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Re: O-Train
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 17 Mar 2005 20:19:00 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Jason Allemann wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, James Mathis wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jason Allemann wrote:
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Jason,
I haven’t kept up to pace on close-coupling of train cars, but I’m really
impressed by your solution. It is low-profile, shared trucks, and looks
very clean, simple, and straight-forward. A fresh-look by you without
working knowledge of other close-coupling techniques seems to have generated
another slick solution. My apologies to those who may have similar
solutions with which I am unfamiliar.
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Cool, thanks! I’m glad you like it. It certainly took a lot of
experimentation to get there. Looking back I’m not really sure why, since it
seems so simple now. I’m sure prior knowledge of existing solutions would
have affected the design process. Who knows where it may have ended up.
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Jason
I am glad you took some nice pictures of the O train. I saw it from the show
pics and wanted to see more. And for not being a train guy you did an excilent
job. Maybe deep down your are a train guy. ;)
I also had a problem with tring to solve close cupling. At first I had used 2x2
round bricks with a technic ball hitch inside the train. The problem was I had
to tear cars apart just put it on the track. (the roofs of my train didnt come
off very easily) As I progressed in my designs I realised that if I stacked used
Three 2x4 technic plats ontop of the train. I could use the technic ball hitch
and a rubber band and be set.
And if that explination didnt explain then this picture should help.
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/legotrains/TGV/303/barcar02.jpg
That is a picture of my TGV train. It is probably the longest articulated LEGO
train around. It currently is 10ft long and only uses two motors.
Well keep up the great work and hope to see some more trains.
Dave
www.GPLR.org
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| (...) snip (...) Cool, thanks. Lol, maybe, who knows. I have bought my fair share of LEGO train sets. :) (...) Yeah, that's pretty cool. Nice and simple and easy to use. I also saw pics of it in Steve's "Advanced Train Building" presentation after (...) (20 years ago, 18-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) <snip> (...) Cool, thanks! I'm glad you like it. It certainly took a lot of experimentation to get there. Looking back I'm not really sure why, since it seems so simple now. I'm sure prior knowledge of existing solutions would have affected (...) (20 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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