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Re: End of line : Buffer stops
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 8 Jan 2007 13:46:30 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Jason J Railton wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Didier Enjary wrote:
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With the help of Tim, I’ve translated Erik Amzallag
article about bumpers.
The english version
It’s a brief review of what has been done on the subject.
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There are some nice ideas there - I particularly like the chequered stop
marker.
Here’s my version of a very old British wooden type:
The dark grey plate and slope aren’t really part of the design, but they do
give it a lot more stopping power.
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Nice ! Thanks for sharing.
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It’s in use in this picture:
I’d first seen Huw Millington using the boat studs (listed on LDRAW as a
‘dish’ for some reason)
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I do prefer form-based names for parts rather than use-based names. Inverted 2x2
dishes are boat studs only when used .... as a boat stud
QED
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Here’s one of his shock-absorbing
designs:
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If Huw reads these lines, it will be nice of him to share with us some details.
The shock absorbing mechanism is not clear to me from the picture.
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The most impressive way I found of stopping a train was simply a 2x2 brick on
the track. I once ran a small shunting engine (0-4-0, based on single motor)
at one at full speed during a display.
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Worth noticing - I’m afraid it hurts too much the parts in contact.
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Mark Palmer dived to catch it,
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I hope he’s ok and that nothing stopped him dead :-)
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but
the brick stopped it dead.
Of course, if you’ve got some of this track you don’t need buffers...
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Only true for the functional part of the use - not for the decorative use of
buffers stops. Very interesting link for modders.
I have some translation work now from english into french :-)
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| (...) Yes, but that's what LEGO use them for 90% of the time, and what everyone calls them. It took me ages to find them in the parts list. I had to use Google to find the part number, then search for that in MLCAD. (...) Not funny. (...) The 'BOAT (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) There are some nice ideas there - I particularly like the chequered stop marker. Here's my version of a very old British wooden type: (URL) The dark grey plate and slope aren't really part of the design, but they do give it a lot more stopping (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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