Jimbo Cactaur

I like it! I'll check out your photostream after I post this so my questions may be answered there. But.. how did you articulate the three axle trucks? I've seen a few ways and am not totally satisfied with my own solution. The fans up top, are they two train wheels and three technic wheels (it's hard to tell on my screen with the black on black)? At 6 wide you don't have enough space on top if you want the proper spacing and are using the 4x4 turntable bottoms. I might need to look into this. I also didn't realize that the robot arms came in green. My first loco was a BC Rail SD 40-2, it's my favorite.

I am very pleased to see all the encouragement you guys are giving this newbie. I think I will like this place. As for my two cents; I haven't bought a train set yet, but I've gone over the instructions for a few of them on the Lego website. The Maersk GP38-2 was very illuminating when I went to build my first real-world train MOC last year, an SD40-2. And the Lone Ranger train set was helpful showing me the basics of simple steam locomotive setup. But #1: Have fun!

Hello, My name is James and I'm here specifically for the trains forum. I can be found elsewhere online by the same handle and I am generally into Lego, tabletop gaming and a whole ream of things that are quite offline, like mycology, bonzai, and birding. I am part of AbbyLUG here in my hometown and am the LUG Ambassador to boot. Cheers