 | | New truck design... need help —Steven Barile
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| | | Hi All, I tried a new truck design and need some help, pls look at the instructions at the URL: (URL) 3: shows the air tanks attached to the 1x2 single stud plate however... Step 6: shows a 2x4 plate "covering" the 1x2 single stud plate but it does (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: New truck design... need help —Eric Lanteigne
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| | | | | Hi, If you use a piece(or two) of tubing (found in any pneumatic sets) you can squeeze it in and that will hold the air tank firmly. Eric. (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: New truck design... need help —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) Just rambling here in hopes of spurring some other ideas. Do you want the tank held down at the first stud level or just prevented from coming loose? If the latter, perhaps something with a stud reversed? If the former, barring using things (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: New truck design... need help —Frank Filz
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| | | | | Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) blank (...) I think Steve is trying to represent the springs on a US style truck. Frank (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: New truck design... need help —Steven Barile
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| | | | That the beauty of it. There is no prototype that I know of, but it looks kinda cool. And typically that's what I'm after! The stud down is a good idea, I was thinking about a 1x6 technic plate with holes in stud positions 1 and 6. Maybe I can stuff (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: New truck design... need help —Christopher Masi
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| | | | If you are going to try the 1x6 technic plate you cloud try using a 2L axle and two 1/2 width bushings to hold the airtank in place. Just a thought, Chris (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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