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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, 23 Mar 2004 12:43:57 GMT
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cjmasi@*nogarbageplease=StopSpam=*rcn.com
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Geoff Snell wrote:
> Hi John,
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> Nice Hogwarts Express.
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> 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?
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> Thanks,
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> Geoff
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 been thinking about
how I will do the drivers. Currently, I am thinking that I will loosely
connect the middle wheels to the drive rods using a techinic peg/axel
(part #3747), so the middle wheels connection can move in an out of the
drive rods (or in and out of the wheel). I am also hoping that I can
come up with a design that will allow the inside middle wheel (inside on
a curve) to move inward in a turn an spring back out on a straight
without changing the position of the outside wheel.
Chris
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 | | Re: 8-wide "Hogwart's Express" using Big Ben wheels
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| (...) Now that is inspired genius! You wouldn't really have to connect the middle wheels to the rods at all though, which may make it easier. The possibility is there for adding skirts to the hundreds of 'Mallards' that are about to appear... I can (...) (21 years ago, 23-Mar-04, to lugnet.trains)
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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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