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Re: New MOC: 4-8-4 Northern
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lugnet.trains
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Sat, 3 Jan 2004 19:33:27 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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Pretty nifty. A little oversize in my view (whether it’s to scale or not) but
we’re used to that from you by now. I’d love to see what this looks like with
BBB wheels instead of those tyres.
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Hi Lar,
Thank for the feedback. One of the big (HA!) disadvantages to building to this
scale is that everything else has to grow along with it. That is, any
train-related building has to get larger in order to fit in scale-wise, which
gets expensive and time-consuming! On the other hand, some of my larger models
are intended more as static display pieces, where they don’t necessarily need to
run on a layout or stand side-by-side with a building.
I am dying to get some of those BBB tires. I’m afraid they may be a bit too
small for a simple swap with the Northern, but I *know* that they work perfectly
right away in some of my other models (the BR18, for example). At your
prodding, I just checked again and was pleased to discover that the BBB wheels
were being sold, and tragically disappointed to realize that they were
temporarily sold out. I cannot wait for those to become available again ...
Are there any pics out there showing them in use yet?
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Can you elaborate on where the dry ice bucket is? I sort of didn’t follow
that bit...
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I snapped a couple more pics to show the area in question:
(clicking the above image takes you to the Northern gallery, where there are
some additional pics showing the concept)
The bucket is in a sealed chamber, so the dry ice vapor would not have to fill
up a very large volume before it could start escaping out the top of the stack.
Ideally, I’d rather have the steam coming out closer to the front of the engine,
but this was more of an experiment than an accurate attempt. I figure that I
could move the bucket further forward, and possibly use it in conjunction with a
LEGO motor and fan, to direct the “smoke” to wherever it should be coming from.
Thanks again,
-s
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| (...) I think a few of the Beta Testers have posted some pics. Here are a few links (2 URLs) Jason's Rocket> (2 URLs) my not nearly as good 1830 loco> (2 URLs) my totally cruddy 1920 electric> (2 URLs) John Gerlach's gorgeous Challenger> (...) Ah (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: New MOC: 4-8-4 Northern
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| (...) Pretty nifty. A little oversize in my view (whether it's to scale or not) but we're used to that from you by now. I'd love to see what this looks like with BBB wheels instead of those tyres. Can you elaborate on where the dry ice bucket is? I (...) (20 years ago, 3-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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