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Re: New train
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 24 Mar 2000 18:46:27 GMT
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> Chairs as skirting!! Wow is that cool. And using the LL928, what a great • touch.
> Makes me want to go out and blow a hundred just to get a copy of that
> sticker/brick (I forget which)
ben>> It's a brick.
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> We're starting to see a nice variety of "steamroller steamers", my newly • coined
> term for steamers that use flangeless main drivers that extend back into the
> interior of the engine.
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> Anything that uses solid or boxpox drivers is a good candidate for this
> approach.
ben>> Larry, would you please elaborate. I do not know what you mean by boxpox
drivers? Would those be drive wheels that do not have spokes?
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> Nice work, Ben.
ben>> Thanks Larry! Is it save to say that I got the wheel arrangement right
for this train? For if it was wrong, I'd normally expect you to comment as
such.
> I guess plywooders DO know how to build (rolling stock, anyway). :-)
ben>> Was there any doubt? No sersiously, thanks for the compliments. And
when I finish my roundhouse/turntable, I expect to impress you with my solid
LEGO creation (Legomodular as I think you termed it). While it's only five
bricks tall at the base (and not 16), it should still qualify.
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| Ben, There are 2 standard heights for Legomodular now - 10 bricks and 22 bricks. We have gotten all the particulars worked out, I believe. I just fired off a Word Doc to everyone for comments before it is posted. I want to make sure everyone (...) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I think Boxpox was a brand name for cast drivers that had small round holes as their cutouts instead of the more conventional spoked wheels. I also think people started using the term for any solid (except for round holes) drivers, (...) (24 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New train
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| (...) something. (...) early (...) Chairs as skirting!! Wow is that cool. And using the LL928, what a great touch. Makes me want to go out and blow a hundred just to get a copy of that sticker/brick (I forget which) We're starting to see a nice (...) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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