exwisdem

The colors are an exact match by my eyes. About the monorail extender car.... I picked one of those up too, and I like it. The only thing that slipped my mind is that it is not as long as the Lego monorail base, which is 4 x 20, and the 4DBrix monorail extender is approximately 4 x 20, but the "deck" is 4 x 16. Also, the base of the monorail extender is 3D printed as two separate pieces - the 4 x 16 plate and the bottom portion which snaps to the top part like connecting two plates. A versatile and nice design in my book, as you have the freedom to change the bottom or make wider monorail cars possible. I know the 4DBrix website, www.4dbrix.com, has a video of their product next to / connected to Lego track. I plan on making pictures, but no time soon as their are too many things competing for my time at the moment. But, I recommend anyone interested to check out their website.

Hello from a lurker and bumper... I thought I would provide my two cents on this topic. I took the plunge and ordered 8 monorail long straights. They arrived today and I have set up a temporary monorail layout by mixing the 4DBrix tracks with the Lego monorail tracks. From a visual inspection, the 4DBrix monorail track appear to be 3D printed - no surprises there. Consequently, there are very small printing lines visible on the sides and the top of the monorail. Some ends do have small discontinuities but, nothing unreasonable from 3D printing and I have not observed any issues running the monorail. A visual comment: some AFOLs want as realistic to life MOC as possible, and I will say that the 3D printed monorail track looks more like poured concrete than Lego monorail track. I was concerned with the 3D printed lines would make a louder noise as the monorail passed over the 4DBrix track compared to the Lego track. The temporary setup was on laminate flooring, which would amplify the noises; however, I could not discern from the noise whether the monorail was on the 4DBrix track or the Lego track (but of course, my wife does say I am hard at hearing sometimes). In terms of clutch power - the monorail track from 4DBrix is not Lego, but it is on par with what I have experienced (if not better) than the ME Rails I have purchased and mixed with Lego. In the end, am I happy with my purchase? Yes, I am. I doubled the number of long monorail tracks for half the price of what I could of purchased from Bricklink. More importantly, my daughters are happy. my two cents.

I got two packs of straight track last week and enough R56 track for two complete loops. I like the track, but it tends to pop-apart when connecting the curve sections on the floor. It works much better if integrated onto a base plate. I spent the weekend creating a scene where the conductor of the train learns the container car's door is open, and when he investigates, he notices that a third rail is on the bridge and ponders who added the third rail? Thus, what I like the best is the ME Models track allows not only expanded track options for standard and narrow gauge track, but dual-guage track options also!

Another testing post... If a Lego train falls off the table while running, are the mini-figs hurt too or just the owner's pride? I appreciate eurobricks and the forums. A great learning place. A test image here: lol, I am so behing the times on using a webbrowser - do not tell my company!