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Love it ... I'm a sucker for a good food truck. My only reservation is the window is on the wrong side ... most LHD trucks will have the window on the curb side not street side. But tons of fun details packed in this. Do you have any better pictures of the interior? I know they are hard to take ... I've found I have to remove a wall to get them normally. Which is ashame because most interior detail like that is missed.

I would buy this set ... absolutely love it. There's so many small details like the jenny and the wind up phone. But you've tied the adventure theme in great with the wall panels. The plane screams Sopwith lol all in all well done.

Forgive me in my long absence I seem to recall the account sheets having a list of ships ... while the most recent seem to no longer include this sheet ... is that list stored elsewhere now or just long since updated? I feel that I may have long list ships to be sailed or grieving widows to be informed of their losses.

Tis a fine ship ... now we must do something about those eslodian paint swatches you used lol

What says yee captain for his drunken blundering and sinking of a FTA ship? Surely as the new owner of such a fine vessel you will be hiring a new captain and paying off the insurance bond on the Petal? -a member of the FTA board

Many years ago, a coastal cave was investigated and found to have heavy deposits of Salt. While the original intent was to find precious minerals the Cave was never further explored. All that changed when three brothers showed up and began asking questions about the old, abandoned prospecting rights. Governor Gustaf granted the rights to the brothers after learning the original deed holder had passed on leaving the rights to the Settlement of Charlatan Bay. while its been a year since that meeting the brothers finally hit the payload. Some say it looks like a great northern Christmas day down there with everything being white. OOC: The original prospect was built by Gulagurag back in 2016 Link to Post who was informed via pm that Salt was discovered. Also its not been a year more like several since first discussed building a mine - I had started one and never finished till tonight.

I've had both versions running at shows. The little bit of slop can cause issues even when quartered. I have one engine that is connected by gears and another that is powered similar to your example. While different engines the geared handles uneven track better but prefers larger curves (battery drain). I have a 0-4-2 that binds all the time ... Then I gave to reposition the wheels because it's gotten the valvegear out of sync

So as promised I finally got some pictures of it on a layout. But first some back story. The EN was released during my dark period and I had no idea it existed till early this year. I was fortunate enough that a coworker was getting out of Lego's and got one for a decent price. So I dug out an oval of track and much to my dismay the engine ran horribly or simply derailed. It was a good looking engine so I pulled the PF and made it a static model. A month went by and I had decided I will make this train run come Brickworld Ft Wayne. I tried the motorized tender option but did not like the look. So I ripped the thing apart and put her on a diet all the center section came out and a L motor went in. A custom "gearbox" needed assembled. I rebuilt it 13 times before I found a solution I was both happy with overall speed and torque, also that didn't blow apart after an hour of running lol. The front trucks have been reworked to not derail and @zephyr1934 worked with me to get his custom rods and valve gear running good. After many hours on the test oval I felt she was ready for the show. Once at the show I soon discovered she hates switches... So much help was needed getting her on the main off the siding. Then I found she hates uneven track lol so I did some more reworking and that solved most of the wheel slip (the front and rear boogies would lift the drive wheels) allowing the front to pivot seemed to resolve most of this. So it ran around our Lugs layout and ran into the first issue (my train was the first steam train to ever run on this layout) the rods hit the station platform! So we moved it a stud and a half back and it was good but then it came to the elevated section. It ran up the hill (fairly steep) without issue but once at the elevated station its canopy hit the light guards then the rods the platform. So it was committed to a siding as the elevated would take too much rework. Fortunately another steam display was willing to let her stretch her legs. First we ran it with the stock car that came with the set ... then we hooked her up to a rake of coal. (I won't mention his name as I'm not sure if he's OK with being mentioned but I'm sure many of you know him... Hats off to you sir) It was great to see her run and my boys loved watching it run! Again thanks to all! I am working with a light company to light the firebox and the rear tender. Now to work on my Lug to increase track clearance for steam lol. Update: as she currently sits. Added brickstuffs custom lighting. Replaced the original pf lights with LEDs' installed flickering fire in the firebox and a rear lamp on the tender.

