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| | | (...) 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 (...) (20 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Has anyone made an American 4-4-0 with BBB wheels? —Steve Barile
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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: (...) (20 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Has anyone made an American 4-4-0 with BBB wheels? —Christopher Masi
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| | | | (...) Yeah, the men go home, but the boys dig deeper into their LEGO bins for just the right part :) (...) Ha ha, my thread. This is actually Jonathan's thread asking for examples of MOC's using Big Ben Bricks drivers. Sure, your design is a 2-6-0, (...) (20 years ago, 30-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Has anyone made an American 4-4-0 with BBB wheels? —Steven Barile
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| | | | Thanks! I hope you didn't think I meant that you are the "boy" in this analogy! I have been coping your work for years! :D Initally I had the cab further back but the MOC (LEGO selective compression etc... tight radius etc...) called for this (...) (20 years ago, 31-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Has anyone made an American 4-4-0 with BBB wheels? —Christopher Masi
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| | | | (...) Oh, sure I ask you about a few nit picky details and you go right for the "does it work" jugular vein. Just kidding. Actually, it doen't get run that much, so I did some preliminary testing. I ran it backwards over a point with five 8-wide (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Has anyone made an American 4-4-0 with BBB wheels? —John Neal
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| | | | (...) Not to me;-) JOHN (20 years ago, 4-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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