfortunately, it seems
> that the ends of the levers don't fit through the gaps in a crossing track
> pieces (the little ball is a bit too wide).
>
> I think one might be able to use a pair (or 4?) of the 1x2 panel pieces
> (www.peeron.com/inv/parts/4865), mounted upside down to guide the car. I was
> able to figure out the correct spacing, which isn't intuitive - now to make it
> more sturdy? Or perhaps there's another piece that might do the job as well.
>
> Looking great!
>
> -s
|
|
Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: Hand car
|
| "John Moore" <JCMoore1965@aol.com> wrote in message news:HC28AF.24F4@lugnet.com... (...) it (...) Lego (...) possibilities! ..start with an old 4.5v metal-axle train wheel and push it into a 2-long Technic axle joiner... Technic axle in the other (...) (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
|
Message is in Reply To:
| | Re: Hand car
|
| (...) Hi John, I love the way your car looks! I tried putting one together last night - I'm *almost* convinced that the size can be squeezed down to 4x8, with either of our cars, as long as some creativity goes into it. I did have a problem with the (...) (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
|
6 Messages in This Thread:
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
