Jeffinslaw

Looking forward to seeing the Z8! I went through and redid my version a few months ago. I have the parts sitting in a bag... haven't had a chance to build it yet.

Michael Gale has stated he won't be doing that. However, there is something in the works from me. Money is tied up in other projects but I am working on them. See here.

I have been working on exactly this. It has taken a back seat to other things from my business such as instructions and getting injection molded accessories for custom minifigures done but the custom power pickup wheel sets will be next. I discussed this with Michael Gale last year at BrickWorld and he thought it was great as it provides another option and doesn't clash with his product. If you want to see more.

The "team" is now just a one man operation and like other shop owners, including myself, work full time. However, 6-8 weeks without any correspondence is pretty rough...

Thank you! I believe the dual IR receivers was due to them not being the V2 IR receivers. The V2 IR receivers can withstand the higher current draw of the two L motors. I personally don't use the IR receivers as I prefer the Sbrick. - Jeffery

The difference shouldn't be that noticeable. I've been using the opposing L motors in a few engines of my own with zero issues. - Jeffery

Can you host them on Imgur? That picture is maybe 100 pixels by 60 pixels.

That's pretty well done! Proportions look pretty good. Unfortunately, I think the coloring is pretty far off... the top half of the engine was not a grey color like you have. Looks almost like a "grey goose" I'd encourage you to re-do the top half in a closer matched color. This engine is on my list to do as a personal build so I'm happy to see someone has attempted it. As for the hose bending in studio: it has gotten better. With the large amount of clips you have on the model, it makes it easier as it allows you to rotate and move nodes in the hose using arrow keys and WASD, respectively.

Oh come on. Ugh. Maybe we'll have them by the end of the year :(

About a week away from deliveries being started. Any updates on this?

Do we have any updates on designs for ballasting the switches? -Jeff

Looks like an interesting rabbit hole to go down this afternoon! I do think this ends on it being a 32bit application issue though. -Jeff

Thank you for that bit of information. Sadly, didn't work for me. Apple has killed support for 32 bit applications as of recent so BlueBrick still won't run. If interested, here is the error dump I get when trying to run in 64bit mode: WARNING: The Carbon driver has not been ported to 64bits, and very few parts of Windows.Forms will work properly, or at all ================================================================= Native Crash Reporting ================================================================= Got a segv while executing native code. This usually indicates a fatal error in the mono runtime or one of the native libraries used by your application. ================================================================= ================================================================= Native stacktrace: ================================================================= 0x100a52679 - /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/6.12.0/bin/mono-sgen64 : mono_dump_native_crash_info 0x1009ea40e - /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/6.12.0/bin/mono-sgen64 : mono_handle_native_crash 0x100a4c7f6 - /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/6.12.0/bin/mono-sgen64 : altstack_handle_and_restore 0x7ff8133697f5 - /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/SkyLight.framework/Versions/A/SkyLight : SLDisplayBounds 0x110e923e8 - Unknown 0x109974a46 - Unknown 0x100947352 - /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/6.12.0/bin/mono-sgen64 : mono_jit_runtime_invoke 0x100b587e2 - /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/6.12.0/bin/mono-sgen64 : mono_runtime_try_invoke 0x100b57408 - /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/6.12.0/bin/mono-sgen64 : mono_runtime_class_init_full 0x10093ed5c - /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/6.12.0/bin/mono-sgen64 : mono_jit_compile_method_inner 0x1009428aa - /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/6.12.0/bin/mono-sgen64 : mono_jit_compile_method_with_opt 0x1009ecf2e - /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/6.12.0/bin/mono-sgen64 : common_call_trampoline 0x1009ec970 - /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/6.12.0/bin/mono-sgen64 : mono_magic_trampoline 0x10994b393 - Unknown 0x1105b9b9b - Unknown 0x110611a37 - Unknown 0x1105bec83 - Unknown ================================================================= Telemetry Dumper: ================================================================= Pkilling 0x12980137984x from 0x8605434560x Entering thread summarizer pause from 0x8605434560x Finished thread summarizer pause from 0x8605434560x. Failed to create breadcrumb file (null)/crash_hash_0xcd8634fb8 Waiting for dumping threads to resume ================================================================= External Debugger Dump: ================================================================= ================================================================= Basic Fault Address Reporting ================================================================= Memory around native instruction pointer (0x7ff8133697f5):0x7ff8133697e5 89 fb 48 8b 05 0a 6b bc 3c 0f 10 00 0f 10 48 10 ..H...k.<.....H. 0x7ff8133697f5 0f 11 4f 10 0f 11 07 89 f7 48 89 de e8 58 3b fa ..O......H...X;. 0x7ff813369805 ff 48 89 d8 48 83 c4 08 5b 5d c3 55 48 89 e5 53 .H..H...[].UH..S 0x7ff813369815 48 83 ec 28 48 8b 05 b8 76 bb 3c 48 8b 00 48 89 H..(H...v.<H..H. ================================================================= Managed Stacktrace: ================================================================= at <unknown> <0xffffffff> at System.Windows.Forms.XplatUICarbon:CGDisplayBounds <0x000b7> at System.Windows.Forms.XplatUICarbon:get_WorkingArea <0x00072> at System.Windows.Forms.XplatUICarbon:get_VirtualScreen <0x00043> at System.Windows.Forms.XplatUI:get_VirtualScreen <0x00048> at System.Windows.Forms.Screen:.cctor <0x0017a> at System.Object:runtime_invoke_void <0x000a5> at <unknown> <0xffffffff> at System.Windows.Forms.Form:get_CreateParams <0x0062a> at System.Windows.Forms.Control:UpdateBounds <0x00096> at System.Windows.Forms.Control:SetBoundsCore <0x002b2> at System.Windows.Forms.Form:SetBoundsCore <0x0018a> at System.Windows.Forms.Control:SetBounds <0x00187> at System.Windows.Forms.Control:ScaleControl <0x000ca> at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl:ScaleControl <0x00052> at System.Windows.Forms.Form:ScaleControl <0x00052> at System.Windows.Forms.Control:Scale <0x0020b> at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl:PerformAutoScale <0x001ba> at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl:PerformAutoScale <0x00042> at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl:PerformDelayedAutoScale <0x0004a> at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl:PerformDelayedAutoScale <0x000a2> at System.Windows.Forms.Control:ResumeLayout <0x001ba> at BlueBrick.SplashScreen:InitializeComponent <0x0039a> at BlueBrick.SplashScreen:.ctor <0x0004a> at BlueBrick.SplashScreen:.ctor <0x0006a> at BlueBrick.Program:Main <0x000a2> at <Module>:runtime_invoke_void_object <0x000b0> ================================================================= zsh: abort mono64 BlueBrick.exe -Jeff

