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Re: Super Chief Pleasure Dome...another one
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lugnet.trains
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Sat, 5 Mar 2005 03:55:22 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, James Mathis wrote:
Using a 2x4 technic plate for the truck pin makes the plate very vulnerable
to coming out if you remove the truck, and then it’s very fiddly to get back
together again. There are only 4 studs of adhesion there if you leave the
voids. I use 2x8 plates instead, even if I have to stagger the position of
the plate so that the pin isn’t in the center, because then you get 12 studs
of adhesion into the rest of the floor/frame and much less tendency to rip
the plate out (as well as better luck realigning it if it does come out.
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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
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Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: Super Chief Pleasure Dome...another one
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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
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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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