 | | Super Chief Pleasure Dome...another one —James Mathis
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| | | It's another dome car. Another try. I'm not completely satisfied with this design, but here is a try at a non-curved-window (URL) Pullman-Standard dome with full instructions>. Sorry the instructions aren't formatted well-- just a core dump from (...) (20 years ago, 5-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Super Chief Pleasure Dome...another one —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | (...) Nice work. I am glad that my truck design stood you in good stead and that you were able to suss it out from the pics I posted. That's a nice circle, you posted a new idea, I cribbed from it and you cribbed back! How it is supposed to work. (...) (20 years ago, 5-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Super Chief Pleasure Dome...another one —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | | (...) The other way to strengthen it is to add another 2x4 technic plate above that one, at 90 degrees. It does increase the friction slightly on the bogie pin, but that's never caused me any problems to date. ROSCO (20 years ago, 5-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Super Chief Pleasure Dome...another one —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) It has caused me a lot of problems, as the friction increase in my experience has been a lot more than "slight"... problems including bogie pins wearing out, shearing off, and in general leaving a lot more plastic dust around, as well as (...) (20 years ago, 5-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Super Chief Pleasure Dome...another one —David VinZant
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| | | | | (...) Hey James I just looked at your dome car and its a really nice. I still like the first one you made. Although this one did give me an idea on new dome. I took the dome off of your car and made a new one. (deep link) (URL) used the 2x2 round (...) (20 years ago, 5-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Super Chief Pleasure Dome...another one —Reinhard "Ben" Beneke
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| | | | (...) Hi James, thanks for sharing your latest design here! I agree with you, that Larry built the so far best trucks and that Benn's dark grey windscreens might be the so far best solution for the dome. At least in kids hands that design will be (...) (20 years ago, 5-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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