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Frank STENGEL

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  1. Frank STENGEL
    I love the flat car: it looks very realistic. Just one question, what kind of bracket do you use for the sides?
  2. Frank STENGEL
    As always: setting the standard in near perfection :thumbup: . I actually had to look hard to find differences with the pictures I found of the original(s). Did you modify the BBB wheels for the tender? It seems as if the middle ones are flangeless.
  3. Frank STENGEL
    Category A 1. Hrw-Amen - 1 4. Locomotive Annie - 2 9. Spitfire2865 - 2 Category B 13. Haddock51 - 1 14. Electricsteam - 3 15. Locomotive Annie - 1
  4. Frank STENGEL
    I would, if one could get BBB 4XL drivers As far as I can tell, the wheels would be around 7-8 studs in diametre...
  5. Frank STENGEL
    One word: amazing.
  6. Frank STENGEL
    Could it be the French Classifiction 1-2-1counted by axles meaning 2-4-2 counted by wheels. Or even UIC: 1B1... Thinking of which, what is the actual wheel dispostion of the monorail Locomotive Annie shows? As far as I can tell it could be 21-1-21; the first 21 being: driver on top and casters on bottom...
  7. Frank STENGEL
    Beautiful. I really love the way you solved the front truck problem.
  8. Frank STENGEL
    I tend to use the 88000 battery box with rechargables. I have also converted a PF cable to use 2 cell lipos used in RC planes (coupled with a bit of cicuit that complains if voltage goes too low) That way one is not forced limited to the 4x8x4 form factor. I have seen no real differences between recharcheable batteries and 2cell lipos...
  9. Frank STENGEL
    Beautiful MOC. How do the doors open?
  10. Frank STENGEL
    If I understand what I am seeing, there is no IR receiver. Am I right?
  11. Frank STENGEL
    I discovered that using the wheels without rubber gives a more realistic start: the wheels slip a bit at first and the engine slowly starts moving...
  12. Frank STENGEL
    Really looks good. Looking forward to the tender's completion...
  13. Frank STENGEL
    I remember seeing a shunting loc by lego 12 volts that is using a worm gear to go very slowly... It is not the same gearing as yours, but in the end achieves the same purpose: low speed and high torque.
  14. Frank STENGEL
    Indeed, it looks better: your MOC is a true model.
  15. Frank STENGEL
    Wow, I just had a look at actual photos, you captured the esence of aV60. As Lego Train 12 Volts said, with zephyr's rods, it will be just amazing.
  16. Frank STENGEL
    Thank you.
  17. Frank STENGEL
    Good looking cars . Just a question: what is the width for the coal cars. From what I can see it seems to be 7studs. Am I right?
  18. Frank STENGEL
    Just beautiful . The only thing that is missing is a few freight cars...
  19. Frank STENGEL
    Very nice train. I'm wondering where the motor is. In the brown car perhaps? Looks a lot like a stub switch. The "points" are not pointy and it seems the whole thing moves.
  20. Frank STENGEL
    The LDD was good looking, but the real thing is even better. Makes me want to try building a mineral wagon on a somehow wider basis (my trains are in the 7-8 studs range for witdh).
  21. Frank STENGEL
    Nice . The fake wheels are a nice touch. I can't wait to see the decoupler in action...
  22. Frank STENGEL
    Yes! Basically the maximum rpm depends linearily on the input voltage which slowly drops when the batteries become discharged. For a very detailed study on lego motors see philo's motor comparision page.
  23. Frank STENGEL
    When I first saw the MOC I said nice! But, then I saw the photo of the real life engine and I said wow! You captured the stripes really well. What could make your engine look even better is using the orange train baseplate that has just appeared with the Horizon Express..
  24. Frank STENGEL
    Not that much of a flop as a failure to be a astounding success... It was basically adequate. I would vote for any of the two garratts. One could simplify them by leaving out the front/rear bogies...
  25. Frank STENGEL
    I made the same mistake. Use brickshelf, flikr or any other photo-sharing web site to publish your photos and then link to them using the image button...
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