Rail Co Posted June 6, 2012 Posted June 6, 2012 (edited) Hi, I have made a small "jinty" tank engine. I tried to make it as detailed as possible. Well enjoy! It is a very small locomotive and I was wondering how I could motorize it? Thanks, Rail Co! Edited June 6, 2012 by Rail Co Quote
roamingstop Posted June 6, 2012 Posted June 6, 2012 Hi, I have made a small "jinty" tank engine. I tried to make it as detailed as possible. Well enjoy! It is a very small locomotive and I was wondering how I could motorize it? Thanks, Rail Co Maybe the pf motor for two axles, third on links? Or pf tender. You will need a blind wheel in center to navigate curves Quote
Frank STENGEL Posted June 6, 2012 Posted June 6, 2012 (edited) It looks small... A PF motorization will be difficult. What you could do is keep it push along and build a motor/battery/IR freight wagon... Don't forget to put a blind driver. Edited June 6, 2012 by Frank STENGEL Quote
Steinkopf Posted June 6, 2012 Posted June 6, 2012 Hello Rail Co Gambort made a nice Jinty a while back which he has unpowered, as Frank Stengel pointed out it is a bit small to incorporate a full PF system in the locomotive, with Gamborts train he uses a powered wagon directly behind the locomotive to pull the train. Frank Stengel and Roamingstudio both made good points in that you need to have blind drivers for the middle set of wheels for the train to negotiate curves and points. Quote
Rail Co Posted June 6, 2012 Author Posted June 6, 2012 Oh yes thanks for letting me know that! Plus putting a car behind I Thought about that but (I don't to live in Britain) Isn't it a "assistant" train to pull freight or bring coaches along. P.S. I will make the pictures better. (I was in a rush to get this posted.) Thanks, Rail Co Quote
Rail Co Posted June 6, 2012 Author Posted June 6, 2012 Also any ideas on what coach or wagon I should use and what is the easiest way to power that wagon or coach. Thanks, Rail Co Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted June 6, 2012 Posted June 6, 2012 Great steam engine ...I love this old style! You can motorized this locomotive with a medium PF motor and a 9 volts battery: Quote
Rail Co Posted June 6, 2012 Author Posted June 6, 2012 Great steam engine ...I love this old style! You can motorized this locomotive with a medium PF motor and a 9 volts battery: I don't know how I would put that in my train I want to use PF parts though. Quote
Steinkopf Posted June 6, 2012 Posted June 6, 2012 Oh yes thanks for letting me know that! Plus putting a car behind I Thought about that but (I don't to live in Britain) Isn't it a "assistant" train to pull freight or bring coaches along. P.S. I will make the pictures better. (I was in a rush to get this posted.) Thanks, Rail Co Hello Rail Co The Jinty 3F 0-6-0s were used for a wide variety of tasks besides shunting, they were used a lot on small branchlines for passenger and freight trains where there was no need for larger locomotives due to the lower volume of traffic and shorter trains. Quote
Rail Co Posted June 7, 2012 Author Posted June 7, 2012 Hello Rail Co The Jinty 3F 0-6-0s were used for a wide variety of tasks besides shunting, they were used a lot on small branchlines for passenger and freight trains where there was no need for larger locomotives due to the lower volume of traffic and shorter trains. Okay, Thanks for the information! I didn't know that. Thanks again, Rail Co Quote
Rail Co Posted June 7, 2012 Author Posted June 7, 2012 (edited) This is what I came up with for a powered carriage for my jinty. I am going to make more of the "Royal Mail" carriages later on (more of different types of mail carriages.) Enjoy, Rail Co P.S. I couldn't find anything to cover that open door bit. Edited June 7, 2012 by Rail Co Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 WOW, lovely wagon! This train becomes more beautiful every day! The yellow stripes are a great touch! Quote
JopieK Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 @LEGO Train 12 Volts Very nice! just too bad a 9V battery drains very quickly. B.t.w. you didn't forget a resistor in series with the LED did you?! @Rail Co: It is indeed best to put the driver parts in a separate car and only the motor in the locomotive itself. B.t.w. using Arduino one can also make its own train control system (high school students of mine have successfully done that). Quote
Rail Co Posted June 8, 2012 Author Posted June 8, 2012 WOW, lovely wagon! This train becomes more beautiful every day! The yellow stripes are a great touch! Thanks for the compliment, I try to make models more and more detailed every time I make a new model! Also I was thinking, what could I put in that open door way to close it up? Thanks, Rail Co @LEGO Train 12 Volts Very nice! just too bad a 9V battery drains very quickly. B.t.w. you didn't forget a resistor in series with the LED did you?! @Rail Co: It is indeed best to put the driver parts in a separate car and only the motor in the locomotive itself. B.t.w. using Arduino one can also make its own train control system (high school students of mine have successfully done that). I am going to put everything in that mail car. Anyways I look that up sounds very interesting! Thanks, Rail Co Quote
Rail Co Posted June 8, 2012 Author Posted June 8, 2012 Also, is there a way on LDD to see what parts you would need to buy to complete this set. If not are you able to move LDD models into LDraw models. If so is it possible to see what parts you need in LDraw? Thanks, Rail Co Quote
Daedalus304 Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 Also, is there a way on LDD to see what parts you would need to buy to complete this set. If not are you able to move LDD models into LDraw models. If so is it possible to see what parts you need in LDraw? Thanks, Rail Co There is a program called "LDD Manager" made by Superkalle that can get you a complete parts list and even export it to Bricklink as a wanted list. It's a great program I've considered pretty much essential as it really streamlines the process between designing and ordering. Here's a handy link! Nice engine, by the way! Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 @LEGO Train 12 Volts B.t.w. you didn't forget a resistor in series with the LED did you?! The resistor in series is inside ...only you can't see it in the picture because it's hidden by the structure Quote
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