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            | Subject: 
 | Hobby Train & 9V motor 
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            | Newsgroups: 
 | lugnet.trains 
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            | Date: 
 | Sat, 5 May 2007 13:57:47 GMT 
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 |  | I have tried to fit the 9V motor to the Hobby Train Tram. The tram has 2 bogies on 8 studs long, the other 9 studs long. The picture shows
 the motor, which is 10 studs long, replacing the 8 stud bogie. Therefore the
 "buffers" have to extend 1 stud from the baseplate on either end - the picture
 does not appear to show this.
 The only way I could it wo work & look good was to replace the 9 stud bogie miss
 out a small part of the under carriage detail and replace the 28x6 baseplate
 with an older style with more holes.
 I'm not happy with this result - the pictures show 9V motors - has anyone else
 had problems?
 David
 
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  |  |  | Re: Hobby Train & 9V motor 
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 |  | (...) Haven't gotten to that model yet but, for a less drastic example, (URL) #05> (one of my favorites) does require a tweak to add a motor because the 2x6 plate on the base blocks the hole for the motor pin. Easy enough to fix with the left over (...)   (18 years ago, 5-May-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX) 
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