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(...) Another few issues with clearances - I wonder if you've considered all these... It looks to me as though if you did use a centre round plate, a coupling rod would have a hard time clearing the stud. Not a problem to leave it off though. (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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For Immediate Release Contact: Russell Clark rclark@telis.org 408.605.5412 (cell) SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CA - The Bay Area LEGO Train Club (BayLTC) is pleased to announce that we have been "confirmed for show" for the Great American Train Show (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sac, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.org.us.sacbb, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Sorry,I have not had time to read all of the posts on this subject. I would love to see TLC make these wheels. But, I don't think that they ever will. SADLY ,the 12v era has gone. Even though 12v wheels still work fine on 9v .rails. Being this (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:HnwEII.10C2@lugnet.com... (...) Schnabel. (...) Nope. Since no company has ever made a real Schnabel car over 36 axles, that is what I'll shoot for. Anything above 36 axles would be (...) (21 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi all, For those who visit my site now and then or recieve the newsletter (subscribe!) this is not new: there are two new posters of 2 steam train models made by Reinhard Beneke; the BR24 and BR50. Hopefully he has time to convert more of his fine (...) (21 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.announce)
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I've been slowly converting my actual train creations into virtual creations. See pics here: (URL) not much, but it's alotta fun making these cars and engines again in the virtual world :) I realized when updating my rolling stock page that some of (...) (21 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Um... 34 axle, right modboy? the current record is 32... ++Lar (21 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ya I agree. I was only saying that in the universe of design decisions, some matter more than others and this one matters less. But Ben's design does indeed use a standard distance... (...) I look for that reference a lot too. I find it this (...) (21 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Oh, that's exactly what I was hoping for. Thanks!! Now, as I brought up several days ago -- can I get a dozen in black? :-) JohnG, GMLTC (21 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) (URL) Hi John, thanks for bringing up this question! I was thinking about this for a while myself and I decided to do it in a distance of 8 mm (which is same as two stud centers next to each other on a 1x2 brick - or holes in a technick beam.) (...) (21 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Well, I know how pointless it would be to "argue" with Lar (grin), but it would seem silly to not have this be a standard distance. I could easily imagine using a Technic cam or 1x3 liftarm on a wheel. (John frantically searching for FTX (...) (21 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Good question! It "arguably" doesn't matter as much as some distances though, unless you plan to mount something between them. In many applications you just have the main rod and or connecting rod to deal with and the eccentricity they have is (...) (21 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) snip One question, I can't really tell from the images: Is the distance between the axle hole and the peg hole a standard stud distance? JohnG, GMLTC (21 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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RATS!!!! "Nice model!", says Rob as he scurries off to make his own 32 axle Schnabel. "The world's record WILL be mine! MWWAAAAAHaahahahaa!!!!! Thanks for showing that to me Ben. Rob "Reinhard "Ben" Beneke" <ben@1000steine.SPAM-block.com> wrote in (...) (21 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Rob! Your Schnabel wagon is great - both the virtual one and the real one in grey as well! I think I do even prefer the real one against the other. But concerning your question: "Schnabel Car -World's longest 6 wide Lego train car?" I have (...) (21 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sorry, I wasn't saying that I though that this was the wrong size, just wondering how you arrived at it. (...) Yes, I should have looked better at the images. The ring aroung the middle of the pin (or where the middle of the pin would be if it (...) (21 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I'd missed the fact that the 'cover' could be a 1X1 round, that is a veryy good idea. One of my misgivings with a cover was the fact of outside framed locos so this would be best all round Tim (21 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) later, James Mathis (21 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Forgot the prototype I loosely based this model on: (URL) (21 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Can we get a copy of the .DAT file? Or is this one of those models that wouldn't work in the real brick? ;) I like it, but it needs a load..... -Tom (...) (21 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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