djm

Over on the Train forum a few months ago, @SavaTheAggie posted about his MOC called Quarter Scale Rail: Having worked out how the chain was made by watching the video, that post inspired me to come up with a MOC to allow moving Minifigs to be added to a MOC. The video below illustrates a sample of the Minifig Mover in action. Cutting straight to the case, building instructions are available on rebrickable.com. The primary design considerations were; for it to be compatible with the MILS system it was desirable for it to be possible to be run very slowly make it suitable for incorporation into MOCs Secondary design considerations were; to be able to achieve a 180 degree turn within the with of a single baseplate to aim to have small modules which could be joined to form a larger be assembly Comments/learnings/observations Each set of building instructions illustrates a baseplate within a building step. The baseplate is for reference purposes only and is not listed in the parts. The premise of including the baseplate is to show the relative placing of the parts with respect to a MILS baseplate. Experience suggests that the channel in which the chain runs needs to be perhaps 22 LDUs (LDraw units) wide. This width is reflected in the construction. If you try to build the channel 20 LDUs wide (i.e. the width of a 1 x N brick) you will likely find it too tight for the chain to run smoothly. The Minifig Mover is presented as a foundation on which to build. Thus, as can be seen in the video, the motor and tensioner assemblies are exposed. The suggestion is to build appropriate elements of a MOC to contain/hide these assemblies. Via the MOC posting on Rebrickable, you can download not only the building instructions but the original LDraw files too. The premise of doing this is to encourage others to use the design as a starting point and then publish improvements or alternative track modules. Regards, David

You can probably adapt the Minifig Mover to provide movement for these, with the concept being to attach the model to a "conveyor belt"(of sorts) and move the conveyor belt. David

Living in the country at the bottom of the world that is most often left off maps, it is fairly normal to wait for things to arrive here which the rest of the world has already got. However, this is perhaps one of the rare occasions where we have been lucky enough to be close to the original port of shipping to not be the last cab off the rank! In my mail box today, was this little beauty ... Whoo hoo! David

I don't think this part has been listed here previously: 3 x 5 Liftarm with Alternating Holes

Last year AuckLUG provided building instructions on EuroBricks for 24 small-ish builds in the lead up to Christmas. This year we are back with another 24! Over the next few weeks, we will be publishing instructions on our LUG's website. You can visit the top-level of the Advent Calendar builds by visiting https://aucklug.co.nz/advent-calendar/2022-12-01. Alternatively, keep coming back each day to this thread and I will post an image and link to the page for each day's build. Have a Merry Xmas on AuckLUG!

That concludes this year's AuckLUG Community Advent Calendar builds. Our LUG members have had fun pulling these together and we hope you enjoy building one or more of these models when you have some free time. Regards, David

Day 24, Christmas Tree

Day 23, Big Parts

Day 22, Sled

Day 21, Desert Flower

Day 20, Tie Phantom Fighter

Day 19, James the Red Engine and Friend

Day 18, Castle

Day 17, Polar Bear Calendar

Day 16, Tractor

Day 15, Spider Cane

Day 14, NZ Bush Scene

Day 13, Meal Part 3, Shake

Day 12, Meal Part 2, Fries

Doing a bit of trawling for a solution. This may help: https://web.archive.org/web/20060513221455/http://www.abs-robotics.com/tips/install/win2k/vc.htm It suggests a way to apply upgrades applicable to XP. I can't vouch for this but would be interested in knowing if you do try the outcome (whether successful or unsuccessful) . Perhaps if you do try, post a reply on this thread? Regards, David

Day 11, Meal Part 1 - Hamburger

Day 10; Hamburger Stand

Day 9, Bowling

Day 8, Xmas Wreath

Day 7, Plane