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Subject:	Re: Concertina wagon... and a whole lot of SNOT
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim
Date:	Sun, 20 May 2007 23:51:44 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Paul S. D’Urbano wrote:

In lugnet.trains, Christopher Masi wrote:

Tim Gould wrote:

Hi all,

This remarkably plain wagon has a deadly secret inside... it’s filled with SNOT!!!!

I wanted to do the concertina effect very subtly which meant half plate differences in two directions at once in addition to the half plate height difference between the layers of 1x1 slopes... the result is a very messy belly to get a very smooth exterior.

Tim

Cool, but I did you ever tell us about this one (which shares a gallery with your concertina wagon)?

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2450216

That is also very nice, and I don’t think I’ve seen 1x3 bricks with bow used that way before.

Thanks for the inspiration, Chris

Like Chris, I too noticed that cool hopper while admiring the lovely SNOT-li-ness of your concertina wagon.

Thanks

(btw, what is a concertina wagon?)

The other Tim has answered that better than I could.

Tim, I’ve been meaning to ask you, since I’ve noticed it before, how do you do your trucks with the standard wheel/axle but not the housing of the official wheelsets? Is it all standard parts? Does it run well? It looks much more prototypical for a lot of North American rolling stock to do it as you’ve done (as I’m sure is the reason you do it).

It’s a trick Samarth Moray showed me which he thought was invented by Ross or John Neal. You hold the wheel in between two rows of two 1x2 plate with rail (Part 32028). It rolls very smoothly and looks very nice and as an added bonus (as I discovered in my Tatra tram) it can be used in a snot configuration.

Thanks -Paul

Tim

Message has 2 Replies:

		Re: Concertina wagon... and a whole lot of SNOT
(...) -- SNIP -- (...) Thanks. I've got to try that now. Also, thanks to the other Tim for the explanation and pics for the concertina wagon. -Paul (18 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)

		Re: Concertina wagon... and a whole lot of SNOT
--snip (...) It appears that James Mathis may actually be the inventor (or at least an early adopter) of this techniqe. (URL) See here>. To whoever is responsible for it, thanks! Tim (17 years ago, 29-May-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)

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		Re: Concertina wagon... and a whole lot of SNOT
(...) Like Chris, I too noticed that cool hopper while admiring the lovely SNOT-li-ness of your concertina wagon. (btw, what is a concertina wagon?) Tim, I've been meaning to ask you, since I've noticed it before, how do you do your trucks with the (...) (18 years ago, 20-May-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim)

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