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Re: BBB Wheels
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Date: 
Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:15:18 GMT
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Nice work! Thanks for sharing. I have been thinking about dividing up the length
of the engine; where 1/2 is the cord of the curve and the remaining 2/4's are
evenly split on both sides of the pivot points as you have done.

Ben has shaved down the flanges on a few of these drives to make "blind
drivers", so the tie rods can extend across all three.

I'm also partial to the SNOT boiler approach.

Do you find that 1 motor can push this bad boy through "S" curves and switches
(points)? And do you need to add a second motor to pull rolling stock? I though
maybe the front truck of the tender could be a motor too, would make it
symmetrical as well.

Also like the use of the use of the interior of the macaroni for the cab
transition on the smaller engine.

SteveB


In lugnet.trains, Henrik Thrane wrote:
In lugnet.trains, Steven Barile wrote:
Hi All,
I have been wondering what people have been building with the BBB steam driver
wheels... (maybe I missed 'em if they have been posted before)

SteveB

Hi!
I have been building two steamers so far:
<http://brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=75684>
and:
<http://brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=heino>

Hope you like them!

Henrik



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  Re: BBB Wheels
 
(...) Hi! I have been building two steamers so far: (URL) and: (URL) Hope you like them! Henrik (20 years ago, 18-Apr-04, to lugnet.trains)

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