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It looks good! But it needs those little things near the front wheels. And I think the tender should have a snot cover for the wheels. And looking at the pictures the dome should be higher then the cab.

Awesome!! Just awesome. The mixer looks great.

Well, it isn't like ideas was good before that. Nearly all projects were crappy and useless or gigantic and impossible to produce. Only like 10% of everything on ideas had a chance. And only a small group of those reached 10K. And from those products only 1 would be made.

Cool! I think this one will be my favorite. I love the front bogie. The snot tender looks good.

100% right handed. Makes life very easy looking at the comments from above.

Yes I think so, the modulars are clearly more targeted at adults while City is just for playability.

try www.bricklink.com

I. Don't know where but didn't one of the Railbricks Magazines have an interview with a designer that works for LEGO who said something about custom LEGO parts? Don't know which one.

good bye modular...

Very nice!! What is that funnel piece?

Nice model! interesting front design with those giant pieces. I can't see a batterybox so well, you see what I mean (or not).

Perhaps 2 of these ( http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?id=1353&idColor=13&view=buy&ccName=4189803#T=S&C=13&O={"color":13,"ss":"NL","cond":"N","nosuperlot":1} ) could do the trick when put sideways.

The question would be, what scale do you prefer? I would do 6 wide but look looking at all those angles 8 wide would suit better for a vehicle that size and style. A good part so base your model on are the wheels. Perhaps 4517737 (http://brickset.com/parts/4517737) with 4619323 (http://brickset.com/parts/4619323) would be the best wheels. In that scale an 8 wide model would be the best. Well, good luck with making your model! Feel free to post some pics when your building it! I think that this topic should be in the town forum. I think a moderator should move the topic.

Like Murdoch said, what are you looking for? And what system do you use? I assume PF but 9V has great advantages when building small shunters! I would suggest to at least use a technic motor, the M motor would do the trick. http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=55729&hl=7760 Is a good example for a PF shunter using the M motor. The technic motors are lower geared then the standard train motor and are thus slower, but also more powerful! If you need more space for motors a slug (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slug_(railroad)) could be a fun thing to make, doesn't need many pieces and can be coupled up to larger LEGO locomotives while still having a lot of power. note that you would want to have the 'mother' (the bigger sized locomotive) to not have its own motor as its hard to control different motors at the same speed. You could just swap the motor from an standard LEGO train like 60052 and give the slug 2 M motors.

Nice. The decals look great!

lol I never leave sets in their boxes for more then a week. Just can't get my hands of them. the only times those thing happen are on holidays and when I'm somewhere where LEGO building is just impossible, like at christmas. I can't build the sets when I'm not at home.

First thing I thought: HOT WHEELS?? WHUT. The set looks like the Hot Wheels 'Bone Shaker'.

Speed champions, city also has some nice sets. Still hoping for a creator train tho.

Pretty nice but I think Hinckley (or the other banner designers if any) won't like it... It seems nice but so well eeh, not able to fit in existing banners. The background means a lot for this banner and obviously all the themes have there own banner. I don't see a good way to let the background blend in with the rest. Perhaps try to make the letters stand out more. The background is just something that doesn't fit in with the rest. And the letter font is nearly the same as the old one so the only thing you did was changing the background. Some advice: make the font stand out more. Don't let the focus be on the background.

What sets have many parts for landscaping? I just want a shitload of green bricks and plates for creating a landscape for my trains. And what sets have good parts for gears? I assume it would be a technic set but I really don't have a clue what set to buy. I know about Bricklink but if your underaged some things are just impossible...

Man,I really don't know what to think about it! It is so eeh, different I suppose?! It does look like some fun tho!

Do you have that problem when also surfing on other websites? If it is it would be a problem of your software instead of eurobricks.

Ooh well, I'm used to websites not working now:) at least it won't happen anymore (if the problems are solved now) Somehow Flickr was also down at the same time. Strange...

HST= PROS modern design, easy to integrate more coaches Cheap price CONS= big 'bulky' front piece More coaches needed for more realism Catenary would look better for the electric train Freight train= PROS= Fun set to start Many different freight to experience with your favorite kind Diesel loco so catenary isn't needed for realism Easy expandable because of the mixed freight CONS= cattle isn't transported in this way anymore Gantry crane doesn't have al lot of use Locomotive doesn't have many details (needs to rely on stickers) If you want to simply have a train to customise 60098 would be better. Cheaper freight train without those (according to other people) terrible flex tracks. About the things they all share: all PF trains (the city ones from 2010 and above) use the same technology, a AAA battery box with a standerd reciever and a PF train motor. The technic motors (Medium motor, large motor and extra large motor) also work with the same adapters and work with the same battery box and reciever. Those motors are more likely to be used with steam locomotives like the Emerald Night or with triple axle bogies for diesel and electric locomotives. Note that those will need technic gearing what will need some practice. If you don't know much about it I would stick with using 2 axle bogies using the standard train motor Their are 3 battery boxes for PF. the AAA, rechargeable and the AA box. The AAA is the weakest but also the cheapest for trains as trains don't need much power, the AA is for technic models and is bigger but harder to implement in a train. The rechargeable is a favorite for many as you can simply leave one small gap for it open to stick the cable in it. It has the same size as the AAA so every AAA model can use the rechargeable and every rechargeable set can use a AAA box. To get it a little bit harder: there are also 2 kinds of recievers. The V1 and the V2. The V2 has newer components but is only sold with the crawlers. But it is overkill for a train so don't bother looking at it. Overall conclusion: check the train that fits your style, every train uses the same PF components (the creator ones don't have motors!!) and the AAA and rechargeable are the best for trains. The technic motors are bigger, need more space for gearing but have fine control for low speed trains. The complete package for a train is: Battery box>reciever>motor. Sticking with the standerd train motor is the best for most projects. Note that you need to buy the new motor with integrated PF cable, the one without is for the failed? RC trains and the one with metal wheels is for 9V which uses electrified tracks. I hope this helps a bit. Just google a little bit and you will find some help.

Hallelujah man, EPIC!!!!!