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This. I need the space above for nice design ;-) Thomas

Nice, little shunting locomotive in the pepped-up 80s style. What surprises me, however, is the position of the engine. The Circuit Cube motor sits too low and is flush with the top edge of the rail in turnouts and level crossings. In the video you drive over a turnout, but that shouldn't be safe to operate. I once wanted to install a Circuit Cube motor like this and noticed the problem and turned the motor by 90°. Then you have 1/2 plate space between the rail and the motor. Thomas

Very cool and nice part usage. I like the "Tree"-Part :-) Thomas

Ahhhh, very cool! I only saw today that you are now showing your work here. Awesome, I love it. Great realization. Steam Punk makes beautiful decoration possible and you have made full use of it! Thomas

Yes, a voucher makes things easier. But the OcTRAINber also had that, but only as an announcement ;-) (Voucher for BrickModelRailroder webshop, but the voucher was not sent) Yes. Good point Thomas

I am delighted that your project has now been successful and has worked out! I've already seen a few pictures and have to say: awesome! Thomas

Same here for OcTRAINber 2021 and 2022..... I think, OcTRAINber ist death! It was a great time, but unfortunately probably too much work for the organizers. I can imagine that it was a lot of work and also costly. And we do this as a hobby and everyone still has a life! Thomas

Oh, then I'll probably have to try PyBricks with several HUBs again. I last did that just under a year ago: Result was: yes, works: but.... I had a lot of problems connecting the HUBs, it was not reproducible. Once it worked and my train ran with 2 HUBs. Everything off again, on: doesn't work, the HUBs no longer wanted to work together. Then I gave up for the time being. Your reports encourage me to try again! Thank you. Thomas

Beautiful! But I'm not a fan of the short one-word postings. Your engine deserves more effort from me... The details and decals are amazing. This really enhances the already superbly built locomotive. I love the movement of the driveshaft and the piston rods. Yes, there are foreign parts, but it can't be done with Lego alone. In the video, I would have liked to see close-ups of a switch crossing. That's always the first place where problems show up. Of course, I don't expect that from you... Simply great or simply: Beautiful! Thomas

I think (don't know!) that the Bluetooth part may be identical to the Circuit Cube and you can use the same service IDs and transmission texts. This depends on the Cicruit Cube and not on the microcontroller used. I used Visual Studio Code with the extension platform.io. The reason is simple: that's how Steffen did it ;-) I have no experience with Arduino yet Thomas

Hello Thorsten, yes. I have programmed my desired behavior in the M5 Atom. For example, I programmed a steering motor for a short time (50ms) with nearly full power and then continue slowly as long as a button is pressed. I don't follow you here. Do you mean the service IDs? They are also in Steffen's program. You have the interface to the Circuit Cube. This takes the values from -255 to 255 for each of the three outputs. This is then the direction of rotation and the speed. You can see and understand the communication between Atom and Circuit Cube in Steffen's program (CircuitCube.cpp) Thomas

Nice improvement, it already looks more harmonious! Please take another look at the height of the front buffers. They are too high. I am aware, and this is how I build, that the buffers are generally too low in Lego conversions. The reason for this is that the buffers on long wagons/locomotives are attached to the bogie in the Lego version. In reality, the buffers are attached to the wagon/locomotive frame. In your model, however, the buffers at the front are even higher than in reality. This is probably due to the space problem above the leading axle, but perhaps you can improve this. https://www.bahnbilder.de/1200/die-dampflokomotive-01-202-befindet-935087.jpg Thomas

I would also like to thank all the organizers, judges and the sponsors TrixBrix and HA-Bricks! Thomas

Beautiful designs and I am strongly reminded of my first attempts at Lego trains. The locomotive and wagon looked good on their own, but together they didn't work at all. The difference in height was even greater for me. The solution was the middle: build the wagon flatter and the locomotive higher..... I think you should also try one of these Thomas

Thank you for your work! I would have my doubts about that. I recently tried a CaDa MicroMotor in the drive for a much smaller project: it was too weak for the drive (ok, it was only at 4.5V), a Cicuit Cube motor is much stronger. Of course, this could also be due to the voltage of the Circuit Cube. Thomas

