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Re: Likeness of a Talgo: Shared monoaxle
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Thu, 24 Feb 2000 06:12:05 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Christopher Masi writes:
> What a compliment. Nobody makes beter Eurotrash! I am laughing so hard it
> is hard to type.
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> Thanks Larry,
> Crhsi
Will you like me ("beter"?) if I can make a likeness of the Amtrak version of
the Talgo? This Eurotrash has dumped on US soil! Is the Acela a native US
design, or imported (partial?) technology?
> Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> > NOBODY makes better eurotrash passenger than James. Nobody. Each of his
> > creations tops the last. Wow.
Uhm...thanks? ;-)
> > A Talgo train! Who would have thunk it. What a clever mechanism. And in
> > only 6 wide to boot.
I think a lot of thunking is going on for the Talgo....not just me. I hope to
see more and improved variations!
> > Now pendularize it! :-)
I preface the following dialogue by admitting a total ignorance on naming
conventions for Technic elements. Sorry.
Darn you! Actually, I've been thunking about that: Replace the 2by Technic
plates that connect to each spring-brick with a Technic axle. Connect the
Technic axle to the spring-brick via a smooth-walled hole-to-cross-pattern gray
piece. This allows the car to "swing-out". A 1x2 Technic brick in the black
"rubber" coach "pass-thru" section allows passage of the Technic axle. On
either side of the 1x2 Technic brick should be a gray Technic "washer/spacer"
to keep the monoaxle bogie from sliding along the length of the Technic axle.
Maybe??? I haven't tried this, yet. I think a potential problem with this
"swing-out" design would be the different axes of rotation at each end of a car
through a curve. More later...from someone else if you try it out.
Please do try, I want to see other and better designs!
later,
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| (...) How can I like you better than I do now? You're already aces in my book. (...) Mostly imported except for the power unit. There was a big write up on it in Trains a while back... Acela is way way behind schedule though. (...) Sounds workable. (...) (24 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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