AussieJimbo

Agreed. The first pic has two sets worth of the castle bits and one set of the jousting models. Looks like a great new set that will go really well with the medieval village. :classic:

I'd go with the second. Too much blue in a row with the first one. And a blanket well done for all the new buildings in your other threads. :classic:

Nice one, Tortus. Look forward to your next one. I think it's time I fish out one of my spare taxis and do another bag build. :classic:

Very nice. You've captured the details of a UK Semi really well. :classic:

Nice stuff. Full of action and I like the KFOL indifference to harlequin construction. The flaming trash can is funny and that trans-orange fountain/sculpture is cool. :classic:

No it wasn't hard to find. I had 16 pieces of track sitting in front of me from a couple Alien Mothership sets. As it turns out I've ended up building a smaller scale, standard gauge train instead of a narrow gauge loco. It's ended up about half way between mini-fig and micro-fig scale, perhaps it's kid-fig scale. It would be great to see a nice big oversized loco on standard Lego track like you suggest but that was never where this project was going. You'd need a lot of bricks and probably at least two XL motors to get it moving with the oversized rolling stock you'd also be building. In the non-Lego railway modelling world that would be the similar to running HO/OO scale trains on N-scale track which is a common way of approaching a narrow gauge layout. The size of loco you are talking about would be approaching G-scale. These are the only Lego narrow gauge track parts currently available. You don't get that with some train track available, somebody might actually consider running a train on it? :classic:

Yeah, sorry about that. My bad. This is the Megafactories documentary and it is very interesting. :classic:

Sorry. Maybe I'm wrong but that url looks dodgy. Ok, on further examination it looks like YouTube have adopted a URL shortening service which has the side effect of making me suspicious of their URL's, so I won't click one them. http://www.reelseo.com/youtu-be/ Looks like I'm a few years behind the times. http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2009/12/make-way-for-youtube-links.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+youtube%2FPKJx+%28YouTube+Blog%29 I'm a dron.go. LOL. :classic:

This is really well done. You've done a nice job choosing the parts you were going to model in order to achieve the right overall look. :classic:

Cheers Kryne, glad to be of service. Have fun building when you get the parts. Belated thanks to Mrlegoninja too. :classic:

The track comes from the Alien Mothership set: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=7065-1 I've got 2 so that's 16 curved pieces or two circles of track. I'm currently using 12 pieces to make a kidney shaped layout covering about 2 square feet of my coffee table. You can also get them (in grey instead of black) from the earlier Indiana Jones mine chase set. Straights are unavailable in this size (Lego please release some) but can be cobbled together with those separate rail pieces you get from the Red Cargo Train (as seen in one of the shots above) or a by putting a couple of standard straights right next to each other. (actually side to side straights doesn't work, the gauge is a couple of mm to tight and it pinches the wheel flanges creating far too much friction) The passenger service has been inaugurated with 9 micro-figs and a cat taking a ride on a simple flatbed car. More pics tomorrow. :classic:

Things got a bit busy today so I haven't got around to doing any detailed photos but here is a quick shot of the working proof of concept. Larger It's been test run for an hour or so with no issues at all, equally happy running fast or slow. Now that I've got a working platform, it's time to do a bit of concealment work on the PF bits and some detailing of the loco. Might do a bit more work on that and then do some photos and work out how to put a video together. :classic:

Cheers Cale. Thanks to the suggestions and encouragement, and despite my doubts and initial failures, I am happy to report a successful outcome. *woohoo* I now have a micro-fig scale 4-4-4 loco smoothly hauling AAA battery box and receiver cars around my kidney shaped coffee table test track. The key was to build in my only available train weight (from the City Tower Crane set) which gives it sufficient traction to tackle the challenging weight of the AAA battery box. Look out for a dedicated thread with pics and video (if I can work out how to do it) later in the day. (I'll do a bit more work on the model first) :classic:

Thanks for the encouragement, Shupp. Getting enough weight into the loco is going to be key. :-) A quick update. The 4-4-2 has grown into a Pacific class. Larger The rear two pairs of wheels are just mocked up for the moment to get the heights right but the M-motor is in there with drive to the top of the powered truck. I need to pull the bevel gears out of my rescue chopper again before I can test it. The micro-fig scale railway adventure continues (though serious doubts remain over it's feasibility). :classic:

