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(...) Here is the (URL) Ae 3/6 electric locomotive with Ben's unofficial dat-part wheel>. The main (URL) Swiss Ae 3/6 v2 folder>, once moderated, contains the .mpd file for the loc, as well as a color modified version of Ben's wheel .dat file. (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Came across this pic of a train wreck and thought it would be substantially easier to model in LEGO: (URL) the track is also wrecked in this pic... Dave K -who would really like to do this scene in ABS (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) A "good enough" mockup should not be too hard... ... start with Ben's!!! but the bending in the rear of the ribs will take some care to model accurately. personally I'd vote for seeing if Ben can release his CAD files (assuming he designed (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Yes that what causing it, now I look at the original image I can see that the wheels go lower than rail level. It doesn't really matter anyway as they are temporary parts but thanks for clearing it up. The sweepstake is now open for the length (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Possibly Ben should get some franchises! My suggestion would be someone for Europe, based in Germany probably and someone in Australia (possibly somone in Japan as well). This (with Ben selling to US) would cover most of the train building areas (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Hi James, that is in fact good news on these wheels! (...) Even the better! I begin to have an urgent need to get some in my hands.... (URL) CAD moc-up of a Swiss Ae 3/6 electric locomotive> that uses the BBB wheels in (...) That engine is a (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Actually the Dutch 1000 class was like (1A) Bo (A1) , one of the reasons it never really became a succes (they were rail wreckers) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) This may be a bit of optical illusion, for the placement of the oversize diameter place-holder wheels penetrate the 9v rail. Maybe that gives the appearance that the wheels stick out left/right farther than do the 12v wheels? See this (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) sorry, here is the deep link (URL) tim (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) They have no flanges. Thus, they can be a bit "off" on alignment negotiating curves. (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I tried posting on this subject over the weekend, but of course Lugnet was in a 'funk'... I was eyeballing a set of three of the BBB wheels as they went around "those pesky tight Lego curves". I looks like you'll need about one brick of 'play' (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Not being too familiar with loco lingo.....what are blinds? why are they useful? jeramy (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Needs to be deeplinked. This is not a deeplink it doesn't end in a file extension... I'll say I myself haven't cracked the full crank yet across a 6 couple that doesn't have a pair of blind drivers, but I'm working on it! (...) Yes. Early (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Yes, if I had ONE more pair of wheels I would have done something like that, it's a natural for two pairs of wheels around a center articulation point, with leading single axles at each end also articulated.... or something like the 4554 (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Personally, I'd want to buy them in sixes. I'd guess that so would most builders of British, if not many European, locomotives. Adding in that some will want a pair of those to be blind, and some won't, I think pairs is the only way of keeping (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) On thing I was wondering with these wheels is how to do a full coupling rod for rigid six coupled chassis, would this work? (URL) I love the model of the Ae 3/6. the early Swiss locs with their odd wheel arrangments and cranks are a favorite (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) locomotive, derived from the Swiss Ae4/6 series 10801-10812 (URL) friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Or blue for the old NBDS colors :D Or green for the old SS :D Or brown for the old NRS colors :D For those not known to the Dutch railway history: NRS = Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg Maatschappij (Dutch Rhine Railway Company) NCS = Nederlandsche (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The world famous The Rocket, built by George Stephenson (URL) Picture taken from European Railway Server 1935 0-2-2 replica of the Stockton & Darlington railway 'Rocket is seen from the sectioned side while at the National Railway Museum, York (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Just a shiple show off of 2 of my 40' containers on the SCLTC layout. (URL) a Medblue Semi Hauling a Maersk Blue Chassis with a 20' bulkhead container, with 8 3x4 containers filled with 10 pistols each;) (URL) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town)
