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Re: Some more infos on new trains (they were partly presented in Frechen/Germany)
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lugnet.trains
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Sun, 8 Jan 2006 23:03:52 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Ondrew Hartigan wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke wrote:
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> thank you for the info ben!
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> i have a couple quick questions i hope you don't mind.
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> is there any info on a release date?
> the wire that goes to the motor, is that the same old 2x2 conecter?
> i assume the battery box is on the bottom side of the train base, is this a
> correct assumption?
> is the base screwed together or glued?
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> pictures?????
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> thanks,
> ondrew
Hi Ondrew,
picture taking was not allowed and we have respected this limitation.
Release date will be in september (as planned so far)
I had less than 3 minutes to have a view on the system. I have not demounted the
motor from the base (no idea if possible at all). And I have no idea about the
wiring - sorry.
The battery compartment opens to the bottom. The batteries are arranged in a
kind of plastic triangle: 1 on top, 2 under that one and three in the bottom.
So they reach through the base plate to the part which is reaching out of the
baseplate.
Imagine a battery box as known from the "light and sound system" and place this
box on top of a 30 or 32 studs long train baseplate in the very center. Next
build the bottom of a Santa Fe super Chief engine and place this under the
baseplate: then you will get something with the shape of the new system. All of
this is a fixed system: you can not shorten the thing or remove the part from
the center to the front or rear...
The "battery pyramid" is a subpart of very lightweight plastic. You fill it with
the 6 batteries and put it into the engine from the bottom.
BTW: another info I have not mentioned: the engine has - as I would guess -
4...6 speeds. At top speed it derails (the train we have seen, has been only a
train base but Jan had placed a metroliner on top of it. Since the ML is 28 long
the thing looked quite odd....
Kind Regards,
Ben
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