The difficulties in the PU motor will be creating one more stud worth of length to fit it, and the cable length. I had to use a cable extender to get to the front of boiler from the tender. As of right now as far as I know there is no extenders available unless you source your own connections and wire to make one. I don't know if I still have the LDD (stud.io wasn't even released yet when I built this). I lost a hard drive a few years ago and lost 2 years worth of designs. So I'll check the old jump drive and see if I still have it as there's several changes I made. Admittedly the Flickr pics aren't the best either for reverse engineering. I've found on several engines this can cause binding. It's actually better to gear all of the wheels if possible to keep them in sync

Your eyes don't device you ... That's no ordinary monkey playing sax lol

You captured the inspiration very well, as well as populating the scenes. The floor looks very dangerous for a drunken sailor though lol Is the bear skin your design?

Thanks ... This was as close as I could get to historical salt mining. The photos I found were mostly sketches with only one picture of a surviving handcart from the 1600s ... It looks heavy and cumbersome to push but they did use crudely laid rails to push it. It was a surprise for me as well lol suddenly inspiration struck ... And I'm aware your brother didn't pass lol just in character it's assumed lol. It had been something Kwatchi and I had talked about building many years ago when his brother (Gulagurag) had decided to quit playing and I was taking over managing the settlement from Kwatchi. It just never came to fruition until last night lol. Thanks ... It was a struggle at first to figure out how to do the mine roof ... Originally I had enclosed it more but decided I didn't like that so this became. It is all buildable in brick (accept the canary lol you'll need to paint it yellow)

Thanks... It's been a long journey to get where I'm at with Digital ... Unfortunately physical bricks become new sections for the Train display that I show so ships are reserved for digital. I had watched a special about galley brigs and use by pirates and smugglers so this was the result ... Glad you like it. Aye this be a pirate vessel for sure our navigator estimates we can get another 7 knots of speed by deploying the ores while under sail. I actually built it with white but they didn't look right lol. As I learned it was a galley brig or galley frigate depending on size. I may still build a larger one as that would be a galley frigate

Reports of Black hulled ship embellished with gold bearing Grey sails and the Jolly Rodger have been confirmed. Merchants beware you have been warned. Her speed is like no other you will not outrun her. Comments welcome

Salty Dawgs Mine licensed as a Medium Mine

Always love your lyrical nods lol. Quite the story I suspect a doppelganger is at foot! Love the builds lots of clever furniture as always!

Im always a fan of distillery builds well done!

It's me Hi, I'm the problem, it's me lmao ... train show in MI next weekend lol

Would love to see it when you finish I'm a sucker for distilleries lol

Definitely as a once active player and current mediocre lurker I can say that there's lots of support behind the scenes. Which is convenient for jumping back into the game without being lost assuming one can find the time for pirate shenanigans when they aren't building train displays lmao.

So Many great details on this ... Is there more to the buildings?

This is excellent... One thing grossly overlooked in most models

Colony Name: New Nassau Ownership: Sea Rats Location: Island #21 Blond Beach, Mud Beach Island Map: Geographical Features: Just a finger's depth beneath the soil of this island is a foul-smelling yellow loam, for which it is named. The island's beaches are stained yellow as the soil is eroded into the sea. On the interior of the island, amidst great tropical trees, can be found mud pits of the self-same yellow earth, dug out by boars, or other beasts. The Island's southern side has several fresh-water lakes. Island Rumors: It is said that the natives wear this mud to prevent getting bitten by the island's insects. Who can own property in New Nassau: Anyone - who wishes to live free from tyranny and control of any crown. This is a Pirate Haven. Who can freebuild in New Nassau: Anyone - click below for settlement builds -

I know I'm late to the game here but I don't get on too much lately. But the beautiful thing about Lego is you "can" just rest the board inside a model and not worry about it shorting out. I do recommend covering the board in some sort of insulation sleeve though. I run lighting boards in some of my locos and they have gotten hot enough to leave little pin pricks in the side of the bricks they rest against before I installed heat shrink. (I also run my trains for several hours continuously at shows) Edit : love what you did for the tram

I heard rumor Capt Larvey may be in the market for a new ship ..