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Hi Mike, Sounds great - looking forward to get order 1019! PS: It would be good service not to withdraw the amount from the customers CC before the product is shipping.. EU law actually say you should not.. ;-)
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One of those few things gaffa tape can't fix... but superglue should do it, I think!
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Looks really great! The train fits, yeah, but it also looks very narrow I think.. but maybe it's an old tunnel were new trains just barely fits.. ;-) Love your mountain look and waterfalls!
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New locomotive on LEGO Ideas + new Guinness World Record
marook replied to Henrik Ludvigsen's topic in LEGO Train Tech
Maybe we should look at a custom battery box on a tender wagon? Or two linked.. ? -
AAA is smaller cells = lower runtime. Unless you can find some high-energy mAH cells somewhere.. ?
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ME Models ship worldwide.. ;-) I have a pending order for Denmark..
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Really nice build.. it takes those minifigs a long time.. Espesially when some of them is just hanging out drinking coffee.. ;-)
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Thanks. Well, I was thinking of doing a ramp of some sorts for the first part of the incline, and wanted to have some flexible, but good, support for it, so I could decorate it later. Since going back into LEGO trains about months ago, I've been playing with a lot of bridge layouts etc since my apartment is small, and it it has to be a bit fun, the tracks must cross over each other.. anf then it was fun to see what tricks all my old bricks go do ;-) And then I just like to share my findings.. now that so many others share theirs.. ;-)
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2 plates = 2.8° incline, and as long as you keep under 3° you are fine. And this support kan do any degree you like.. ;-)
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Yeah, I have been thinking about that as well. As long as the axle is able to move at the point where the cross-axle is, it's fine.
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Hi All, Making nice track inclines that fit to the studs on a plate, can be a pain.. so if you have some OLD technic 'piston rods' in your collection (I have 50+.. :-), here is a solution: IMG_0517 by Marook, on Flickr The flexibility here makes it easy to fix the tracks to the studs, even though they are not aligned due to the inclining angle. Here with a mounted track: IMG_0521 by Marook, on Flickr And here a bit longer up the track: IMG_0523 by Marook, on Flickr There might be other bricks to use, if these piston rods is hard to find, but the basic idea is working right well, and with technic axels 12L it gives great stability. Further stability can be added by 'locking' the track-connections with small plates.. Enjoy...
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Hi, talked to the store manager in Copenhagen today, and may 13. is hereby confirmed for Denmark as well. The Ferris Wheel goes live for VIP's on may 13. ;-)
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As Andy Glascott suggested above, the thread he pointed to has very nice suggestions, and in that thread, look at the 'original' tread: last boxcab - it has a size that better fit your car, but in black (with a lot of details!) Grab the bits and pieces from each design you find useful, and put it together to make the one you want. This tread has some alternative ideas to the battery issue: MOC) The Danish State Railways (DSB) shunter Litra MH ;-)
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Looks really great! Any interior details yet?
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Wow.. my train could really use that.. :-)
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Hmm, intersting.. but nope, not me.
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Absolutely - so narrow curves is not much fun.. ;-) My Horizon Express tips over in the curve at full speed on the R40 curve, even though I have it raised/tilted by two plates on the outside..
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That sounds strange.. My flextracks can make a circle with R26. For reference, LEGO® standard curve track measures R40. Please note, that curve sizes are based upon the radius of a complete circle measured, in "LEGO® studs", from the center of the circle to the center of the completed track.
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I think the only way to get it smaller, is with Flextracks - but they simply suck.. :-/ If you get some speed on it, consider adding 1 plate on the outside of the loop, so it slopes inwards, leaning the train towards the middle, that helps a bit.
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Wow, really nice work!
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Oh, yeah! Did not notice the Lego lettering.. so it seems like a custom build.. hope it's glued ok, so it fits.. and it explains the 1x2 plates across around the rails. Anyway, I think it will work fine...
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I have a HE running with two motors, one battery box and one Sbrick. You simply set the one motor as 'reverse' in the SBrick setup.. The SBrick in BT 4.0 LE, it's smaller than the IR sensor, does not need to be visible, and have 4 outputs vs. the two on the IR sensor. And the SBrick can control all 4 independently!
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ME Tracks should be same color, but you can choose different ballast colors! The price should be ok.
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Is 8867 tracks compatible with tracks 7499 and 7895?
marook replied to KyuTsa's topic in LEGO Train Tech
Yeah, flextracks is really only for slow kids on a carpet.. -
7895: Switching-Tracks 7499: Straight and flexible tracks. 8867: Only Flexible tracks Well, there are some 3.th party options, I just ordered some from me-models.com Then there is people selling them on bricklink.com.