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  1. jamesed_1971
    A Custom Lego Freelance 0-4-0 Steam Locomotive with firebox and cab controls inside the cab,The model is designed to fit a Lego 9 Volt Train Motor, the model is 21 studs long and 8 studs wide Couple of Images showing the insides of the 0-4-0 Freelance Steam Locomotive cab showing the firebox open closed and open and the cab controls with lever, dials, and wheels ( 2 x Lego 1x1 Round Tile) Three images showing how the Lego 0-4-0 Freelance Steam Locomotive Body fits to the Lego 9 Volt Train Motor, the purple parts are where the body connects to the train motor Modified Lego 0-4-0 Freelance steam Locomotive into a Lego 0-4-2 Freelance Steam Locomotive to include a coal bunker
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    Ok, I will buy one used Lego 9 Volt Train Motor for £20.52 (Tested and working, with nothing broken), is it worth buying these items as used or should I stick to new for those items Black Electric, Train Speed Regulator 9V Dark Gray Electric, Train Track Contacts with Wire and 2 x 2 x 2/3 Brick 4515 Straight Rails x 2 (16) 4520 Curved Rails x 2 (16)
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    In the next couple of months I am thinking of buying these Lego 9 Volt Trains Items from Bricklink Black Electric, Train Motor 9V Modern (NEW) £40.87 Black Electric, Train Speed Regulator 9V (NEW) £5.95 Black Electric, Train Speed Regulator 9V Power Adaptor 240V (UK) (NEW) £12.47 Dark Gray Electric, Train Track Contacts with Wire and 2 x 2 x 2/3 Brick (NEW) £7.29 4515 Straight Rails x 1 (16) (NEW) £40.94 4520 Curved Rails x 2 (16) (NEW) £15.56 Totsl Cost of above £123.08 What I want to know is how long will the 9 Volt train Motor last if used for 20 hours a week, pulling a three short based carriages with a small Steam Locomotive body build around the Train motor, the steam Locomotive is 8 studs wide and 18 studs long, and each of the three carriage are 8 studs wide and 18 studs long
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    Just sent the file via Gmail, as for how I fix the curved slope is by using a 2x1 bracket which the curved slope is attached to with plate added on top of the bracket to provide a base for building the carriage walls, the bracket is fixed to the base by two stud long bricks at each end of the carriage
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    have you got a email address, so I send the LDD file to you
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    Another way is to use transparent panels where the windows should be and use transparent printer labels and print the carriage sides and stick them on to the side of the carriage
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    After i had finished the redesign for my Lego British Rail MK 1 SO Carriage, I went back and redesigned my Flying Scotsman, so it is is the same height as my redesigned carriage and the width of my Lego LNER Flying Scotsman is 8 studs wide as seen in the images below, I am planning to make custom Lego track with gentle curves when I start building the layout later this year, first thing is to rebuild my Lego Flying Scotsman with the new parts which I have ordered at the weekend, currently my Lego LNER Flying Scotsman Locomotive Chassis is just front of my Lego Cartoon G1 Optimus Prime, as for the cost of building the stuff it will be spread over the next year as I build my Lego model railway
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    To me the Lego 4.5 blue track on White Plates is useless, as it tends to come apart quite easily, especially when my Lego LNER Flying Scotsman Steam Locomotive is running, with one or two rails coming off the Lego plate and the Lego Locomotive dis rails, which at the end of the day I am planning to either invest in 9 Volt Track or RC Track,
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    I have to work out the cost of building the carriage with real Lego parts
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    Over the last four hours I have completely redesigned my Lego British Rail MK 1 SO Carriage in LDD 4.3, the redesign was inspired by bricktrix own Cream and Crimson carriages, especially how he uses a reversed Lego headlight brick and a Lego Minifigure Hammer to make the door opening mechanism, and Lego curved slope bricks to give the coach a curved bottom, the redesigned carriage is 53 studs or 16.5 inches long, 8 studs wide (9 studs with the opening mechanism and window ledge). The carriage is based on British Rail Mark 1 Coaches which were introduced in the UK in 1951 to replace older pre British Rail Coaches, the coaches were mostly 57 foot in length, some were 63 foot in length. A comparison of my Lego British Rail MK 1 SO carriage with a Real British Rail MK 1 So carriage. Images showing my Lego British Rail MK 1 Carriage LDD design in other liveries. Update : I have worked out the cost of getting the parts to build the carriage, the cost is £125.00, should take month to two months to save enough money to build two carriages.
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    It depends on the the carriage type, the one I have modeled is the British Rail MK 1 SO (Second Open), as for the windows, all 16 will cost me £12.48, Lego part number 4033
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    Hopefully I will start building some stock in the next few months
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    Nice coaches, I think the length is right, I have designed some coaches to go with my Lego Flying Scotsman (60 Studs long), the coaches are based on the British Rail Mark 1 Coaches which were 57 foot long, my Lego version is 52 studs long.
