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Re: Vose Inspection Car MOC
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
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.

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=45303

<snip>

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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  Re: Vose Inspection Car MOC
 
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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  Re: Vose Inspection Car MOC
 
(...) front (...) the (...) well, you can only sit on that kind of inspiration for long. Here it is... the motorized version (beta .01a) Vose Inspection Car. (URL) Vose is powered by a custom fitted drag wire connected micro motor housed in the (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.org.us.nelug)

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