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Re: Santa Fe Super Chief wheel question
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lugnet.color, lugnet.trains
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Sun, 26 Feb 2006 19:32:58 GMT
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In lugnet.color, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke wrote:
> In lugnet.color, Anthony Sava wrote:
> > In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke wrote:
> > > In lugnet.trains, Anthony Sava wrote:
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> Dear Anthony,
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> I never had the intention to be in any way "harsh" to you. If you felt like that
> I have to apologize. I just feel still bad with the "new" MEGA-Blok like colors.
> And I got warned never ever to mention these in LUGNET trains (or I might be
> timed out). So I have rarely posted here in the past 12 months.
>
> Concerning the wheel sets you may find some more helpful information here (and
> in answering messages of them):
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> http://news.lugnet.com/trains/?n=20963
> http://news.lugnet.com/trains/?n=21365
> http://news.lugnet.com/trains/?n=18153
> (in thios posting SteveB gave a picture series how to modify the parts).
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> My second sarcasm about the use of scalpells was dealing with an experience we
> had with LEGO S@H employees. Those were familiar with steve's pictures and told
> via phone not to send in friction wheel sets (because they had no better
> replacements anyway) but they told how to modify the parts with a scalpell.
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> Later other LEGO officials heard about that and were shocked, because kids could
> be advised to use a dangerous scalpell.... What I learned from that story: LEGO
> does not care for bad quality but is fearing to give (possibly) dangerous
> advice. (And within Europe we often wonder about the fact that somebody had
> success in claiming against hot coffee at the drive in of McDonalds. So I mixed
> up some sarcasm about LEGO and prejudices about American right system). Sorry
> for being that ioff topic here.
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> Leg Godt!
>
> Ben
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> P.s.: since the last 4512 sets have been produced and packed in 2005 and all
> those contained "good" wheel sets in SYSTEM grey, you can expect, that the
> consumer service should still have "good" wheel sets at hand.
A few tips to make things a little safer; I use the blade of a miniature
penknife to do my gouging, not a scalpel. Always cut towards the central frame
of the wheelset, then flick the debris out - do it in one go for the smoothest
result. You shouldn't be able to see any difference from the outside.
Even good wheelsets can wear down under a heavy wagon, and doing this can help
ease the burden on your motors if you find your trains slowing down.
Jason R
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| (...) Dear Anthony, I never had the intention to be in any way "harsh" to you. If you felt like that I have to apologize. I just feel still bad with the "new" MEGA-Blok like colors. And I got warned never ever to mention these in LUGNET trains (or I (...) (20 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.color, lugnet.trains)
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