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Re: 8-wide "Hogwart's Express" using Big Ben wheels
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 16 Mar 2004 10:07:03 GMT
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Hi John,
Nice Hogwarts Express.
Looks great with the coupling rods/drive rods. I too have Ben’s excellent
wheels but am struggling to make these connections with six drivers and
accomodate the necessary articulation to get round the sharp curves, any tips?
Thanks,
Geoff
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 | | Re: 8-wide "Hogwart's Express" using Big Ben wheels
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| (...) Hello Geoff, I have used flex rods as push rods , with the centre axel moving sideways. It works really well. But it needs a fare bit of weight above the drive wheels.to work fully (this was fixed when I put the train body ontop.) Sorry I have (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | Re: 8-wide "Hogwart's Express" using Big Ben wheels
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| (...) I'm not sure how well it shows up in the pictures, but the middle driver axle is a 'blind' driver - the flanges have been removed from those two wheels. This way, I'm really just running a two-axle configuration, the middle axle is more for (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | Re: 8-wide "Hogwart's Express" using Big Ben wheels
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| (...) I bought two sets of drive wheels from Ben. Four red ones for my American 4-4-0, which I just finished (less one black macaroni... grrr), and 6 black wheels for eventually making a 4-6-2. I haven't even started planning my 4-6-2, but I have (...) (21 years ago, 23-Mar-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 8-wide "Hogwart's Express" using Big Ben wheels
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| 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)
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