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Re: Likeness of a Talgo: Shared monoaxle
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Wed, 23 Feb 2000 23:27:46 GMT
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cmasi@cmasi.chem.tulane/spamcake/.edu
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Wow! I gave up on that a long time ago. My solution was bulky and looked dumb
because I couldn't get it close coupled (not to mention my color scheme was a
absolutely hideous).
Great detail shots. It is always nice to learn how to do the stuff you do. I
think white with blue highlights and the blue windows from 4561 would make a jaw
dropping 4561 conversion.
Chris
James Mathis wrote:
> Here is my attempt to begin a model of a likeness of a Talgo passenger train
> set. The train may be bland, but the focus of this work has been to create a
> working shared monoaxle wheelset between adjacent passenger cars.
> The train cars are close coupled using the Technic spring-brick technique.
> The shared monoaxle wheelset is rigidly attached to a "beam" that connects two
> Technic spring-bricks.
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> Photos are at:
> http://www.ee.nmt.edu/~jmathis/talgo.html
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> I look forward to any comments and suggestions, as well as your own
> improvements or radically different ways to achieve a Talgo-like shared
> monoaxle train set.
> (I'd like to see some better color schemes, too! Like the Amtrak Northwest
> corridor Talgo!)
>
> later,
> James Mathis
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| (...) jaw (...) Thanks for the color suggestion. You should build it! (if you want to) My 4561 conversion took the form of my Cisalpino model. (White roof and 1x3x2 thin wall trans blue window parts from two 4561's plus a green stripe. Six 5925 (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| Here is my attempt to begin a model of a likeness of a Talgo passenger train set. The train may be bland, but the focus of this work has been to create a working shared monoaxle wheelset between adjacent passenger cars. The train cars are close (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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