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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 19:18:38 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Ross Crawford wrote:
> > I do wish there was something slightly more secure than Tecnic plates to
> > use.
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> 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.
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> ROSCO
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
well as curves. Someone needs to experiment, I'm too lazy to do it myself....
Lazy, lazy, lazy.
Legoswami
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| (...) 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 (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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