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    Just updated my design for my British Rail Mark 1 Maroon and Cream Coach which I designed last march, the coach is based on British Rail Mark 1 Coaches which were introduced in the UK in 1951 to replace older pre British Rail Coaches, the coaches were mostly 57 foot in length, some were 63 foot in length, my Lego version is 52 studs long or 16 inches long UPDATE Just created a new version of the above coach and in two color schemes Update. made a minor revision to the Lego British Rail Mark 1 Coach Revision of Lego British Rail Mark 1 SO Coach A British Rail Mark 1 SO Coach which my Lego British Rail Mark 1 SO Coach is based on
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    I would be interested in buy the ties if some one was to print the 3d designs and sell them, as for the rails and rail joiners I would use Peco Gauge G-45 Rails and rail joiners as they are code 250 rails and rail IL-9 Peco G-45 Code 250 Nickel Silver rail. £3.50 ( 6 Rails in a pack ) SL-910 Peco G-45 Track: Rail Joiners. £5.98 ( 18 Rail joiners in a pack )
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    Hi, on Friday 7th Feburary, my Big Ben Brick wheels package arrived, I started to build my new motorized chassis for my new version of Lego LNER 4472 Flying Scotsman Steam Locomotive using the XL flanged drivers and the XL blind drivers and the small flanged train wheels, it took me a couple of hours of finding the parts and building the model The reason the are two Lego Power Function Cables is the one on the left is the extension for the rear lights which are to be installed in the rebuilt LNER Flying Scotsman tender, while the other cable is from the IR Sensor. Saturday Morning I did the first running test, on the old Lego blue 4.5 Volt Train Track, the train ran OK, then I did the second test, adding some curves to the Lego track, when the train came to the curved part of the lego track, it either stalled or derailed. I found where the problem was, there wasn't enough clearance between the steam cylinders ( 2 x Lego Technic Cross Blocks 3M ) and the leading bogie, I rebuilt the front section and put the steam cylinders higher, with the result the leading bogie has plenty of clearance. I did the the second test, and the train can move around the curved section of track. the tender base is still being built. UPDATE I have made a virtual model of what the model will look like when finished in LDD 4, exported as a LDraw file, edited in MLCad, added the XL Wheels and flanged train wheels, opened in LView to take some snapshots of the model.
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    I might add power Functions elements to operate the gates, but I need to modify some Lego Part, a 1x4 tile with a hole drilled in the tile so I can get a axle with a stud on the end, which also has to be shortened to 2 studs length as the space below the road surface is equivalent to five plates high, the idea is tow install four pulleys driven by two motors, one motor operates two gates with the red round tile and the other operates the other two gates
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    in the UK, the majority of signal boxes are sited like I have placed the signal box, just like the four signal boxes i have uploaded.
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    The Layout is a preserved railway which was a double line, the preservation society who is restoring the line intend to restore the railway to a double track eventually, with that in mind, the preservation society asked the council to leave the level crossing alone when the council resurfaced the road running past the signal box, besides due to the width of the road, if I shortened the level crossing gates to match a single track, the gates would be too short for the road, plus I attend to add a send running track eventually once the layout is finshed.
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    Yes both gates are a stud bit close to the tracks, I have adjusted where the gates are and lengthened them by one stud
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    For the last couple of days, I been designing a module for my planned Lego Southern Preserved Railway Layout, the module contains a level crossing which can close and open (manual), a single track, and a signal box, below are three images of the Level Crossing & Signal Box Module. level crossing gate closed. level crossing gates open. closer view of the signal box. This is the signal box which I based my signal box on, I made a few changes to the model. A image of the Level Crossing with the gates moved a stud in width away from the track. A image showing the clearance between the train and the gates Signal box in Sandwich, Kent UK Signal Box in the UK Signal Box near Attenborough railway station signal box on the Nene Valley Railway (Wansford)
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    I might mod the wheels to put a gap for a rubber band for increase transaction
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    I am planning to rebuild the model including Big Ben Brick Wheels, Custom Coupling Rods, I also plan to rebuild the cab and tender and and the front end of the Locomotive
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    I think they can run on the old Lego 4.5 Volt Blue Track, I can run my Lego Flying Scotsman, it does get stuck from time to time, but that might be due a floor which is not level
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    I realized early that the measurement were wrong, I have corrected the plan, the layout will be supported by a baseboard covered by Lego base plates 32 studs wide x 32 studs long, the Lego model railway will be divided into modules which will be 64 studs wide and 64 studs long, The turntable will be motorized by Lego Power Function Motors, the same for the points, level crossing cates and signals
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