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Re: Nice alternative use for chairs
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Tue, 30 May 2000 14:05:11 GMT
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Here is a picture of the engine I was talking about:
http://www.ngltc.org/legooutlet2000/ngout062.jpg
James J. Trobaugh wrote in message <3931ABE5.59F4B58B@avana.net>...
> While building my recent EMD SD-45's I was having trouble getting the
> look I wanted under the wagon plate between the wheel sets. I found that
> if I used the common inverted slopes or maybe the round bricks, I just
> couldn't get close enough to the wheels with out stopping them from
> turning in corners. And the large gaps just didn't look right, I wanted
> the gaps to a stud or less.
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> But then I got the idea to use chairs under the wagon plate. I just took
> 6 chairs (three each side, i would have used four each side but since I
> had three sets of wheels on the back boogie, 3 chairs a side worked
> fine) and attached them with a 1x6 plate between them, some 2x3 plates
> on the bottom to hold it together, and a 2 x 3 brick in the middle.
> Then I used a 1x3 plate on top of that and attached the entire
> contraption to the bottom of the wagon plate. Now the chairs are regular
> "stud up" and the backs of the chairs fit nicely inside of the lip of
> the wagon plate.
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> This worked out great! The fact that I had some "hollowness" with this
> solution the wheels could almost be flush against it (pretty much a 1/2
> stud), but when they went into a turn they would go inside of the hollow
> area. And the chair backs gave a real nice curve to the bottom of the
> train.
>
> I will have some pictures this later this week. Maybe I should actually
> download LDraw and put together a diagram.
>
> jt
>
>
> --
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> James J. Trobaugh
> North Georgia LEGO Train Club
> http://www.ngltc.org
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