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(...) Na... Steam is pretty old hat. Clearly what's needed are good electric locos. This *isn't* a good one,the body is (by *far*) not my best work but I wanted to show off a little articulation in the frame. So the NEED for good electric locos is (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Now that we are seing more "custom" parts being made (for example the Starwars weapons, the Castle accessories and the Train wheels), it raises an important question... are these "Lego"? For example, if I use them, am I no-longer a purist? Does (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Nod. Good point and thanks for the clarification (...) Nod. IF (and it's a big if) BL will allow them to be sold there. It's currently a big open question in the BL discussion groups, with the usual suspects participating and little or no (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Ben kindly sent to me 6 of his BBB brand wheels. Thanks, Ben! I've tinkered with them a little. I'm really impressed with them: the ABS material feels quality the molding is excellent the Technic cross-axle hole is nice and tight the Technic pin (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) From the customer's POV; I said what I would do if I were Ben. In order to get back his monetary investment (nevermind his time investment), he is going to need to sell 1,000s of these. Also, he is planning to manually create the blind (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Makes sense. Except I think it's better just to sell them in pairs because you never know how many blinds you will need... it depends on what you are building... a 4-12-2 for example needs more blinds than a 4-4-0 does (21 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Yellow? What prototype used that? (NOT going to say "no prototype exists" because you all know, there's ALWAYS some prototype somewhere) But even with no prototype that might be cool. can you say Fabuland Train? :-) (21 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'd prefer dark orange then for the old NCS colors :D (21 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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All pages present and accounted for (URL) pics from the Hobby show in Toronto--Space, Castle, and Trains (and others) represented. Thanks Allan for geting this together! Dave K (21 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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(...) Hi Steve, thanks for posting this cool news! I love these wheels and I am amazed how near the are to my dream design (which of course has been devellopped completely independant from Ben Fleskes design). But in the end they both depend on the (...) (21 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think a "set" would be the minimum amount, say 4. If I were Ben, I'd charge $14 for a set of 4, or $24 for a set of 8. But your points are well taken: true LTDs (LEGO Train Dudes) would purchase multiple sets in various colors:-) JOHN (21 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hi all, After seeing a building at BF2002 (yes, 2002) that used droid fighter wings for a roof, I thought that was a neat idea. After over ayear, I finally got around to building something. It's a small freight transfer station, like you might find (...) (21 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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(...) Na... that constitutes a good start not a set. (...) (21 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) At least 20... *grin* JohnG, GMLTC (21 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Niels (21 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ya ya... my only question is what constitutes a "set". I see myself needing of these in black and dark grey and grey... I've had a chance to actually build more with these since I posted my 1830 model and I'm liking them more and more. I hope (...) (21 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I was lucky enough to see these fantastic drivers in person last week when Ben made a visit to the GMLTC "clubhouse". I don't know how much design work Ben (Beneke) put into his design, but after having talked to Ben Fleskes about all of his (...) (21 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(URL) past weekend we were at the Toronto Hobby Show which took place at the International center in Toronto, Ontario. I took a variety pf pictures of the MOCs and sets that people brought in. A great time was had by all--visitors enjoyed the (...) (21 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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(...) Perhaps... Once moderated: (URL) deeplinks (crank through the numbers from 1078 through 1089) overall: (URL) rear view: (no tender) (URL) with tender: (URL) driver in all its glory: (URL) didn't bother with syncronizing gears but I could have) (...) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains) !!
