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| | | Let me say that this is NOTmeant to be derogatory in any way. I just checked out Ben's "a Baltimore and Ohio Royal Blue 2-6-2 steam engine" (URL) it got me thinking. Ben used a stud forward building technique along the length of the engine, and I (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Just how sturdy are your trains? —Reinhard "Ben" Beneke
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| | | | | Hi Christopher, I think that's quite natural. Fine detailed models with studs in changing directions will be more fragile than massive models with all studs upside... As an example Torsten Werneckes bavarian 4-4-4 steam engine is quite stable when (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: Just how sturdy are your trains? —Christopher Masi
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| | | | | | Thanks for putting up a link to the "exploded" view. Now, I finally know what you mean by putting o-rings on those wheels. For the longest time I couldn't figure out what you were talking about. The o-ring goes inbetween the rims of the hub. Use two (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Just how sturdy are your trains? —James J. Trobaugh
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| | | | | Christopher, Just a quick question kind of off the subject. But on your pictures of your SD40-2 there were some black and red wires ((URL) What are those for? James Christopher Masi wrote in message <38DB335C.B5F154D@cm...ne.edu>... (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: Just how sturdy are your trains? —Christopher Masi
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| | | | | | James The wire is for the light that is behind the 1x1 clear rounds[1]. I had[2] it wired so that a LEGO wire coming from the working engine, an engine with a motor, would connect to an electric plate at the back of the dummy, SD40-2, engine. The (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Just how sturdy are your trains? —Mike Poindexter
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| | | | Christopher Masi <cmasi@cmasi.chem.tulane.edu> wrote in message news:38DB335C.B5F154...ane.edu... [snip] (...) I think the monorail looks tremendously better using 1x4 gray tiles instead of plates to join track sections. Mike Poindexter (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Just how sturdy are your trains? —Christopher Masi
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| | | | I agree, but wouldn't that be EXSPENSIVE? (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Just how sturdy are your trains? —Mike Poindexter
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| | | | Well, if you rely only on auctions for your pieces, yes. I stopped buying from auctions and just buy the sets that have the pieces I need. Oh my! That's expensive! From that standpoint, buying the tiles from auczilla doesn't look so bad. Besides, (...) (25 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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