dooleyc96

Okay, that makes sense. I actually rea arranged my room and now I'm playing around with some other ideas, also train related. Thank you all for your advice!

Okay. Thank you for your assistance. There is an idea I have had floating around in my head, but I am not quite sure how exactly to achieve it. Is there a way to use a gear system to replace the normal train assembly? I'm not exactly how to word the question. It's actually quite ironic that you mention using a monorail system, which is actually what I first wanted try. At the time it seemed to be a little to far out of my wheelhouse so to speak.

The Halo train has yet to be built. I plan for it to be a light tansport, with just two mounted machine guns and some crates in the middle. I have thought about the cog gears, however I don't know how to turn on those and how to power them.

Alright, so I first want to explain this project that I have been dreaming about doing. The summer of 2013 I started to build a table to be specifically used for a lego moc. It was to be around 3 feet by five feet and feature an underground section. Well, after tearing it apart and rebuilding it several times, I finally finished in the summer of '14. Now I have moved out and have my own super tiny room and have the ability to devote some time to actually building the moc. The moc is going to be a hybrid. The majority of the buildings and scenery will be made of lego, while all the figures (except maybe a few statues) and 90% of the vehicles use will be mega bloks, specifically the Halo, Assassin's Creed and Call of Duty brands. Now this will be classified as a Halo Moc, while some weapons will be from custom lego weapons shops and painted by me. Now I do realize that some people like to keep mega bloks and lego separate, which I used to believe in. While I prefer the Mega bloks articulated figures, I still massively respect the Lego figure. What I need hep with is actually 100% to do with lego. I ave never built a lego train. Never even held a train track in my hand. Fear, mostly, because there seems to be so much to learn. Well, I ran into a slight dilemma. I wanted to make a new halo vehicle, because halo is limited in it's vehicle, and I wanted to add my own flare to this hybrid moc. Six months of looking at vehicles that looked like pre-existing halo ones and still nothing. Then out of no where, I got inspired. I was watching a review of a train set on youtube, when this piece caught my eye. And thus the idea for a halo train was born. Now the train itself I do not necessarily need help with. It's the tracks. And the engine. You see, I want the train to act as a supply/weapons platform, but I want it to wrap around my room, which has three HUGE problems. My room I live is essentially a bedroom where I share a bathroom with one guy and a kitchen with two others including him. So I have three doors to deal with. So then I thought, I can have the track wrap around the ceiling. Sounds cool, except that I have no idea how to make a train even run on flat surfaces. I don't even know how the darn things work. I have seen train tracks that were used to enable a train to go from ground level to another height, except that those systems tend to be larger than my table. I really only want the track to cross the table once, maybe twice. My idea is to have a train that can run in two direcetions, so that I don't have to create a loop. The wall that I intend to use to get a rail-ramp, for lack of a better word, gives me a good 6-7 feet to go from 3 feet of the ground to about seven feet off the ground. If anyone can help me, I would appreciate it. What I need advice on: 1) I need the smallest engine possible, but with enough power to move uphill and pull one of the previous mentioned pieces 2) What is a good angle to use for the incline that won't let the train shoot back down uncontrollably on its way up OR on it's way back down. 3) How do I make a train go two directions? What kind of engine would allow me to control it? I was thinking Infrared, so I can just stop it at any given time 4) How to stop the train without damaging either it OR any lego pieces Any advice anyone can give me will help. I literally have no idea what I am doing when it comes to lego trains. Thank you!