I say thank you to the organizers, jury and supporters of the BrickTrainAwards! Without your commitment, these contests would not exist. This should get much more attention, because these events enliven the community. THANK YOU! And to all the winners: Congratulations! Thomas

Hello Thorsten, Thank you. Steffen has written that he has continued working with information from the Legoino project. I think Steffen's work is the integration of the Circuit Cube, but Steffen can certainly contribute more. I can create the programming of the operating logic, but for the communication with the Lego PU remote control and the Circuit Cube, I need help: and Steffen's project brought it to me. By the way, I would prefer a direct connection between the remote control and the Circuit Cube. With the ESP32 in between, I have another device that I have to carry around and can forget about... But the advantage of the ESP32 is its programmability. I am not restricted by any APPs, but can do it as I want. In this example, I can gently steer the car so that it doesn't disassemble the gearbox. In any case, I think it's cool how the community develops from one project to the next. One develops something, the next has another good idea and so on.... Thomas

I tried Steffen's program and used it as a base in my truck dummy: (WIP) Zugmaschine V09 / Proof of Concept by Thomas / Ts__, auf Flickr Works very well and the operation is much better than via SmartDevice. And you can program the behavior. The whole thing is a really good idea and implementation from Steffen! Thanks! Thomas

Yes, the W50 was the standard truck in the GDR and ubiquitous. Thomas

Top! The front of the Truck is perfect and I habe no problem with identification as a IFA W50. Fun fact: The „W“ in W50 means the city Werdau in East Germany, my city of my younger live. Thomas

Great work, looks fantastic and the challenge with the logo is over the top! Oh no… 😂 The train is too short with only 8 waggons…. But I unterstand you: I don‘t like build the same waggon more times. But a whole train looks awesome…. Thomas

Is really impressive and the many little allusions invite you to discover! You probably have to see this live ;-) Thanks for introducing, is a great model all parts of the world.... ;-) Thomas

I have no gap between the leading axle and the overlying frames. First reason: I want to have pressure from above on the leading axle so that it does not jump off the track Second reason: the optics, a gap would not look nice. I did not have problems with derailments even on quite bumpy tracks like the BSBT in Schkeuditz: Thomas

In the course of December, I stumbled across the Flying Hamburger while reading Wikipedia every day. The railcar train is of course a perfect match for my streamlined locomotives: time and origin fits. However, there is only a remnant of the Flying Hamburger in Nuremberg DB museum and I prefer to build complete museum locomotives. Also, I was not happy with the look of the "Flying Hamburger" and the small, deep-drawn front windows. However, further research revealed that after the prototype, 13 railcar trains of the "Hamburg" type were built and also in regular service. These had a more beautiful front for me and are simply a classic. And one of them is completely preserved as a museum train in Leipzig's main station. Perfect ;-) The original is perfect in shape for a Lego conversion, so go for it ;-) Sure, I needed the one or other attempt in studio or with stones, but quite quickly I came to the feeling: yes, it works. An exciting topic was the transition between the two halves of the train. I wanted them as close together as possible. The solution was then a variation of an idea from @Hod Carrier. He had presented a kind of close coupling with trapeze and I adapted this principle to my place and size. There was still help in the Dr. Brick Forum from Mick. With the close coupling the two units can drive very close together through R104 curves / switches. But the limitation to R104 is in the boogies, the coupler could run smaller radii with a different design. The interior design was also exciting. I didn't want to use the Lego molding for a seat, since wing chairs were in use in the original. So I built myself wing chairs. Per seat only 14 parts.... ;-) Built are just over 2700 Lego parts Drive 2x Lego PU CityHUB 2x Lego PU train motor Light and stickers are self-made No foreign parts from other manufacturers used Working front and rear lights, automatically matching the direction of travel Interior lighting: Since I wanted a rigid fairing, the minimum curve radius is R104: Last weekend at the exhibition in Wörrstadt/Germany the SVT had the first opportunity for a real ride: Have fun watching! Thomas

Thank you very much. But there are only a few bricks stacked on top of each other ;-) Thomas