> What is the aim for your adventure? Just playing around with ideas. :-) Initially I was looking at a low profile narrow gauge platform I could build on and it just evolved into the smaller scale model. It would be fairly straight forward to go with a standard scale narrow gauge loco being pushed by the tender as you suggested, given Space2310's cool truck design, but I want to play a with the smaller scale idea a bit more. I should be able to mount an M-motor emerald night style in the cab of a slightly bigger loco but it probably won't have enough traction to pull the battery box. PF power at this scale may be a bridge too far realistically but it's fun to try out ideas. :classic:

Well I progressed this a little and could get the test bed to sort of travel around a kidney shaped track but it protested a lot at the change of direction. A triple A battery box and receiver were placed on top of the drive unit for testing (not shown). Larger Giving up on the worm drive I wanted to see if the motor on a trailer concept could be made to work with Space 2310's truck ( slightly modified for current available parts, his side plates were last available in 2003). As mentioned his design is excellent so I tried to apply it to the design I'd been working on. I was really happy with the nice midi scale loco 4-4-2 loco that was emerging but sadly the linked motor arrangement just doesn't work well enough. This is what I had in mind, shame it isn't practical. Larger Larger I did try some silicon lubricant on the mini-wheels but it didn't help, in fact I think I ended up getting some on the track which made it worse. And it doesn't smell very nice either. I'm going to try a M-Motor mounted horizontally in a slightly longer loco at this scale but I have my doubts about it working. :classic:

Good advice on the special "summer" prices not being included in the 3 for 2, dotmike. So it looks like 3 for $590 is the best retail deal we're going to get on the red cargo train. Probably for the best because I would have popped on 3 for $470 despite not really being able to afford that much right now. It was academic anyway as there were only 2 of them left at Myer Canberra City. the lady said that was the last of their second delivery. They'd sold well with many going on layby at $235. Did pick up 3 sets of straight and flexi rails for $50 and some more basic bricks. Note the that straight and flexis are ticketed at $24.95 but scan at $29.95 (as they have since I bought my first pack about 6 months ago), you get 3 for 2 on the ticketed price. :classic:

Great vehicles, hoexbroe. That tow truck is excellent. All those nice curves, overall it just looks so right. I like the use of the old style cable winder with metal handle. :classic:

Great job, Sava. I knew this would be good when I saw your LDD draft and it looks even better in the brick. Superb MOC as usual. :classic:

Nice work, stacker. I need one of these for my locos. :classic:

OK, here are a few quick shots of what I've built so far. (Go easy on me, it's just a rough mechanism so far, very much WIP). Larger Larger Here's the current problem: Larger Would be fine exiting the curve onto a straight but can't cope with going into an opposite curve. I need to try double articulating the link. Larger Silly looking top heavy setup for testing with AA battery box. The weight is great for traction though. Larger It trundles around a plain circular track quite happily in this config but the direct drive means it's really slow. It will be geared up once I sort out the linkage. Then it will get a AAA battery box to be pulled behind the motor and an IR receiver either above the drive wheels or in it's own little wagon. Suggestions and criticisms welcome. :classic:

Great looking loco, Cale. Mighty fine job. :classic:

Wow, the design of his powered trucks is fiendishly clever: Looks like it works really well and his model is awesome. I've taken a different approach using worm gears to drive the axles with a flexible power coupling (universal joint) linking to the M-motor trailing behind. [ed. which I've just worked out can't go through twisty track. -doh- More thought required.] (Sorry still no pics, just get home) :classic:

Prompted by SONIC883's work on a narrow gauge steamer... http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=60288 ... I've been trying to work out a power functions solution that will run trains on the narrow gauge track you get in the current Alien Conquest and earlier Indiana Jones sets. No pics yet as I have to head out shortly but after a couple of failed attempts I've got a working M-motor powered prototype cruising slowly around a circle of track. Completely rough with a great big AA battery box sitting on top at the moment but it works. I'll put some pics up later. In the mean time are there any old threads or links from people who've tried this previously? Stay tuned. :classic:

Nice update, LT. One machine you could do (though more suited to a smash repairs than a machinery shop) is an English wheel. :classic: