AirborneAFOL
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Very well done, bravo! Have you considered slipping in a few light blue translucent bricks with the water running out of the fountain? It looks great already, but a couple blues (light or dark or a mix of both) might really make it pop. Just food for thought...
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Wow, incredible layout. Really love the overall look, as well as the scenes you've incorporated. How long have you been developing this? Do you maintain it in your home - have you ever taken it to an expo for public display?
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Very slick build. I'd agree with the sentiments on the wheels, though. Would recommend trying to find a way to use bigger ones, scale seems just too small with the current ones. Would love to see an interior as well. Overall, great work!
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Looks nice with the car, LT. Are you going to build a small 'lot' adjacent for some additional cars? Sidenote, but I notice you build alot of single-story, open back MOC's. Any reason in particular you prefer this style? Ever build multi-story, or fully enclosed modulars?
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Very nice use of those lesser-used colors. I'm a big fan of both the door and window framing, too!
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Eurotrash - remarkable, on par with most of your great works. Dare I offer a critique? The second floor facade looks a bit 'flat'. Have you considered perhaps rail pieces where those white plates are (just beneath each row of windows) - either keeping with the white, or possibly even red? My (purely subjective) sense is just a bit of depth that would create would go a long ways.
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Precisely! Modifying the rope length, and its connection points, also provides some options in terms of the vertical lift. The key was making sure the "well hole" was big enough to avoid any resistance for the rod, but small enough to keep the rod as upright as possible. I'm not savvy with videos - but if I can get one online in the next few days here I certainly will.
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Got it. Basically, you have to run a rope element up from the "pump". Weight a rod just a bit and put the rod down into a "tube" (I user some technic elements) - throw in a fair bit of tweaking to get the rope/pump rod measured out right, and boom - works like a charm. IMG_2405 by airborneafol, on Flickr
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Right on. I'm going to be working on a way to get the "head" to actually pump the well - make that vertical rod churn up and down. I'll be sure to share it once I've figured out how to do it right.
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image by airborneafol, on Flickr Eurotrash, I was so awestruck by your build I made one for myself - after finally acquiring the necessary PF elements. It was very challenging and I still need to find a good way to hide the PF elements - and no doubt it doesn't come close to your brilliant work. But I want to truly thank you for sharing this, and inspiring me to implement some motors (unprecedented for me beyond trains). Hopefully you don't mind the flagerant plagerism - as a newcomer to motors, I mostly just wanted to focus on figuring out how to utilize the gears accordingly without fussing (yet) over some personalized modifications. You're a savant - and I'll be sure to credit you accordingly when friends and family see it amongst the industrial district of my city layout. Thanks again for sharing this brilliant build!
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I went through and cleaned up my Flickr recently - didn't realize cleaning up the cropping would change the photo links, but should be working correctly again. Too kind by half - the gents around here set a high bar for build mastery. Glad you took a look and enjoyed the interior, though - as a city modular guy I definitely put some time into that aspect. Great call on the Train Shed - I can certainly see that similarity now that you say it, and I wouldn't be surprised if I was subcosciosly drawing upon that as inspiration. It was originally 16x32 when I built it solely as a bottling factory, but expanded considerably after my train endeavor and including a train loading/unloading platform onto it. The crane is my most recent addition. Not totally satisfied with it yet - spent more time getting the lift arm functional than designing an operator booth for it. But as an "old school" builder, I don't user LDD, brinklink, or anything like that - I just build in real brick with what I have, then continually tinker through several iterations of enhancements until I'm ultimately happy with the look. That backside facade and the crane operator cab still need some devlopement...
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Some very great details all throughout the kitchen area!
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I always think its funny how often we complain about "Lego always makes police and fire, but never a [whatever else]" - and yet so many of us actually build police and fire MOC's :) Slick little build, though. Nice work.
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Duly noted! I've given myself a 3-month deadline to acquire some of the otherwise tough-to-come-by railway elements. I've got an obscene amount of bricks based on my traditional interest in modular city layouts, and need to start acquiring more train-specific ones, no doubt.
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Couple cavaets before I showcase my paltry build and photography skills here... 1. I only recently got into trains, but have a 3-tabletop city display. I added the 60052 Cargo Train recently, after several months of admiring the work you truly gifted gentlemen routinely post. 2. My photography skills are clearly limited. Using an iphone with poor lighting and a makeshift dropcloth is something that doesn't do the build justice, and I truly apologize. 3. I built this at an "end of the line" point amidst my switching yard, and its 100% "original". While I've been thoroughly inspired by your work, industrial buildings just seem sparse - again, I apologize for what is an honest ommission if any of my design features inadvertantly mimic something I've seen from one of you before - I'd certainly attribute credit if such was due, and if anything is actually inspired by something someone else is done, I assure you its an inadvertant coincidence... IMG_1759 by airborneafol, on Flickr Full album, including many pics of the relatively detailed interior, are available on my Flickr if you're interested in browsing. I welcome any feedback - don't pull any punches on the critiques, I'm a big boy and my feelings don't get hurt when true pro's like you guys point out design flaws or opportunities for improvement!
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Great build. My son's love of Thomas is what justified my meddling venture into trains, and he hoots over the 60052 already - so this is great inspiration! Surely you're not referring to Mr. Toppom Hat in such disrespectful terms?!?!?!
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Inspired by your work, I took on this classic set... And modernized it into this... Given that its literally the first vehicle MOD/MOC I've ever attempted, I'm not terribly unhappy with the result.
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I think it may depend on what region you have in mind. I'm sure the seasonal variations may be quite different based on the regional setting.
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Confirmed. Target in Minneapolis had Emma's House, the Lighthouse, and Hair Salon (which I picked up) in stock today.
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Excellent idea, and brilliantly executed. Like you, I was excited by the look and design of the Bike Shop & Cafe, but disappointed to find how cramped it is, and how poorly it scales into a town layout. Many thanks for the marvelous inspiration - you managed to maintain all the asthetic appeal, while resolving all the shortcomings. Bravo.
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I for one would be thrilled to no end if TLG would bring back the "My Own Train" style single cars. I know trains as a product line by TLG seem to consistently being a low priority - but a guy can dream...
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I started with the 60052 Cargo Train - primarily for the locomotive (which had the most aesthetic appeal to me of the options retailing about 6 months ago). Parted out most of the cars / other junk on Ebay to recoup all but about $60 (which seems a fair price for the loco + PF). Since then I've been an Ebay lurker. I've picked up an old passenger and freight car (original sets unknown) for about $30 each. I built a simple rolling stock much akin to 60052's, and a poor excuse for a caboose. I continue to lurk Ebay - it seems if you're a train novice, like myself, and simply looking to acquire some basic cars, you can find a couple a week that sell for around $30 (without box or instructions). Instructions will add an extra $10-15 onto that. High demand cars (like component of the Meirsk or Emrald) or a "in original packaging" start to get up into that $70+ range real quickly - so I don't even bother with them. If you're a rookie, though, I'm a proponent of Ebay. Just spend a few weeks making sure you have a sense of what a fair price is for what you're looking for, and stick to your guns on not overpaying in the bid-frenzies that can break out in the final hours. Patience pays off in that market.
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I think the community consensus is pretty clearly "flex track can be useful in specific, custom scenarios - but is not preferrable for general use". So the Eurobricks Train Tech savants have spoken, and so it will be done.
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How big for a standard Lego-scale tunnel?
AirborneAFOL replied to Phoxtane's topic in LEGO Train Tech
I've found the Creator line Mountain Hut to be an effective poor-man's tunnel topper. Relatively cheap for the expanse it covers (about 50% the length of my tunnel and the entire width). If you're looking for a quick and easy option, at least. You can build up off the right end of it to a higher-elevation mountain peak as well. -
I'm a train novice compared to most fellows in these parts - as I merely have a humble layout weaving around my city. However, in my amateur opinion, what you gain in flexibility to achieve non-standard lengths/angles perhaps necessary for your layout, you lose in traction and stability. I've come to use flex track in extreme moderation, and certainly wouldnt trade straight track for it. In fact, I recently replaced purchased a few packs of straight just to swap out some flex I was using for straight lengths.