I've been working on a DIY power pickup that I plan on offering on my site. Based on the design shown by another member here. DIY Power Pickups by Jeffinslaw, on Flickr Should have them available very soon. - Jeff

Not sure if Michael Gale is looking but having an issue ordering from his site... getting a message stating: "This order can’t be shipped to the address you entered. Review your address to ensure that all fields have been entered correctly and try again." Have ordered from him in the past so idk what's up. -Jeff

Alright... it's the middle of January, when do we get to start preordering?? :D

Looks like prices were posted incorrectly. The smart bogie was expected to be priced around $100. Michael Gale never specified a price for the switches but said it would be “much less than $100.” - Jeff

Some really great things going on here! Love it!

Awesome! Thank you for sharing!

Not sure yet! Parts are arriving this week to build it. It should work just fine I think. -Jeffinslaw

I'll have to check it out, thanks! I am partial to the modified plates with handle and closed ends. I do still wish to retain a little bit of LEGO-ness to the model. I may revisit this part though... thank you for the comments!! Thank you! Appreciate the kind words. Thank you very much! -Jeffinslaw

Both correct! It takes some serious time to create the flex tubing in LDCad and then exporting it into Studio. It will be done eventually. Just not ready to fight with that just yet. I have several to to as well: left and right main hand rails redo left and right hand rails for the pilot truck there is a U shaped handrail that goes over the front of the headlight some other L shaped hoses that come down from the boiler to underneath the cab Thanks for the comments guys!!

Posted with Moderator approval Hey guys! I am super happy to present my latest steam engine MOC! It is an update of my original Big Boy model. This version has been completely reworked from the ground up with the idea in mind of what a museum quality/collector piece of the real life Big Boy would look like when modeled in LEGO. I will let you guys decide if I achieved that goal! Some of the updated features of this build are: correct boiler diameter with correct boiler expansion and contraction as you move back towards the cab strength improvements to the boiler/drive train accurately modeled details such as boiler backend, piping, and valve gear a display stand for the model when not running it on a layout Remaining pieces have been ordered for my test build. Should be arriving late this week, early next and will have it built soon. Expect lots of videos once it is complete! How about some pictures? Would love to hear all of your comments/thoughts on the model whether positive or negative! Finally, you will be able to purchase this model as a full kit. Featured in the kit is: all of the brand new LEGO pieces required high quality and highly detailed printed instructions decals printed directly to bricks display stand with UCS style plaque two custom printed minifigures all custom pieces needed (battery box, train control method of choice, 3D printed drivers and side rods) lights and sound from BrickStuff and Fx Bricks, respectively (available as add-ons) Kit can be pre-ordered from my site at: http://www.pnwsteamshop.com - Jeffinslaw

It's definitely not end of life, just out of stock.

One thing people seem to miss is that these speed regulators can also be used by the GBC community. I'm not in that community but they buy up the old 9V style speed regulators in droves.