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Subject:	Re: 36 Axel Schnabel Car Take Three
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains
Date:	Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:22:30 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Rob Hendrix wrote: > > "Bruce S. Chamberlain" <sten@woz.org> wrote in message > news:JG72pq.MBD@lugnet.com... > > I have just finished my third version of the 36 Axel Schnabel Car. This is > > more > > realistic looking than my last one. Real one can be seen here. > > > > http://home.att.net/~Berliner-Ultrasonics/rrschnb0.html#880tschn > > > > > > My Brickshelf folder. > > > > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=246133 > > > > Some deep Links. > > > > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2433316 > > > > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2433317 > > > > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2433317 > > > > It is 192 studs long and can go through points. > > Let me know what you think. > > Thanks, > > Bruce > > Absolutely a thing of beauty, and exactly the same length as the one I made > a few years ago. > Well done! > > -Rob > www.brickmodder.net Wow, Bruce... that thing's ... enormous... and very well done. I especially like how you've done the custom white brick-work on the trucks. That's one big railcar... I'd be curious if a single locomotive can pull it, since in terms of axles, you've got about a nine-car train there... I also like your cascaded articulation of the trucks, and that gives me an idea for how I might improve the articulation on the GG1... I'll have to look into that. Very nice work! -Jordan

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		Re: 36 Axel Schnabel Car Take Three
(...) snip (...) Jordan, The trucks are Ross Neal's design. Making the outside pieces white made them look exactly like the pictures of the real one. The cascaded articulation is the same as the real one. My earlier schnabel car was backwards. All (...) (17 years ago, 9-Apr-07, to lugnet.trains)

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		Re: 36 Axel Schnabel Car Take Three
"Bruce S. Chamberlain" <sten@woz.org> wrote in message news:JG72pq.MBD@lugnet.com... (...) Absolutely a thing of beauty, and exactly the same length as the one I made a few years ago. Well done! -Rob www.brickmodder.net (17 years ago, 9-Apr-07, to lugnet.trains)

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