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Re: Vose Inspection Car MOC
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lugnet.trains
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Sat, 7 Jun 2003 01:03:24 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Travis Kunce wrote:
> well, you can only sit on that kind of inspiration for long. Here it is...
> the motorized version (beta .01a) Vose Inspection Car.
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=45303
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> Which brings me to the problems. First the motor is way too slow.
"It's not a bug, it's a feature!"
Hey, before you go souping this baby up, remember that for a model of an
inspection car, slow is particularly appropriate. In my opinion, most LEGO
trains spend way too much of the time going way too fast, so to see a loco
crawling along at a snail's pace would be a welcome addition to most layouts.
(Although if you plan to display and run this at shows, you might put a decal on
the side that describes the engine as an "Inspection Car," so you don't get a
hundred people asking why it is not zipping along. ;-)
Nice design, btw, and welcome to .trains!
Rick Clark
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| Thats a terrific point. Too bad watching this snail at full throttle is is like something like watching grass grow. I actually was going to pull the motor out and give up, but nice people at Lego are sending me a replacement engine. So for now the (...) (21 years ago, 7-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains)
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