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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 16:51:01 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Jan-Albert van Ree wrote:
> > Steven Barile wrote:
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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!
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> > 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.
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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.
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> I think these are excellent. I'll certainly be after black and dark grey. I
> can see people would be after red too, but I'm curious what people would want
> ordinary grey for.
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> I'm not sure I'd rebuild my current stock, but I have a few ideas for new Locos.
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> Jason Railton
We were playing with some of the first run of wheels at our GMLTC meeting
Thursday night. The spacing on where the Technic pin sits is just right - it
sets in just far enough to allow whatever you connect to it to clear the outter
lip of the driver wheel.
Ben, as I told you privately, I *love* these wheels!
Also a note - Ben will also be selling "de-flanged" versions of these wheels,
but they require him to machine off the flange by hand, so he might have to
charge extra for them. (He didn't want to create a separate mold for the
non-flange versions.)
I was playing with a sample setup of three wheels - flanged/non flanged/flanged
- they handled the Lego curved track perfectly.
Hmmm... It might be time for me to get started rebuilding my Challenger!
*grin*
JohnG, GMLTC
proud owner of some of the very first of these wheels ever made! ;-)
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