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Re: infrared remote control of LEGO trains using NQC and RCX
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 23 Mar 2000 16:17:16 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Stacy J. Bledsoe writes:
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> > In fact my next project is building the Jawn Henry. I have already started
> > scaling the loco and have found many photos and schematics for it. I just do
> > not know which era to model it from. Its first action or when it took on • some
> > modification, like extra punches in the exterior and the extension of the • coal
> > compartment. What do you think?
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> It's funny to speak of a loco that had a lifetime of what, 4 years from
> acceptance trials to being scrapped, as having eras (!), but I get what you
> mean.
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> I'd go with whatever is easiest to model, or if it's a tossup, as built. I
> think there are more photos from the acceptance trials and early publicity • than
> from the later mods.
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> What a monster that will be if you pull it off. Are you going to have it fold
> in the middle? Otherwise it will look pretty weird on curves. Not that it
> wouldn't look weird with a fold.
>
> ++Lar
Hey Larry, thanks for the reply.
I think I'll work it as I did the big boy, having the driver set attached to
the body the the loco with sliding translations points to allow some growth in
turns. Using a pivot point and a technic 3-hole piece (sorry I'm at work and
the actually name has left me), I have found that it is easier to keep the
line of the track. The later 8-driver set on the big boy slides to the left
or right about 3 studs past the edge of the boiler. I did not connect the
front and rear set of drivers. They pivot and articulate independently. The
overhang is about as much as your Big RED. I don't know we'll see. Well know
my day at the office is shot, all I can think of is lego instead of
architacture. Thanks Larry! :)
Stacy
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