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Re: Massive 4-8-8-4 Steam locomotive pics posted
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 14 Dec 1999 19:22:06 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Levering A. Reynolds writes:
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> I have been working on a Big Boy locomotive and found that the drive wheels
> you are using are too small. This is a pic of what I found
> http://www.bigboy4018.com/specs.html . I am trying to use the old large wheels
> from sets 194, http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=194 , 390-2,
> http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=390-2 , 96
> http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=396 , articulating 38 wheels around
> a Lego track has been… interesting, I am still working on this. And no it was
> not “Larry Pieniazek's off the cuff "couldn't be done" remark” I have been
> working on this for several months. Buy the way if any body has some of these
> wheels please let me know trying to get them on ebay has been expensive. I
> will try to post pictures when I am finished.
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> Andrew Reynolds
Another 'wheel' option - if you're ok with cutting <gasp> Lego pieces - is to
use the big grey hubs from the Model Team 5571 or 5563 trucks. I did this for
my Hiawatha model (pictures to come, someday!) and they look sweet. And, you
can probably find these for less $$ than the red spoked hubs... Use them with
the 'spoked' side out (like the front wheels in the 5571 picture:
http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=5571 ), and they give a good 'old
time' look, and are pretty close to mini-fig scale...
For more details, (or crude hand-drawn .bmps) send me a note!
JohnG, GMLTC
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