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Re: Searchlight car
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Fri, 25 Feb 2000 20:53:17 GMT
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Or you could use what they did with the new snow plow set and make it
mechanically powered.
If only there was a good way to do this with bogie cars... Anyone have ideas?
Ben F
In lugnet.trains, Tom Stangl writes:
> I personally would use a motor on that car to feed it up to the light/motor.
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> If I build this, I'll probably make it a generic light car, with the • searchlight
> in the middle, and banks of floodlights on each end. If you look at the pic, • it
> looks like there are mounts on each end for more searchlights.
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> Oh, and if you use a diffuser lense on the searchlight, it becomes a pretty
> powerful floodlight ;-) I'm not sure if the lense on that light is a diffuser
> or a Fresnel to concentrate the light. Most searchlights I've seen have a • plain
> clear lense, and use the reflector to concentrate the light.
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> Nick Goetz wrote:
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> > Here's another question, maybe directed more at Tom S. but any experienced
> > train(ee) will probably have their own method. I am mostly interested in
> > techniques. To supply the light car with power would you a) build a 9V
> > battery box into the generator car. b) Feed power from the engine car to the
> > spot light car. c) put one of the motors under the light car. d) something
> > else?
> >
> > -Nick
> > (the curious one)
> >
> > Frank Filz wrote in message <38B6B51A.2620@mindspring.com>...
> > <snip>>
> > > Of course for slightly additional realism, one should build an
> > > accompanying generator car.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Frank Filz
> > >
> > > -----------------------------
> > > Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
> > > Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
>
> --
> | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp
> | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer
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| Here is a thought: The spotlight could not rotate 360 degrees. There would not be any way for the internal light to receive constant power without the wires getting tangled (using pure methods anyhow.). To power the light you must use a wire to (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| I personally would use a motor on that car to feed it up to the light/motor. If I build this, I'll probably make it a generic light car, with the searchlight in the middle, and banks of floodlights on each end. If you look at the pic, it looks like (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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