Phil B

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  1. Phil B

    Little Crane

    You just need one of these to power it ...
  2. @Lok24 - A quick appreciation post on version 2.9. Flashed PyBricks onto a new PoweredUp Hub, then loaded version 2.9 to be able to run 2 PoweredUp train motors on one train engine. Worked out of the box, beautifully. Really starting to appreciate the power of the PUp platform. Thanks so much!! Quick aside: Links on 1000steine.de still point to version 2.7, and give 404 links on all the example code.
  3. Phil B

    James Mathis' Santa Fe Dome Car

    Love the little bit of history here, including first-hand perspective! I hadn't seen teunisdavey's pictures before, but had seen the other two designs.
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    James Mathis' Santa Fe Dome Car

    It is, isn't it? Couple of observations as I went through this process: 1. I understand why this didn't become a proper 4th model for 10022. There is quite some weird part usage driven by the limited part availability. E.g. using 2 slope bricks to close up the wall next to the doors, as there aren't enough panels/1x2x2 bricks in the set to fill the wall. This leads me to make the tough choice - stick to the original design and waste $6 dollars on the 2 bricks, or replace them with a 1x2x2 brick in LG (much cheaper). 2. James used some of the remaining bricks as additional filler - e.g. in his model there is a wall next to the restroom that used 2 slope 45 1x2 bricks on top of each other - I found no purpose for them, plus they block part of a window, so I left them out. 3. I did have to take quite some creative liberty on the parts of the interior that were not easily visible in the miniscule pictures that are left of this set on the internet. Would love to at some point compare my design with the official design.
  5. Phil B

    James Mathis' Santa Fe Dome Car

    Alright, I think I got it. Took some peering into teeny-tiny pictures (as shared here in this channel), but using the full parts list for 10022, plus the extra parts list I got from James Mathis' old website, I managed to put the Dome Car together (at least digitally, waiting for a few extra bricks to arrive from a few BL orders). Here are some renders for reference - you should be able to figure out how to build this bad boy using them.
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    James Mathis' Santa Fe Dome Car

    I found the following on the Wayback machine that helps a little - it gives the additional parts needed and an inside picture of the car ... however at a resolution that does not allow for zooming in. https://web.archive.org/web/20081210110455/http://www.brickbuilttrains.com/domecar.html From that page:
  7. Phil B

    James Mathis' Santa Fe Dome Car

    Thanks for that suggestion. However: " As for the train cars, the dome car is based on the work of James Mathis. It features updated grays and modern part usage to improve the overall design." So it is not the original Mathis' design. I want to keep mine original, using the original bricks and the original plans. EBay doesn't seem to have any copies of his instructions for sale either ... This is going to be a challenge for sure :)
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    James Mathis' Santa Fe Dome Car

    The Santa Fe train is a rabbit hole that I am already way too far into :) Currently at $2.5k (but have a lot of extras) for 3 engines (with 9V motors), 2 custom B units, and 8 cars (one of each, plus 2 extra sleepers and soon a dome car). Here is a post with pics of my train before I added the last 3 cars and an extra engine: Planning to sell off my spare engine (it has a stained windscreen) and all the spares I collected in the process of putting this train together to hopefully get back to a more manageable $2k or below for the full consist. All in LG/DG as well (except for the wheelsets on the B-units at this point). I loaded that model - it contains an alternative way to do the curved end of the existing observation car, not the dome car. But thanks for the link.
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    James Mathis' Santa Fe Dome Car

    Yep I looked there too, but the best pics of the dome car leave much to be desired in terms of rebuilding, especially the interior ...
  10. I am looking to build James Mathis' Santa Fe Dome Car MOC .. this one: (photo from Flickr by https://www.flickr.com/photos/kwreinsch/) @James Mathis hasn't visited this site since 2019, and his website is long gone (I found it on the wayback machine, but since the instructions were for sale items, they are no longer available). Does anyone know how I can get to the instructions, or is there a digital build somewhere? If not, I will have to try and reconstruct the car based on the above picture, which might be a challenge.
  11. Phil B

    PF Lights on 9V Motor

    Just a theory, but since the lights are LED lights, maybe the polarity switch that happens on C1/C2 when you change directions causes the LED to block? After all, it is a diode ... You might need to put a half or full H-bridge in between to always keep the same polarity.
  12. I haven't done this myself, but you should be able to buy a broken 9V train motor, remove the innards, and use it to bring power to your PoweredUp/PowerFunctions batteries. There are guides on how to do this, but if you have even just a smidge of electrical engineering knowledge, this should be fairly easy to do.
  13. Phil B

    [MOC] RAILWAY KEEPER'S HOUSE

    .... and there goes the chance of this ever becoming a real LEGO set via Ideas .....
  14. Phil B

    LEGO #21344 - Orient Express

    They do! It comes with a GWP of a small steam engine ....
  15. Phil B

    2022 Winter Village Tram w 9v Train Motor?

    I'd look into CircuitCube instead. Yes, it is non-LEGO, but it is small and should be powerful enough to propel the tram on regular plastic track.