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    Well, most of the time they have a fee indeed (per meter). Some LUG's try to promote Exhibitions even for sellers by saying, first meter free if you exhibit too (great for me, stickers don't cost too much room). There are also other limits now and then, but it depends on the kind of event.
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    Very true ;) (although you could hide the tiny Arduino the Christmas tree so you don't really need to modify LEGO, but the PF remote is a little impractical for continuous operations.
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    You could also make a point to point system (not points like switches, but more like 4 standard curved tracks) with e.g. an Arduino to control it and let the train move back and forth.
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    Welcome here Yorel, I mean Leroy, uh... Enjoy your stay!
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    @Sunder, very nice job! The tracks that you created are also very nice. I'm wondering how it would look in real bricks! B.t.w. Can you resize the pictures a little, for some users now they don't fit on their screens.
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    Well... I know the company that makes the connectors, it is not LEGO, but they are located at Kornmarken next to the LEGO factories. They are always there at Medica/Compamed, a large medical happening (in fact next week in Düsseldorf). I think that this is them: http://www.stansomatic.dk they work together with another company next to them (also at Kornmarken, in Billund).
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    Thanks for the suggestions. I use a somewhat 'modular' system. I have those sorting cabinets for electronics and they are not very flexible so although they have their advantages they do have limits. I use standard sized stackable crates (from Curver, most of them are 20 liter versions) that fit in the kind of shelves that I use. I label the crates (Tiles / Round tiles / Minifigs / Minifig Accessories / Animals / Bricks 1x / Bricks 2x / Plates / Train parts / Straight track / Curves / etc / etc). Depending on how many I have of items I group them in zip lock bags (disadvantages include that they sometimes are left open (mainly by me) and now and then do end up with the opening down).
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    Have a look at this superb "MOC: 1:22.5 Bulgarian 2-10-2T narrow gauge steam engine (class 600.76)" by Tenderlok in Train Tech! Can you tell the difference between the real version and the LEGO edition? See more pictures and make sure to congratulate Tenderlok on this masterpiece in here.
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    I totally agree :) (Also to all the above comments ;))
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    I understand, but that answers your question doesn't it ;)
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    You could isolate different sections, one transformer for one part, the other for the other part. Putting a "scotch tape" between the two track pieces will help. Officially you should isolate an entire track piece so the metallic wheels won't short while the motor moves into the other section, that is basically also how the gray era points work (they isolate only one pole/side though).
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    I could not agree more ;) Great tanker ecmo47! You also did a great job on those details.
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    Well, although it looks pretty nice: - what about playability - what about powering this locomotive (how do you fit all the PF parts?) - the 'gray' era (7760?) is not coming back most of us think LEGO is a toy company, so they make toys, not a model railroad company (although in train tech we would like to see more focus on trains of course)
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    Well, I like more versatility in plates. Not sure about the curved one, but the 1/4 round tile is very nice in some cases. You could also consider the old macaroni bricks flawed since they also did have some clutch problems. I don't see any issues with the clutch of the 1/4 rounds though, and... I like 'pieces of pie' or 'watermelon parts' very much I must say. So it probably just depends on your preferences.
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    Welcome Eveline! Enjoy your stay! So did you already lay your hands on the Doctor Who LEGO Ideas set from 2015? I just came up with a small dark blue 'police box' for my "exhibition town" based on that, yesterday.
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    Very nice! So many details! The result is huge! If you would only rebuild the historic part of Amsterdam I would think you would need the whole isle ;)
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    I now and then have hurting fingers, especially around the nails, occurs most of the time when dealing with unsorted LEGO.
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    Well I don't know really, but "Dreft" works well in Holland :) It is quite aggressive in cleaning, so a milder version would also work I think. I almost never use it for LEGO stickers though (because I have quite a steady hand, my wife and cousins/nieces leave the sticking mostly to my also of original stickers), but our sticker printer can also print very large stickers (on the same material, comparable to the material that LEGO uses) so I now and then need to use it for larger projects. @XBrickmonster: using glue with your LEGO is never a good idea I think, unless you want so save a (somewhat) broken piece or are building for a LEGOLAND park or something :) Also be aware that the glue might have an undesired reaction with the glue on the backing of the sticker.
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    A bit of water with some dish washing soap works well too. That is also how car wrappers do things.
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    Nice! They look fabulous in 9-wide! Much more room for details.
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    Very nice! Was a great idea for the Traintober contest indeed!
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    Probably they vacuum formed them.
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    Very nice job!
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    Looks very nice Selander!
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    Haha, very nice! Reminds me of the "Pingui" series for younger kids (clay animated penguins).
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