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Re: Ben's LEGO 4449 Daylight train.
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 8 Nov 1999 02:53:18 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Ben Fleskes writes:
> In lugnet.trains, John Warren writes:
> <snip>
> >
> > You talk about the trucks sliding forward and backwards. It seems to me that
> > the body would hinder this from happening due to the fact that it connects to
> > the the front and rear trucks via two stationary pins. Since the body doesn't
> > stretch what lets this occur? On the location of the body where it attaches • to
> > the trucks did you use those white spring loaded pieces similiar to the ones
> > found on the crossing gates in 4559?
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> Correct. The trucks stay on the same pivot point at all times. The drive
> wheels simply move away(towards the back) from the front truck around the
> curves.
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> There are no springs used anywhere. The drive wheels are not attached to the
> front truck other then the sliding joint. When the body is pulled off, the
> drive wheels simply pull away from the front truck.
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> Does that explain it?
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> Ben
Yes, that explains it very well. Thanks.
John
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 | | Re: Ben's LEGO 4449 Daylight train.
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| In lugnet.trains, John Warren writes: <snip> (...) to (...) Correct. The trucks stay on the same pivot point at all times. The drive wheels simply move away(towards the back) from the front truck around the curves. There are no springs used (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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