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Re: 8-wide "Hogwart's Express" using Big Ben wheels
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lugnet.trains
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Date:
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Tue, 16 Mar 2004 11:47:50 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Geoff Snell wrote:
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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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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 no pictures that show this in great detail on brickshelf.I hope to have
some up soon . Have you seen Ross Neals Idea ? I really like his idea for push
rods !
some pics - (taken by other people)
test chassie -
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=629986
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=629987
complete train
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=660549
Thanks, Teunis
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| (...) I had already admired your 4-6-2 chassis Teunis, but unfortunately my Lego collection doesn't run as far as flexrods! I have managed an articulated 4-6-2 chassis of my own using BBB wheels with the view of trying to create a 6-wide LNER (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: 8-wide "Hogwart's Express" using Big Ben wheels
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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, (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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