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Re: Has anyone made an American 4-4-0 with BBB wheels?
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Thu, 30 Dec 2004 18:29:55 GMT
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CJMASI@*NOGARBAGEPLEASE*RCN.COMnomorespam
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Steven Barile wrote:
> 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! :)
Yeah, the men go home, but the boys dig deeper into their LEGO bins for
just the right part :)
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> Here's a few pics and a few words:
> http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/6849
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> SteveB
> PS I hope you don't mind me posting my MOC on your thread!
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, but
that has the same munber of wheels as a 4-4-0, so its mostly the same,
right?
Anyway, I like your engine. I noticed that your cab starts above the
wheels. Is that more prototipical than mine or does it depend on the
specific model? I started my cab between the wheels because that is how
I thought the 4-4-0's did it. It doesn't leave much room in there for
minifigs though. I hope someone will correct me if the cab should start
above the wheels on a prototypical 4-4-0. I am also curious about the
leading truck. Are they locked to the frame on real 2-6-0's or do they
swivel? In the eng, I think you came up with an interesting and cool
solution to a sticky problem.
As far as the tender goes, well tenders are tenders. They are square
boxes. That is why I did the crazy 8 to 7-wide thing on my tender. The
change in width two plates from the bottom makes the squareness of the
tender more bearable for me. At least yours breaks up the orange box
with some nice striping.
Of course, your engine looks great with your houses in the background! I
like the how you found a way to use those ever present and somewaht
annoying yellow window inserts:)
Thanks for sharing,
Chris
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> In lugnet.trains, Christopher Masi wrote:
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> > steve barile wrote:
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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
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> > > In lugnet.trains, Christopher Masi wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > In lugnet.trains, Jonathan Wilson wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > 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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| 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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| 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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