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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 14:18:50 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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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 “show” than anything else!
By taking off the flange, the middle wheel can slide on and off the track as the
train goes around corners.
I’ll take some more close-up pictures of the trains this weekend, we’ll have our
train layout set up for the first time in a couple of months. And I found the
power cord for my camcorder, so I can shoot some short videos of the different
trains in action.
JohnG, GMLTC
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Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: 8-wide "Hogwart's Express" using Big Ben wheels
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| In lugnet.trains, John Gerlach wrote: <snip> (...) fyi Big Ben Bricks LLC is working on a mold to produce an unflanged wheels for purchase. John has a few prototypes of the 'blind' driver. Kind regards, Ben Fleskes Big Ben Bricks LLC (21 years ago, 16-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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