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Re: Steam Drivers by Big Ben Bricks!!!
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lugnet.trains
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Sat, 8 Nov 2003 11:31:30 GMT
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JAVANREE@spamcakeVANREE.NET
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Steven Barile wrote:
> Hi All,
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> I just hung up with Ben Fleskes and he OK'ed the news article that is now
> on www.ILTCO.org! There is some more information about these drivers and
> several pictures too!
Most of it looks great, however like Manfred mentions, why no opening for
the 1*1 round plate, and also it seems as if the hole for a driver rod is
actually recessed instead of standing out, which makes it a lot harder to
make a smooth running set of driver rods.
Are these already the final moulds or are things still "flexible"?
But I have to admit, other than the above comments they look spectaculair,
specailly the way the spokes are angled on the inside.
--
Jan-Albert van Ree | http://www.vanree.net/brickpiles/
Brick Piles | Santa Fe B-unit
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| (...) I think it's enough so that, with the addition of the width of half the ridge around a pin, it'll stand clear. Fitting a round plate on the hub, if it clears the end of the axle, would just foul the connecting rod anyway. I think these are (...) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Steam Drivers by Big Ben Bricks!!!
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| Hi All, I just hung up with Ben Fleskes and he OK'ed the news article that is now on www.ILTCO.org! There is some more information about these drivers and several pictures too! Come have a look! SteveB ILTCO Pres (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains) !!
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