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Hi All, I am working on a 4-8-4 (6-wide, BBB wheels, in black) and I'm stuck trying to design or come up with ideas for the cow catcher. I know there are many great cowcatcher ideas out there. Unfortunately there just isn't a centralized place to go (...) (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I used 1x2 grill tiles mounted at an angle on my Challenger: (URL) Lego version> I think they work pretty well when compared to the (URL) real thing> You modeling any particular 4-8-4? JohnG, GMLTC (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) A quick foray into BrickShelf searching for "steam engine" yielded quite a bit! (URL) (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Not sure how much help a steam novice like me can be, but here are the two designs I've used thus far. (URL) (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Here is an idea I just threw together. (URL) (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) My non US style cowcatcher: (URL) (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) My own take on the cowcatcher can be seen here: (URL) (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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WOW, Thanks everyone!!! They are all great ideas and very inspiring! I think I'll try something with robot arms and/or droid arms and flex tubing. (...) (18 years ago, 18-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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oh yeah... NO ONE bit on the Bionicle elements. That's one of my only hopes for bionicle, is that there one day there might be a good train greeble or cow catcher element. :) SteveB (18 years ago, 18-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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