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Re: Has anyone made an American 4-4-0 with BBB wheels?
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 29 Dec 2004 15:07:10 GMT
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cjmasi@*SPAMCAKEnogarbageplease*rcn.com
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steve barile wrote:
> Nice work Chris! Can you explain a little about your driver links. It looks like
> the piston rod is static and that technic element slides along it...???
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> SteveB
Thanks for the exclamation point, and, yep, you got the piston thing
right. I wanted a round cylinder. In the picture that I was using, the
cylinder looked like a cylinder with a box on top. I choose to emphasize
the cylinder instead of the box. However, an axle cannot move freely in
and out of the 2x2 rounds that I used for the cylinder. So, I decided to
slide the drive rod on the piston rod. It's a cheat, but it is not an
_obvious_ cheat :) If you look very closely at the technic elements, and
think very hard about the sizes and shapes of those elements, you might
come to realize that I did something very, _very_ bad :( I couldn't
think of anything else, and boy that slope is slippery. Luckily, the
NELUG guys still let me run it even though it is an unpure, modded
abomination.
> PS I just finished a 2-6-0 Mogul in Rio Grande Bumblebee livery (Med Orange,
> Black & Gray). Pic to follow tonight.
I look forward to seeing it.
Chris
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> In lugnet.trains, Christopher Masi wrote:
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> > In lugnet.trains, Jonathan Wilson wrote:
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> > > Building an American 4-4-0 seems like the perfect use for the new BBB
> > > wheels, anyone done it yet? (I plan to give it a go myself when I can
> > > afford to get some BBB wheels to do it with :)
> >
> > Yep, and surprisingly if you google "American 4-4-0 LEGO" you get a bunch of
> > hits. One is mine :)
> >
> > http://users.rcn.com/cjmasi/lego/trains/engines/american_4-4-0/american_4-4-0.html
> >
> > Chris
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| Yes, the piston and connecting rod design certain can seperate the men from the boys (& women from the girls). In fact that's where most of my time was spent on the Bumble Bee! And BTW thanks for the confession! :) Here's a few pics and a few words: (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Has anyone made an American 4-4-0 with BBB wheels?
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| Nice work Chris! Can you explain a little about your driver links. It looks like the piston rod is static and that technic element slides along it...??? SteveB PS I just finished a 2-6-0 Mogul in Rio Grande Bumblebee livery (Med Orange, Black & (...) (22 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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