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Fairmont Speeder, small track powed motorcar
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Thu, 24 Feb 2005 06:08:34 GMT
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While up in the SF Bay Area over Chrismat I got a chance to visit the Niles
Canyon Railway, with the help of Zonker. They had a Fairmont Speeder and a few
trailers. The RR park near me in Powey also has one, and I’d been thinking of
modeling one. O used the later for my prototype.
I recieved a small motorised chassis in a grab bag.
http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/5213. And after experimenting a bit I decided
it would make a good start for the speeder.
The speeder is a small maintanace of way viehicle, used to transport rail
workers for track inspection and repairs. It can also tow several small sleds.
The model is very simple, but the neat thing is that it’s motorised! Useing the
5213 as a base. I extended the width of the wheelbase, and added track power
pic-ups. All without modifying any LEGO parts. Although I did have to add a bit
of wire.
Please visit the MOC page for more images and description
http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/8021
Mat
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| Excellent work Mat. You beat me to the punch again. I had been collecting a few of those for that very reason! :) Rob "Mathew Clayson" <mathew_impact1@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:ICEJqA.3I9@lugnet.com... (...) (20 years ago, 24-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)
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