McWaffel
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I have never purchased a modern LEGO passenger train, solely because of the giant front pieces. I’ll never get one unless they’re going back to brick built noses
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Fx Bricks (Michael Gale) announces Fx Track system
McWaffel replied to HoMa's topic in LEGO Train Tech
@michaelgale can trains force the switch to change when they pass over from a diverging route to the narrow end (i.e. trailing-point movement) Will that lock the switch over to the other side or will is spring back to its last set position? -
Nuff said, really. This is a garbage set and a big wtf.
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I‘ll be old and grey before a train will ever make it to the market through LEGO ideas.
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Couldn’t care less for those battery-powered systems to be honest. The only engine I own that never runs is the only power functions train that I have. The hatred I have towards batteries is unreal. Thankfully with the FxBricks folks releasing new 9V motors in the future, I don’t have to worry about not being able to run new trains anymore.
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I was thinking along the lines of 4559 Cargo Highspeed Train, or the blue Railway Express, or the classic Metroliner. They had big pieces for the headlight section, but at least windows and everything above the headlights were individual pieces. Believe it or not, most trains aren’t sloped in the front though, so you know… they could just make a normal train for once too
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Personally I would love a creator steam loco. Preferably one with an aerodynamic cover, think Mallard, DR 05 001-3 etc… Alternatively a rerelease (or modern rendition) of the Santa Fe would be fantastic, for the diesel fans. As for the city trains: I hope they move away from the big molded pieces. Bothers me quite a lot on passenger trains. Don’t really mind the rest
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Fx Bricks (Michael Gale) announces Fx Track system
McWaffel replied to HoMa's topic in LEGO Train Tech
Not everybody wants to solder connections permanently. The beauty of the LEGO system is you can just use the power connectors like bricks and stick them on the rails. Done. Easy, simple, elegant. -
Fx Bricks (Michael Gale) announces Fx Track system
McWaffel replied to HoMa's topic in LEGO Train Tech
You can run 9V motors with 12V current no problem. They just overheat faster if they’re under heavy load. But the motors have overheat protection anyway. So what’s up with this power regulator? Manual mode and DCC compatible? Any stats on how much current it supplies? Will these release simultaneously with motors? @michaelgale you can’t just drop this video without explanation and not expect us to ask about more details -
Watch out, you might get a job offer from TLG marketing soon
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Ultimately it’s also a question of price. I’d rather have a new 6-wide train for 100€ than a 7 wide train for 130€, or an 8-wide for 150€+
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Seldomly have I disagreed with something more than that right there. 7 or 8-wide trains are by no means necessary for an AFOL-targeted train. It’s always about proportions and detailing. Secondly, the size and weight of the train has little to no effect on the way it runs on Lego track. If you design the undercarriage well, you will not have any problems. It’s also not related to the width of the cabin at all. Thirdly, you don’t need ball bearings to make a large train run well. The crocodile is a large, detailed, 7-wide engine and it’s fairly heavy compared to most Lego train engines. And it runs perfectly fine on Lego track.
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Fx Bricks (Michael Gale) announces Fx Track system
McWaffel replied to HoMa's topic in LEGO Train Tech
Oh absolutely, agreed 100%. That’s pretty much what I was thinking of when I said metal connectors on the power pickups -
Fx Bricks (Michael Gale) announces Fx Track system
McWaffel replied to HoMa's topic in LEGO Train Tech
I’ve been using DCC on a friends g-scale layout and I can say from experience that it doesn’t really matter what DCC controller you buy, as long as it has the feature you want. Ideally, a power pickup wheel is just a single axle with either cables sticking out, or metal connector to attach cables to. You can then use those as leading wheels/trailing wheels on larger locomotives, use them as wheels on tenders with 2 fixed axles, 3 fixed axles, 2x2 bogied axles… you can also use them to light up the interior of passenger cars. And you don’t need to have a DCC controller in the passenger cars either. Just run the cable from the power pickup to your lights directly. This is what larger model railways do. Lights are just directly powered by the track, picked up by the wheels on that car. This flexibility is only achieved if the pickup wheel is a single axle and only has cables on it. It will also make the power pickup relatively inexpensive because it’s just metal wheels and „brushes“ in a plastic housing. You could also use those pickups to improve connectivity on your track for new Fx bricks motors that have their own pickups, by connecting them up -
Fx Bricks (Michael Gale) announces Fx Track system
McWaffel replied to HoMa's topic in LEGO Train Tech
