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Re: building a 4-4-0 American with BBB wheels, advice wanted
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lugnet.trains
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Sat, 24 Nov 2007 02:15:51 GMT
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Matthew J. Chiles wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Jonathan Wilson wrote:
> > I am thinking about building a 4-4-0 American in 6-wide using BBB wheels.
> > Can anyone suggest what size wheels I should use for the various wheel sets
> > (front truck, driving wheels, tender) to make it look true-to-prototype?.
> > Can use any of the BBB wheels as well as the tiny LEGO train wheels.
>
> I had very good luck using small and large BBB wheels for my 4-4-0 American on
> my Christmas Train project. See what I did here:
> http://www.auctionbrick.com/mchiles/christmastrain/engineleft.htm
[...]
> > In case it matters, the "prototype" I am planning to use as a reference is
> > the 4-4-0 seen in Back To The Future 3.
>
> Hummm... do you mean pre or post time machine conversion? Could be some
> interesting prototype possibilities there... Good luck!
>
> -Matt :)
I used the the little LEGO wheels; the small BBB wheels weren't
available yet, and the little wheels allow me to keep the wheels from
interfering with the cylinder and pistons. I think they look a little
small, but they're OK for the time being. To fit in the bigger wheels,
the pistons need to be raised a bit.
http://mysite.verizon.net/cjmasi/lego/trains/engines/american_4-4-0/american_4-4-0.html
Chris
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