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Re: Tank Car Sketch
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 29 Nov 2000 01:06:12 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, James Brown writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Kevin Maynes writes:
> > Thought it might be worth a larf.
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> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=2136
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> Cool! How stable are they? (as in - is the plate running the length of the
> car necessary?)
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> James
> (who was just contemplating picking up 7 more of these himself...)
Why stop at only 7? ;)
They're actually pretty stable, more so than I'd have thought when I first
started building. They'd probably crumble to individual elements if they hit
the floor from table height, but to pick up and move they're not bad.
Construction-wise, between each layer of panels is a set of plates, either four
of the 4x4 1/4 round ones or two round and one 4x6 for the foot - these plates
are held together by a 4x4 plate top and bottom.
The plate running the length has no effect on the tank itself, it only acts as
intermediary between the tank footings and the trucks. I haven't yet come up
with another way of mounting the tank other than these wide footings, aside
perhaps from drilling a hole to accept a technic peg.
It might require a redesign, like a central spinal beam in place of the two
with booms to hold the footings. As I type I'm starting to like that idea, but
on the other hand it might end up too tall and looking rather ... "perched".
Dunno.
Thoughts?
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| (...) So my wife doesn't kill me? Actually, she's on shaky ground if she complains at the moment... I just cleared a few hundred 1x2 tan and brown bricks out of brickbay for her... hmm... ;) (...) The tankers I see here out at Dow are attached very (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| Very nice work Kevin, I am also disappointed that I didn't see those sets first, and try out this idea! Are you intending to make enough to match the petroleum refinery photo that was shown to NALUG members a while ago? For the base, someone else (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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