Subject:
|
Re: 8-wide "Hogwart's Express" using Big Ben wheels
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.trains
|
Date:
|
Mon, 15 Mar 2004 09:42:21 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
1495 times
|
| |
|
|
In lugnet.trains, John Gerlach wrote:
| |
So I got some wheels from Ben Fleskes, and knew I had to build a version of
the “Hogwart’s Express” from the Harry Potter movies.
There’s only four pictures in the
folder, here is a
preview image:
The boiler is build from a whole bunch of the 1x3x2 half-arch in black and
red. The black ones are from 28 copies of the Mini Slave 1, the red ones are
from Bricklink. That makes the boiler 6-wide, so the radar dish on the front
is a bit small, but I think kids will like it. The large 12volt wheels under
the cab and tender are set up in two pairs, the one under the cab and the
front one from the tender are connected, the back two under the tender are
connected. So I guess you could call this a 4-6-4-4 assembly. :-)
I did have to cheat a bit, the 1x plates overhanging the main driver wheels
had to be trimmed just a bit because they were rubbing on the drivers. But,
since you can’t see the modification, I think I can live with it. I
originally built the locomotive 9-wide (so no rubbing), but I didn’t want to
build the cab and tender 9-wide also. 8-wide is crazy enough!
This locomotive will be making it’s world premier in La Crosse, Wisconsin,
next weekend. It’s not complete, the tender still needs work, I tossed it
together just to hold the battery box - gotta light that firebox, you know...
*grin*
JohnG, GMLTC
|
To John,
I really like the way that you have built the boiler !It’s Round !
I hope you don’t mind if I borrow that Boiler design.
Nothing wrong with 9 wides !
Thanks , Teunis.
|
|
Message is in Reply To:
 | | 8-wide "Hogwart's Express" using Big Ben wheels
|
| So I got some wheels from Ben Fleskes, and knew I had to build a version of the "Hogwart's Express" from the Harry Potter movies. There's only four pictures in the (URL) folder>, here is a preview image: (URL) The boiler is build from a whole bunch (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
|
17 Messages in This Thread:
 
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
