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Re: Hogwarts Express train - collaboration with James Mathis
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Thu, 23 Feb 2006 17:26:39 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Timothy Gould wrote:
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Carriages look good although I don’t like the gears too much. Have you
thought about using part 2903 with a 32065 across it to fit the drive rods?
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Sadly those wheels are too big, being 8ft diameter to scale. I did consider the
wheels from the bar code truck (part 6595), though I have them only in white and
light bley so far. I’ve also experimented with model team wheels with tyres.
The cogs are 42mm diameter, 5’3” to scale, where the engine needs 6ft wheels
(48mm), so they’re the closest I’ll get. I probably have historical reasons
too, as I initially used 8-tooth cogs between them on a previous engine, which
is now retired, to guarantee reliable alignment of the wheels. As I improved
reliability of rods, I dispensed with the small cogs.
I wondered about modding some bar code truck-sized wheels by cutting them across
at their thinnest point to make a 1L-wide wheel with the 6 holes for crank pins
- perhaps if I had bought a few technic cranes cheap and had more wheels than I
would ever use for Technic models...
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I made the IR coach into a sort of brake coach/baggage coach. Just made up
the internals as films are rarely consistent anyway.
Tim
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For this first coach I used the 6x4 and 4x4 smooth centred brown plates from the
Sopwith Camel to do wood-panelled compartments, though there’s little point as I
made the roof permanent and the vertically-mounted plates only detach after a
few months of going to shows and shifting boxes around.
John mentions rivet-counting. Well I did put the ventilators on top of the
carriage :-) Sometimes at shows I’ll say to a pedant “count the rivets on
that!”, but only if they’re being unreasonable about the limitations of LEGO
scale modelling.
I also used the macaroni boiler technique on my Thomas and Stepney models:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=742630
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=742629
Notice the 1x2 hinges incorporated to hold the chimney and dome. I think this
technique would be nowhere without the 4x4 round brick for strength! I wished
there were a plate to go with it - so much so that I even drew a sketch of one:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/mbellis/New-Parts/Designed-Only/Plates/4x4_round_plate.bmp
Mark
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