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Karle

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  1. Karle
    I this case I'm interested in using the codes for custom paint mixing. For water slide decals for American prototype 8-wide rolling stock and locomotives look at K-4, Protocraft or Micro Scale decals. OK Brickworks did excellent custom stickers at one time...
  2. Karle
    Can the RBG code be used to mix paint?
  3. Karle
    I used Plastruct Plastic shapes to build outside bracing. Unfortunately, I can't upload any picture's, files are too large.
  4. Karle
    Check out Jackie Chandler's Super Chief. The Rebrickable number is MOC-54251. The dome car looks very similar.
  5. Karle
    Good looking engine and tender. You seem to have channeled the spirit of Otto Kuhler, designer of the Milwaukee Road Hiawatha steam engines. I must confess I'm not sure what you had in mind with the design of the running gear.
  6. Karle

    Moersk Train

    Karle replied to idlemarvel's topic in Community

    The Maersk sticker sheet is available from Bricklink #10219stk01. You will, however, pay dearly for them. Calling an SD-40 the prototype for a Lego GP-something or other seems to be a bit of a stretch but okey.
  7. Karle
    You can get the correct drivers by going to Shape ways and then Shupp's train wheels. They have both boxpok and disk drivers.
  8. Karle
    Nothing as fancy as Dr Spock's rig, which I'm going to have to try. I mount an axle in a cordless drill, place a wheel on it and use a file and emery boards to profile the flange. Hard to see but the 1 and 4 drivers of each engine have been reprofiled. 90% Lego.
  9. Karle
    I do it to nearly all of my steam engine MOCs. Usually, about 25% of a pizza-cuter flange is filed away. To help prevent the truck from derailing the vertical movement must kept to a minimum without interfering with the trucks swing. The pivot point of the truck should be as close as possible to the lead or trailing driving axle and secured with an L2 half Technic lift arm to act as a double pivot to allow for lateral offset of the trucks. I must point out that my equipment is designed for a minimum 104 radius curve and the motors are mounted in the boiler. I Hope this helps.
  10. Karle
    It's a good looking model but why are the wheels on the front truck mounted backwards?
  11. Karle
    A very impressive model.
  12. Karle
    Try using 1- or 2-hole Tecknic bricks for your journal boxes and plates for the upper and lower frame rails. American building practice used open frames not solid plates. The T-bricks will allow you to get very close to the axle spacing your looking for.
  13. Karle
    If I'm looking at this correctly, this set up will not work. One motor will have to be turn in the opposite direction of the other and they cannot be cross linked. I've not used PU motors, but a PF motor is powerful enough to damage gears if there is a bind. Traction is the biggest problem with plastic wheels on plastic track.
  14. Karle
    And that is why, when asked if I build Lego trains, I tell them No I build trains with Legos. I have a Dream that one day Lego will come out with the couplers without the bumpers. On that day I can finally quit circumcising mine.
  15. Karle
    Try Scigrip Acrylic cement, I've used it on TB's turn outs and other ABS plastics without Issues. I prefer the 1.5 oz. tube for better control, but they do make larger tubes. I get mine locally from Tape Plastics, but Amazon carries it.
  16. Karle
    I suggest down loading the wheel chart from Brick Train Depot. This will give you an idea of what sizes and styles of wheels are available. For spoked drivers, Big Bens Bricks are very good, injection molded wheels. Brick Train Depot wheels are 3D printed but look like they are injection molded, the finish and fit are that good. They are pricy but the selection is very good as far as size, style( spoked, boxpoc, or plate) and counter weight sizes (sm, med, large, very large). Shupp's Train wheels are 3D printed and the designs are great. Unfortunately, the company that printed them, Shapeways, did such an indifferent job that I stopped buying them. These are the wheels that would not fit Lego axles without extensive reworking and refinishing. Hope this helps.
  17. Karle
    Good luck! T hat song is still burned into my memory
  18. Karle
    It looks good, I'd buy one. What is the scale of the model?
  19. Karle
    Gave them to a LUG member with young children and a tight budget. The tightest radius track I now own is 102R.
  20. Karle
    Check out Brick Train Depot or OK Brickworks. Good selection of spoked, boxpok drivers and plate wheels.
  21. Karle
    I've built several 8 and 10 coupled steam engines. I prefer to have the flanges on the first and last drivers, the reason is to reduce the amount of over hang in the curves. I should note that the motors are mounted in the boiler and the minimum radius they will negotiate is 104R.
  22. Karle
    Actually what you've built is a modified version of a Southern Pacific AC-9 (Articulated Consolidation- class 9). If you want to stick with the SP theme it would be designated as an AC-13.
  23. Karle
    It is a very eye catching model, nice job. I've not heard the term "Model Team style" before, would you explain what you mean?
  24. Karle
    Very nice indeed! It appears that some of your improvements can also be applied to the tri-axle Pete as. How did you mod the battery box to hold 8 batteries? I've already added this to my build list.
  25. Karle
    I used the abbreviation for the word " assembly". Now I know!
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