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Re: Train Stickers
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 1 Feb 2000 04:35:18 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Brian Williams writes:
> Michel,
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> Thanks! The large red wheels have "tires" made from grey electrical tape.
Speaking about these large red side wheels, did you machine off the outer
flanges?
> Incidentally, you may wonder how the William Crooks negociates Lego curves
> without the pilot wheels hitting the cylinders or side rods. The pilot axels
> are connected to the pilot beam and cow catcher as a seperate assembly. The
> cylinders attach to a couple small turntables underneath the smokebox by means
> of two 1x6 Technic plates (the cylinders attach to the boiler). This
> arrangement allows the cylinders to rotate slightly about the smokebox while
> keeping parallel with the drivers. A small brick attached to the underside of
> the forward Technic plate rides in a groove on the pilot assembly between the
> wheels. The locomotive pushes (or pulls in reverse) the pilot assembly with
> this brick. When the pilot encounters a curve, the brick is forced to rotate
> which, in turn, alters the cylinder geometry. Viewed from the side, the
> cylinders move forwards or backwards to clear the pilot wheels while remaining
> parallel so that the siderods can continue to slide. Some day I'll get around
> to covering the yellow siderods with grey tape.
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> -BMW
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> > With respect to the large red spoked wheels on the last locomotive, what is
> > the white/light grey colored material on the rims?
> > Thanks for sharing your great ideas.
> > Michel Magnan
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| John, No . . . thought about that, but no. The shadows in the photograph make them more difficult to see. See what you can do with good lighting :-). Actually, I chose not to tape the flanges for just this reason: they stand-out like a sore thumb. (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| Michel, Thanks! The large red wheels have "tires" made from grey electrical tape. Incidentally, you may wonder how the William Crooks negociates Lego curves without the pilot wheels hitting the cylinders or side rods. The pilot axels are connected (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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