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Re: Trains and Moving Components
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 16 Feb 2000 22:38:13 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Barbara Sproat writes:
> I want to build a few trains with actual moving components. However, I'm not
> sure how to get components moving other than the wheels. :) Here are some
> similar examples of what I'm looking for ...
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> - Smoke popping up and down from a smoke stack
> - A minifig on a stand that sways from side to side (left to right)
> - something that sways from front to back
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> One of the major problems I came upon is doing this in a small area so there
> is room left over for details on the train. Any ideas?
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> Thanks
> Barbara
MicroMotors! They're small enough to hide inside a train car, and turn slowly
enough that the poor minifigure won't get seasick from swaying too fast. If
you have a simple boxcar that hides a 9volt battery box (or tap off the
train's motor), you can run the wires to the different cars underneath the
magnetic couplers. (Kinda like the hoses for the air brakes!)
You'll have to play with the Technic stuff a bit to convert the rotary motion
to back-and-forth motion, but that's half the fun... <grin>
JohnG, GMLTC
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