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    Got any cow catcher ideas? —Steven Barile
   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)
   
        Re: Got any cow catcher ideas? —John Gerlach
     (...) 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)
   
        Re: Got any cow catcher ideas? —David Eaton
     (...) A quick foray into BrickShelf searching for "steam engine" yielded quite a bit! (URL) (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: Got any cow catcher ideas? —Anthony Sava
     (...) 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)
   
        Re: Got any cow catcher ideas? —David VinZant
     (...) Here is an idea I just threw together. (URL) (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: Got any cow catcher ideas? —Ross Crawford
     (...) My non US style cowcatcher: (URL) (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: Got any cow catcher ideas? —Adrian Drake
     (...) My own take on the cowcatcher can be seen here: (URL) (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: Got any cow catcher ideas? —Steven Barile
   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)
   
        Re: Got any cow catcher ideas? —Steven Barile
   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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