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Thanks for the news Steve, and kudos to Ben! Although I'm a Diesel man myself, I would use these driver wheels for a few electric locomotives I've always wanted to build (has anyone seen a Swedish Dm3 yet? They are awesome! (URL) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) John, Just by curiosity, how are they doing on switches? have you been tested them in depth? speed? JM (...) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The appearance of a counterweight could easily be added by applying a suitably colored decal (or something like electrical tape) to the spokes. As mentioned in this (URL) message>, you can use a marker to touch up the edges if your decal is (...) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Adding the counterweight means taking out more material of the molds, so that should be possible although costly indeed... the recessed area for the 1*1 plate unfortunately is the opposite :( Hope to see some of these wheels "live" soon so to (...) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You know they planned that. Blows my mind. I was thinking this track would be fun for Moonbases, but now I think it'll be really really fun for Moonbases. (URL) j o n (URL) zemi.net> (URL) moonbase> (URL) the shipyard> (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) 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 (...) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:Ho1H66.Bx3@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) A steam engine perhaps? Mike (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) There was a stray iltco.northcomp.com link buried in the middle of the main .trains sidebar As a note for future reference, these sorts of minor errors are best handled via email rather than via a string of posts in the newsgroup... thats what (...) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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"Jason J Railton" <j.j.railton@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:Ho1Do8.1ypw@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) On the ILTCO site or on LUGNET? Thanks, Mike (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) True, those two detail ideas are closly connected with eachother. The wheel as proposed by Reinhard "Ben" Beneke needs the pinhole standing out to be able to clear the stud of an added 1x1 round plate, while the other wheel by Ben Fleskes (...) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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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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(...) Can't speak for the other colors but I think the black matches VERY closely. I like the feel of the plastic too, and there's very little flash too. Sign of good tooling if you ask me! (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) My guesses are that this tooling has been under development for some time, certainly well before Ben's analysis was posted... so these ideas were not known at the time of development. Redoing tooling at this point will add a lot of cost, I (...) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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"Jonathan Wilson" <jonwil@tpgi.com.au> wrote in message news:Ho0K74.CrC@lugnet.com... (...) Ben's Driver Wheels are now posted as a ILTCO Sneak Peek! (URL) Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring.com (URL) - North Carolina LEGO Train Club (URL) - (...) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That someone was Kevin Loch and other participants at a meeting of the WamaLTC earlier this year. Abe Friedman's photograph of the result: (URL) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.space)
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LEGO Users of Central New York; LUCNY... ...will be displaying our latest buildings, rolling stock, automated switches, modified track geometry, stock LEGO train kits, etc. at the 21st Annual Oswego Valley Railroad Association's Train Show in (...) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ny.syr, lugnet.loc.us.ny.uti, lugnet.org.us.lucny, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.announce)
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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 (...) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Steven Barile wrote: Please do not regard this as a complaint, I'm just curious about some principal design choices: Why has the idea of sizing an opening allowing the user to insert a 1x1 round plate covering the axle hole, been (...) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) No, I think it IS true. Try putting the race track on the outside of 2 32 stud baseplate road curves... (...) I think it was but I can't find it. Someone did this track, train track, mono track all alongside each other to see how it lined up. (...) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: teaser teaser (was Re: Teaser: New Driver Wheel
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(...) Well that didn't take long! (URL) and read the current first news article. (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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They're not made yet. It's likely that they will be molded from pre-existing colors pallets. I don't know the pallet palette (that was fun to say), maybe Ben can answer that when he gets on line (which might be a couple days, he told me). SteveB (...) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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I just bought 2 cheap copies of 4588 Off Road Race Track (URL) a 48 x 48 baseplate 3 race track curves former a quarter circle that has ends 12 studs from the corners. I don't have any train track with me but I know 4 curve lengths form a quarter (...) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.space)
