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Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 4 May 2005 19:05:11 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Bryan Kinkel wrote:
> Ah. The single plate approach is what I use as well for my custom cars.
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> On first read, I thought you are advocating not using Technic plates at all.
> And I was trying to figure out what else could possibly be used (besides
> wagon plates.) My mistake.
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> I do wish there was something slightly more secure than Tecnic plates to
> use.
I have used both 2x2 and 4x4 turntables to attach bogies. The 2x2 allows for a
good amount of movement from the vertical, but is a pig to re-attach the bogies
if they come off. The 4x4 allows very little such movement, but as the MOC in
question had to have a drive axle passing through, the movement was not desired
in that case anyway.
ROSCO
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 | | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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| (...) Random thought: Has anyone tried using Bionicle-style ball-and-socket joints as bogie attachments? My guess is that they would have enough friction to keep the stock from tilting over yet have the articulation to handle track unevenness as (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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| Ah. The single plate approach is what I use as well for my custom cars. On first read, I thought you are advocating not using Technic plates at all. And I was trying to figure out what else could possibly be used (besides wagon plates.) My mistake. (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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