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Re: New poster by Larry Pieniazek/MTW
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Fri, 15 Aug 2003 21:24:53 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke wrote:
> This is indeed a great Poster Jeroen and Larry!
The credit all goes to Jeroen, all I did was kvetch about how he had stuff
placed from the sidelines. :-)
> As usual I am more thrilled by the farm equipment as by the trainstuff. This
> huge commbine harvestor is really great - although it might fit because of its
> from its own wideness better into 8-wide scale...
Na... (nice try, though). It's a 6 wide model that just happens to overhang its
carrier car. Completely prototypical for something to do that. US harvesters
tend to run a bit bigger than Euro ones, although technically they don't
actually need two cars to carry them, that's a bit of selective compression.
> Very well done Larry! Could you try to explain the use of the rubberband: does
> the "spindle"(?) actually spin when the combine is pushed forward?
Yes it does, and at somewhat of a faster rate (24:8, then 24:16 for a total
speed up of 4.5 to 1) than the wheels, but in the same direction. I did this in
one of the very first models I ever posted about too:
http://my.voyager.net/~lar/slush_list5.html (see the harvesters section)...
although the big innovation in MTW-1005 is that the head unplugs from the body
unlike those combines where the head is permanently attached.
You could theoretically do a different head and as long as you matched the gear
position and pin position it would all work.
> P.s.: here is an very old combine that caused a spectaculiar accident years ago
> on our layout:
> http://www.fgltc.org/events/003/pi171.jpg
Cool. That one reminds me of the Designer set combine. I can't possibly imagine
taking stuff that old outside though!
Speaking of combines, I've always liked that older gray one of yours... (I can't
lay my finger on it at the momemt but I know you did one once) US antiques look
similar. Did you know the very first combines were actually horse drawn? Self
propelled combines are relatively new innovations.
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| (...) Hi Larry, I do not want to split hairs, but a - more or less - 10wide combine on a 6-wide car?! That would mean a 5 meters combine on a 3 meters train car. Are American combines that big?! Ok, the main body might measure only 8 wide and that (...) (21 years ago, 15-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) [snip] (...) [snip2] Ihis is indeed a great Poster Jeroen and Larry! As usual I am more thrilled by the farm equipment as by the trainstuff. This huge commbine harvestor is really great - although it might fit because of its from its own (...) (21 years ago, 15-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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