At first I was confused by this, but I have come to realize that by putting traction bands on blind drivers, one could power an axle of blind drivers and still run your locomotive. I noticed that even the blind driver wheels have the traction band groove. The grooves are pronounced enough to snugly hold a traction band, allowing just enough of the band to be exposed on the rolling surface to give the wheel traction, but not so much so as to raise the wheel off the rail head by a noticeable amount. These appear to be built in the mold, so there is no evidence these were machined into he wheels after coming out of the mold. The new great feature of this product is the size of wheel with traction band grooves. The tolerances on all eight wheels are very precise. The axle holes also have just the right amount of friction to rival that of LEGO® equivalent connections. There is no lateral movement meaning the pins do not slide around but are secure yet have complete freedom for rotation. I tested this with different types of pins and they all easily snap in with a good little click. (See size chart for reference) The photo below has the BBB #11 on the left and the LEGO(R) #9 on the right. These wheels do not quite have the same glossy shine as the #9 wheels produced by LEGO®. On the back, you can hardly tell where the injection points are located. Here are the wheels with the bands and without. As you can see, these are injection molded and have a superior finish to 3d printed wheels. They arrived with the traction bands already in place. This will allow for a steam locomotive wheel arrangement of x-8-x. He asked me to provide a review on these wheels and so here goes: Below is the current wheel size chart.īen has had #11 wheels available for quite some time now and only recently has added traction band grooves. This review is on-going in that I have already done some testing and playing with these wheels but as I sit here writing the review, new and different tests, views, needs for photos are occurring to me so I will be updating this review as time permits. Being size 11, this means these wheels are 11.5 plates in diameter measured on the rolling surface. These would be XL size under the old name scheme. I am here with NAOLTC (North American Online Lego Train Club) to provide a review of Big Ben Bricks #11 size steam driver wheels WITH traction band grooves.
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