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Re: Model of MATRA VAL System
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Sat, 4 Mar 2000 06:41:59 GMT
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johnneal@!nospam!uswest.net
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Iain-
Nice 8 wide{:^D Welcome to the club;-)
-John
Rebel Transcanner wrote:
> Christopher Masi wrote in message
> <38C0A09A.6D56A7EA@cmasi.chem.tulane.edu>...
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> > Those trucks have a very different way of steering the truck through a
> > curve. Nice idea.
> >
> > Chris
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> I probably should have elaborated a little more in my original post. The
> intent was to build a rubber-tyred vehicle which could run on the standard
> LEGO 4.5v rails. The bogies aren't really pivoting any differently than the
> long chassis like you'd find on the Metroliner, except here I've got four
> guide wheels located at either end of the bogie, pressing laterally against
> the inner surface of the inverted T rail. It has really been a fun project!
>
> Iain
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Model of MATRA VAL System
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| Miles Gentry wrote in message ... (...) wheels (...) Actually, none of the rubber-tyred systems I've seen have used that system. Rubber-tyred large-scale Metros, in such cities as Montreal and Paris, simply "drop off" the concrete guideway and roll (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Model of MATRA VAL System
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| John Neal wrote in message <38C0B00B.F020B737@u...st.net>... (...) Is 8-wide ok? Or is that too wide for scale (isn't the Metroliner 6-studs wide?)? I wish I had more windows. Remember I'm not very good at the detailed stuff (^: Iain (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Model of MATRA VAL System
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| Christopher Masi wrote in message <38C0A09A.6D56A7EA@c...ne.edu>... (...) I probably should have elaborated a little more in my original post. The intent was to build a rubber-tyred vehicle which could run on the standard LEGO 4.5v rails. The bogies (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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