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Re: how to make coal for a tender?
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 20 Dec 2004 18:20:59 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote:
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My best suggestion would be to use black ABS pellets, but unfortunately they
are not available:-(
IIRC there has been some discussion of grinding up black elements in a
blender or something and glue them to a plate base to create a
“coal load” like you find in
model railroadering. Wasn’t that your suggestion, Steve Barile? (never pass
up a chance to tar a friend’s good reputation online>;^) Haven’t seen anyone
with the stomach for that solution yet.
Good luck.
JOHN
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I had a similar thought. I have a baggy of LEGO pellet, but it’s in red. But one
of our club members works at plastic injection house, adn got me a bag of black
pellet. The pellet is rough cubes, ~1/8” across. My thought was to glue these to
black sheet plastic to make a drop in peice. And no parts harmed! I’m reworking
my steam engins and tenders, so I’ll try it when I’m done.
But wone of my engines is a western style wood burner, so the tender has a bunch
for brown bits in the tender.
Mat
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) Hmmm. I'm not sure which is worse-- LEGO mutilation or use of non-LEGO parts. (I have done both in the past). Personally, I'd glue the pellets to a black plate and "create" a new element rather than use an all non-LEGO solution. YMMV, JOHN (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks for the nod, Ondrew:-) Jonathan, I think the key is to use 1x1s and rotate them around randomly so as to break up all of the 90 degree angles as much as possible. My best suggestion would be to use black ABS pellets, but unfortunately (...) (20 years ago, 18-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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