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Re: Rhombic pantograph & ItLUG wagon section
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.general, lugnet.trains
Date: 
Wed, 13 Sep 2000 20:48:12 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Gianluca Morelli writes:
Hi all,
Here are two hand-drawn sketches that should explain to you how my
pantograph is made....
http://brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=14504

...and how I succeeded in realizing the 1/5 stud inwards-offset sides
of ItLUG wagon (6wide) and DB Cargo wagon (8wide):
http://brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=14505

Neat. How sturdy are these wagons? the sketch implies that there isn't much
holding the two sides together (or to the rest of the car) other than the
special 1.3 thick connection point.

But sacrifices in sturdyness must be made for the sake of art! Thanks for
sharing.

++Lar



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  Re: Rhombic pantograph & ItLUG wagon section
 
(...) Hi,Lar, the wagon is in effect sturdier than it seems,because ,due to the large surfaces of contact,there's a lot of friction between 6wide sections (red ones,in my sketch) and 5.6wide ones (blue ones),so when you put the two sides in their (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)

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  Rhombic pantograph & ItLUG wagon section
 
Hi all, Here are two hand-drawn sketches that should explain to you how my pantograph is made.... (URL) how I succeeded in realizing the 1/5 stud inwards-offset sides of ItLUG wagon (6wide) and DB Cargo wagon (8wide): (URL) thanks to Sergio (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)  

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