Or you can just use any old DCC decoder and normal cables. They don’t cost much and having a proprietary connector always sucks, because then you can’t use components by other manufacturers to suit your needs. Ideally the power pickup wheels is just that, a power pickup wheel. Put two to four axles of power pickups in a locomotive tender and run cables to the locomotive, where a DCC decoder and motor sits. Benefit of that is that the pickup wheel can be fully made of metal (not just the flange) and you don’t need to worry about traction on the locomotive -
Fx Bricks (Michael Gale) announces Fx Track system
McWaffel replied to HoMa's topic in LEGO Train Tech
@michaelgale congratulations to making a fantastic product. I bought two packs of straight track and when I got them, I was surprised how good the quality of the product, but also the packaging is. I will for sure buy more in the future! Very happy with the product. now I have a few questions: I was recently at a friends house playing with his LGB trains. And I was blown away by how the G scale trains move using DCC. I was wondering if your DCC compatible motor bogies will also be able to start/stop slowly like that? Also, since his layout is outdoors, connection between the wheels and the track can be spotty at times, so he has connected up all carriages to the loco via cables, so that if for some reason the loco has a bad connection, the wheels on the carriages can pick up power. Do you plan to make something like this possible as well? And lastly: have you considered making wheels for the bogies swappable, so that one can build locos with steam drivers? Or are you planning to release a bogie with large wheels? thanks in advance for answering my questions and for making a great product -
Hey guys, I haven't been in the forums for a while but I recently decided I wanted to finally complete my Santa Fe train. Buying a used or new set is completely out of the question, since I'm not willing to pay anything close to the collectors prices that people ask for. So I thought it might be a viable option to recreate the sets using new, currently in production parts as substitutes for the actual ones. A lot of the parts, like the pearl grey textured 1x2 bricks and most of the parts in the "old grey" are crazy expensive. I thought of using light blueish gray substitutes and maybe dark blueish gray for the textured 1x2 bricks. Has anyone here ever done something like this? Is it worth the effort? I thought of using bricklink to part out the sets into a wishlist and then substitute the parts colors with current ones. Is this the way to go or are there easier ways to do this? Thanks for your advice/comments. :)
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Thanks for the feedback. I just did a WL on bricklink and recolored all "light grey" parts to "light blueish grey" and "dark grey" to "dark blueish gray". Then I removed the stickers, replaced the bogies with the current yellow ones and replaced the old magnets with current ones and I went from 300€ down to almost 75€. I still think that's a bit steep but it seems a lot more reasonable now.
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You're a hero! You can't imagine how many sleepless nights I had, thinking about solutions to light up Lego without having to buy overpriced 3rd party kits or running wires everywhere that would ruin the look of these beautiful sets! Finally someone came up with a solution that looks stunning, works great, doesn't reduce playablity of the sets... etc. This is truly the solution I was hoping to come up with! I'm so great to have found this thread. Thank you so much! I hope you don't mind, if I copy your ideas. They're great. Especially running the cables in tubes. Brilliant. How hot do your LEDs or the resistors get? Do you have them all in series?
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I'm hesitant. For one I want a steam engine, but this one just looks terrible. I think buying two to make one decent loco would make sense, but since I'm not much of a creative guy myself I'd wait to see what others come up with before trying to modify the engine myself.
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How did you build the track?
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Because the new switching track will be set number 60238. Not sure about what's different, but they're not stopping to make them ;)
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No, it's not the 2014's train front recolored. It's very round, no edges. Only one light. In the center below the front window, a 1x2 tile piece would fit there. It uses the same front window as the tram, from what I can tell. Yes, like in the diner modular. Very similar at least. The pictures aren't in good quality. //Edit: Now you've actually seen the pictures yourself, my comment is quite obsolete lol. But to me that's definitely the new color. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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I've now seen the leaked images too and I have to say I'm very confused. The colors on the cargo train look super weird and the window looks like an upside down front window from the Santa Fe train. It looks nothing like 60052 and is a dual cab. A very ugly engine, in my opinion. Not liking it a bit. The passenger train looks like a blend between the previous white passenger train and the tram from the city center bus depot and tram set thing. It's main color is yellow. It looks super futuristic and I have to admit, it looks more interesting than the cargo train. I'm still not pumped about either. It's basically exactly like in the picture @grimrecka posted just earlier. More like a turquoise color.
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[WIP] Lego monorails. [Custom Rail Systems (CRS)]
McWaffel replied to Trekkie99's topic in LEGO Train Tech
Amazing! This is soooo coool! Have you submitted this to Lego Ideas yet? If not you really should! What parts have you used for the bending-part?