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Re: PRR T1 #5544
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:57:15 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Benn Coifman wrote:
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snarky comment #1: What, no PF?
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I would have actually preferred to motorize this locomotive with Power
Functions, and I still plan to, but unfortunately my funds are such that I
cannot afford to buy the parts I need. The tender cannot accept a AA battery PF
battery box, so I’m going to have to install a rechargeable one. I plan to
install two M PF motors in the tender (since the second driver assembly floats
and can’t be motorized) so that I can get more speed than using the XL PF
motors. I admit that I’ll lose a lot of potential speed over 9v, but the slower
top speed of the PF motors will insure that my T1, while in operation, will
never derail in curves (due to speed related issues, anyway).
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snarky comment #2: aren’t you just trapsing all over Cale’s territory (first
Erie, now PRR)?
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He snoozes, he looses. :) Up until very recently, I’ve not had any interest in
modeling just one railroad or one region like most folks, and even though I plan
to do a lot more focus on the Texas State Railroad I’ll still be building other
prototypes that simply pique my interest.
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Seriously though, slick stuff! And that tender looks like a sheer exercise in
brute force to make the skirting work.
Benn
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Thanks much! Yeah, I’ve been thinking about tender skirting ever since I built
my Dreyfuss Hudson. I actually have a plan that I think will work really well
for articulated tender skirts that should remove the gap I was forced to use
here, but it wouldn’t have allowed for the pinstriping to continue. When I get
some play money again, I’ll order the parts and see if I can’t skirt the
Hudson’s tender with my design, see if there’s merit.
--Tony
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 | | Re: PRR T1 #5544
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| (...) snarky comment #1: What, no PF? snarky comment #2: aren't you just trapsing all over Cale's territory (first Erie, now PRR)? Seriously though, slick stuff! And that tender looks like a sheer exercise in brute force to make the skirting work. (...) (15 years ago, 28-Sep-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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