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I believe that there is a rather large battery box cavity in the interior of the
engine above the base plate. Whats nice is that you get to this cavity via the
bottom of the train thru the hanging tank.
So you have the 6x8 “tank” below, the IR reciever blug on either side (which
makes it 8 wide!), and a ~4x6x3 black battery box cavity on top of the base
plate.
This for one means that no 4 wide bodies, like the BNSF, are possible.
I love the remote control-ness of it all, perhaps even at the expense of lossing
the metal rails and having to deal with the batteries, but the all-in-one
design, BUTE (Big Ugly Train Element), is unfortunately very limiting.
SteveB
In lugnet.trains, Timothy Gould wrote:
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Hi Ondrew,
I can make a comment on two related posts here.
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4.shorten the train base from 30 studs to XX studs
I’ve thought about this for days trying to figure out why someone might want
to do this and I’m still confused. Anyone care to chime in on this? 30 studs
seems perfect for 6-wide engines.
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7.completely remove the electronics for installation into odd shaped mocs
This is by far my favorite idea. By removing the electronics and placing
them into a smaller more tightly fitting box you gain the opportunity to put
it into more mocs whether they’re trains or a something completely
different. Another advantage is you can move the receiver eyes to different
possibly more hidden locations and you can provide power to the unit in
alternate methods.
Again this is just my opinion. You’re welcome to disagree.
Ondrew
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As I see it 4) and 7) are related since for me they both solve the same
problem which is this: seven-wide trains are pretty much ruined by the 6x30
baseplate.
Basically it’s very difficult to shroud a six-wide plate to make it
seven-wide and still look good. I have some potential solutions but they
aren’t that great. If I stripped back the baseplate to make it just an IR
sensor section (which is a 4x10 plate over a 6x8 box) then that is all I
would have to embed, which can be done much more easily than building
seven-wide on six-wide.
Of course a fully modded pack would be best but I lack the skills to make one
so would be stock with option 4) as a solution.
Hope that helps.
Tim
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