JopieK

A cute and nice little mod :) Also welcome at Eurobricks, why don't you introduce yourself also in the Train tech forum?!!

At school we also noticed that the red passenger trains (7938) easily fly from the tracks indeed :) we will need to lower there speed in the controller that my students create.

Looks nice, why don't you include it directly in your post using the image button?!!! I like the bow very much. Also the hair of the ladies :) it is miniland size isn't it!

sorry, must be tired :)

Hehe, notice the message at the top of the left engine... remote control equipment ;) guess PF isn't that bad at all for the BNSF.

very nice indeed! Nice details, also a nice balista as well!

That should be doable :) is very easy to implement at least. Just a switch for a section and voila. I hope to get chips today to be able to control multiple servos (e.g. 10 or even more) using one micro controller. B.t.w. I recently posted a youtube film on how I automate those arm signals, but this one is a very nice arm signal!!!

I just found a very nice Brickshelf folder: Brickshelf folder He also has a nice "Schienenbus", signals, etc.

I also had an age problem, they fixed it for me, I think there were more than one age bugs :)

We should do indeed something against that. Hmm that Dutch guy lives in my province. one can give them a notice that it are stolen goods, the more of us that do that, the larger the chance they will put it down: Direct link: In strijd met de regels - Uw tip wordt sneller verwerkt als u kunt verduidelijken wat er mis is. (We will respond to your tip earlier when we know for sure what is wrong). - Verboden of verdacht object of dienst (meer informatie) (Forbidden or suspicious object or service) - Misleidende advertentietitel, bv. merkvergelijking (meer informatie) (misleading title) - Product reeds verkocht (already sold) - Erotisch (erotic) - Andere reden: (other reason) (e.g. "copyrights infringements, stolen property").

Really stunning! Nice colors, really, really nice! Look like a model train instead of LEGO.

We should also make stickers for that. I like it very much!

I found this, looks like my entry but even a lot better (though less 7777ish)

Yesterday I had the same problem with a picture but it turned out I named it "...jpg " so an added space at the end. Then it also says: "image not allowed". Your images: (http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7159/6636959521_02255f3c1e_z.jpg)

Updated youtube film...

Colors would be a neat idea too. But they already program the train using colors. They need to put certain tiles on the tracks (or include a rail that is covered with yellow tiles). They already have a task that includes the freight train (that is why we automated the loading ramp / conveyor belt).

Hopefully when they have finished their project :)

As a test for my high school students (I need to coach them again next monday and so on), I prepared something for them: Sorry that it the orientation is now and then different, I guess I'm too much used too iDevices that turn one's view already. Idea is that the bench can detect a minifig using magnets in the pants of the minifig (like LEGO used for those magnet minifigs too). In the software one will get a notification when the minifig occupies a seat.The bench can detect that using a reed sensor switch. The chip can detect up to 8 seats (and one could connect 8 of such a chips to a micro controller so 64 detections possible ;)). We might build it in to the red passenger train 7938 and let children do certain tasks with it (my students work together with students from a pedagogical college that want to become primary school teachers).We can then for example let the children put 7 passengers on board of the train and two at the bench and detect that (e.g. only then will the train leave the station).I only used hot glue and so no LEGO was damaged (because hot glue can be peeled off), I always teach my students that they should not destroy LEGO unless there really is no other option to get the job done. I hope to upload a tutorial to my site ASAP (or post it here if people are interested).

I like the new 'iMac' computer in this set very much. Rest is also nice. Nice review

this is a really cool mod!!!

a nice addition! Hope I won't forget to make a short tutorial for even a better welding solution :)

nice set, nice review! Thanks! A lot of nice parts.

http://www.ngltc.org...ot/inclines.htm Quote: "At first glance it seems that the obvious way to make an incline is to raise the track by one LEGO� brick for every straight or curve piece. This sort of works and indeed the #4563 Euro Freight Line has no trouble climbing this slope but if you try the #4558 Euro Express or add more wagons to your train you will find that the driving wheels start to spin, especially if there are any curves involved in the incline. You will also find that trains go down this sort of slope at an outrageous speed! Ideally, you should raise the track by only one plate (a third of a brick) per piece of track for a nice gentle incline. The trouble is, you need a frightening amount of track, supports and floorspace to achieve this. A better solution is to only raise the track by two plates for each piece of track (i.e. 2/3 brick), all my trains can climb this slope. Another tip is to make the change in angle only gradually at each end of the slope by only changing the height by one plate for each piece of track. To put this slightly more mathematically, I have two rules Rule 1: The steepest slope should change the height by no more that 2 plates per piece of track. Rule 2: The angle of the incline should change by no more that 1 plate per piece of track. To start an incline immediately with 2 plates violates rule 2 because it goes straight from an angle of zero plates per piece of track to an angle of 2 plates per piece of track. So you need to go from level to 1 plate to 1 brick. This will become clearer in the diagram further on."