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Subject: 
Connecting monorail cars
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Mon, 7 Feb 2005 22:11:25 GMT
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I recently won an auction for a 6399 Airport Shuttle. I'm really happy to
have finally obtained this set.

Digging through my unsorted parts bin, I discovered that I have an extra
4x20 monorail base.

But I cannot figure out how to incorporate a third monorail car into the
standard 6399 setup. Any thoughts?

Bryan



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  Re: Connecting monorail cars
 
(...) William Howard is the expert on this, but I think he used 2x2 plates with ball-and-socket connectors to attach the back of one monorail base to the front of another. Jason Railton (20 years ago, 7-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)
  Re: Connecting monorail cars
 
(...) I beleive people have used these [LDrawPart 3183:0] [LDrawPart 3730:0] [LDrawPart 3184:0] [LDrawPart 3731:0] and possibly this [LDrawPart 2508:0] to get more distance between cars for the corners. The non-truck end of the third car then rests (...) (20 years ago, 7-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
  Re: Connecting monorail cars
 
"Bryan Kinkel" <helpdesk@loseyourmind.com> wrote in message news:IBKAzK.o3C@lugnet.com... (...) There are a number of threads on this topic, I myself have built three, four, and six car versions of the Airport Shuttle. I have had great results with (...) (20 years ago, 8-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)

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