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How closely do the colors match with LEGO colors? (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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while I was walking the dog I thought about your post and actually said 'yay' out loud, much to the consternation of some passers-by! the only problem is that you have ruined one of my 'lottery winning daydreams' :) Tim (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I was tempted to mention that I fail to see the relevance of your social work occupashion sic to the topic at hand. Luckily, I resisted that urge. Thanks, -s (21 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Very similar... that raises some Q's, since Ben's design was 100% spot-on. (...) Sounds great! (...) Let's hope the Elf does int'l shipping and has enough supply to meet the demands of us trainheads :D Paypal loaded up and ready! (21 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I counsel patience... AND that you haunt the leading source of LEGO train information, you never know WHAT you might find there. NO promises, mind you. (21 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Durnitall. I knew I should have boldfacaed, underlined, and italicized the word "quantifying". (...) Show yourself, Elf, and accept our praises! -s (21 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Hmmm... A "little more information"... Hmmm... How to put this... How about, "Cheaper than I had expected", or "cheaper than what I had considered a 'fair price'"... I'll leave the actual dollar amount to the Elf, for whenever they're ready to (...) (21 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Could said Elf be coerced to provide a little more information quantifying the "very fair price"? I'd like to know whether I can pick them up with my weekly spending allowance, or whether I shuld put these on a Christmas list? VERY exciting (...) (21 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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A friendly elf visited the GMLTC last night, and had real life copies of a new driver wheel, very similar in design to the proposed one discussed here in .trains for the last several days. Elf said I could post a notice about it... So I can say (...) (21 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I would buy 12 axels, in all three colours !! Red , Black & Gray. Total 36 axels @ $10us each ??? = $360us ??? But, for me to spend that sort of money the design would have to be perfected. So that they work perfectly on 9v & 12v rails. And (...) (21 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) It's hard to tell what a "fair" price is, because I have no idea what the tooling cost will be, nor how many of them can be realistically sold at which price point. I would like to buy three to six pairs of them, maybe more, but that depends (...) (21 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I don't think that the fair price for an item that can be produced in almost unlimited quantity (and in fact will have to be produced in large quantity to create return on investment) can reasonably be compared to the price for a collector's (...) (21 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The dir is our general VLC member dumping area. It's supposed to be for temporary stuff... But somehow it got linked in to a message. (Probably me not thinking.) That 404 is the standard for a RaQ server. TFM (21 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) 404s are so unfriendly! Even a generic custom 404 page saying to try replacing (URL) with (URL) might be good... you're already returning a custom 404 as it is, it's all fancy and purple and stuff. (...) Did. (I realise you're not just talking (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) With such prices I'd only buy those I'd need right away, and certainly none to stock "in case" If OTOH it would be around $5 per pair, I'd easily buy 20-30 pairs, just to make sure I don't run out. (Somewhere in my head I've got plans for a (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hmmm... OH ya. Of course... That's on the VLC site and it moved due to ILTCO requirements... (URL) pretty busy this week, work and the big Trains Event for BC is this weekend. This will be the last display of what you guys are talking about (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) All good ideas! Heck, GREAT ideas. The keychain ones could be the ones that got rejected for being poorly formed or out of round or whatever... Pardon me while I dip into "fantasy mode"... Suppose LEGO themselves got behind third party efforts (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) That's why you'd need an extra pair of wheels to show people at train shows. Have a business card (or a link on your website) to the Bricklink store where ??? is selling them. Make it simple for people to get these, and I think they'd become (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) It's can only be an educated guess but further to this does anyone have an idea of the quantities that would sell. While a lot of AFOLS seem to have an unlimited budget many don't (like myself!) thus while I would like about 12 axles/24 (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) No it doesn't they are bricks with wheels, not wheels attached to bricks. :-) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) This seems a pretty reasonable price (from the market point of view, I don't know about production costs) especially when compared to the price of the large spoked wheel. On bricklink at the moment the cheapest is $4 for a pair and the average (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) well... something more than what I am getting parts for out of the 3033's I bought on sale ( about 1.2 cents a piece) and something less than what I paid for my last service pack of larger drivers. I can't find the number for it offhand, (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Oh yea, and another $40 for the 4-8-4 #261 I'm working on... ;-) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I'll toss out a number: $10 for a pair of them... Of course that means I'd be paying $60 for enough of them to rebuild my Challenger! :-) Whatever, it's only money. I've already spent a bunch on other BrickLink orders for parts, why not spend (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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In lugnet.trains, Teunis Davey wrote: <snip> (...) To answer your question, Yes. Based on some 'inside' information, somebody is making train drive wheels. I've heard they will be available for purchase certainly before christmas. It leaves me (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Sorry my mistake, I thought it was a freight loco (and so would be brown) As they were green it might be easier to make (maybe!) It looks very good in grey in the photos, (but then thats why they pained the grey!) Tim (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Very well done creation of one of my favourite locos. Searching for more info about the Class (Baureihe) E91/191 I found another Lego creation in green: (URL) not sure if this class has existed in freight brown, I only know this class in (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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I hope I'm not stealing Christoph Eisenring's thunder here but I saw (URL) this> on brickshelf today and was very impressed. A loco like this works very well with sharp lego curves. I especially like the cab windows and the representation of the (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, FTX)
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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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