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  1. ColletArrow
    Welcome to Eurobricks @Brickviller V2! That looks really good in red; I'm sort of surprised no-one has done it before!
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    Hi @scralings! Welcome to Eurobricks! I'm sorry to mini-mod, but could you please edit your post and remove some of the pictures from the quotes? It makes the threads easier to read if each image isn't repeated several times. It also makes it harder to find the comments you have left, as they are hidden between quotations! Also, @Lowa, are you going to be selling any of the products (like the decoupler) on your website anytime soon? Or is that more a long-term plan, like the narrow gauge tracks? I believe you said somewhere you were focusing on train automation first; how long before that is considered 'complete' to allow for other products? I would be considering purchasing these smaller items, but have no interest in purchasing the automation as I have no space for a proper layout. The WiFi controller is really interesting, however. Would it be possible to control it from a mobile phone? (sorry if this has been gone over before, I haven't paid much attention to the nControl development as up to now it didn't interest me.) How many controllers (and therefore trains) could be supported from the software/app? What you are doing for our community is really great, keep it up!
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    Very nice. Good to see it's happy in its work at the end ! (1:55 the smiley face is seen on the back.) It almost looks like real clay-based soil, and is a good 'scale' even; I like the doubling up of the 42055 bucket too. How nearly finished is it? Just the few off-coloured parts to replace?
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    Ooh, asymmetrical! Very nice! Was the track black in the movie as well? (good work on the bridge, too - your attention to detail is amazing!)
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    It's a bit less face-palm-y than all that, there is reason this turned up 6 years late. If one reads a few lines down, it states: ...and also goes on to mention that: So it's only an issue now that the figure is 'popular' as an image on a small piece of card, rather than the actual figure 6 years ago, even though both are completely out-of-context. Perhaps it's the comparison between this figure and the rest of the figures used for the trading card game; if the rest were normal, modern people in different job roles it would indeed be an issue. However, I don't think that's what the case, although I have no idea what the card game is about. An unusual case; what does anyone know about the card game in question?
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    Just putting on some decorative signals. Even if they don't function or have lights in them, their presence would enhance the railway-likeness of the scene. Fair enough about the shed, I hadn't realised it was so close. Nor had I seen the motor-controlled point (I hadn't scrolled that far down); that's pretty nice, and no you couldn't move the point or signal box in that case.
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    @Capparezza That link if I have understood it correctly, is simply using an electromagnet 'the wrong way round', i.e. applying power interrupts the field caused by the magnet. Whilst cool, it is not useful for our situation, as he has an 'air gap' between the magnet and the LED he's holding up. We don't know if it would work for two magnets touching eachother. Also, my guess is it works by 'pulling' the magnetic field towards and through the inductor rather than below the magnet to the object. Therefore, you would need one on both the loco and the wagon, as both magnetic fields from both magnets would need to be deflected to decouple them. At that point things have got too complicated with around 4 magnetic fields interacting, and who knows what would happen!
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    @Capparezza I can't tell what you're suggesting. Are you suggesting that introducing a third magnet (electromagnet) would somehow interfere with and destroy the magnetic field between the coupled magnets? I don't think that is possible. Or are you saying we should replace the coupling magnets on our locos with electromagnets? That may work, hold on and I'll give it a go. EDIT: OK, it doesn't. I used a small 2-coil electromagnet, and even when switched off it stuck to the coupling like glue. When energized, there was a mild repulsion if the coupling was lined up between the two (parallel) coils, but most of the time it made no difference. (Watch out, physics-y bit coming ) I suspect the strength and internal orientation of the LEGO coupling magnets is what causes them to stick to any metal capable of transferring flux ('magnetic current'). This means any electromagnet will always stick, whether on or off, as they all have iron cores. The LEGO magnet will stick to any metal by passing flux out of its north pole, through the metal and back into its south pole. (Physics A-level actually comes in useful in real life! I need to know this for my exams next week...) I guess you could make this work if EVERY coupling was an electromagnet, but that would have too many problems of its own to even start to consider.
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    Hmm. Those pictures interest me on two levels; one, why is the sailor threatening a cat with an oar (#5)? That doesn't seem right for TLG. And two, they seem computer-generated. Why? Have a look at the resolution/rendering of the brown studs underneath the camera in the image of the inside of the tower (#4). Also, in the image where the back has been opened (#2), no light should be entering from the ceiling above the cashier desk, unless they did a photo with and without the roof on and merged them together. It still looks unnaturally bright inside though, to me at least. What does anyone else think? Is it just me? If these images are computer-generated, has TLG done this before, or is it a new thing? I haven't noticed it before if they have.
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    i.e. part 2412b placed end-on, with bricks built over their tops.
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    I have had to repair the wire on an IR receiver. Just, as @mocbuild101 said, trim off the end where the wire connects to the motor, (remembering which way round it was!), clean up the contacts, expose some of the wires from the cable, and solder it back on. I haven't had any problems since; just a slightly shorter cable. One of my m-motors has a dodgy connection and needs the same treatment; if I apply pressure to the wire towards the motor it runs, if I don't it stops. At the moment I use careful cable placement inside the model to make sure the pressure is applied correctly and full contact is made. And even if you can't fix it, you could always use it for spares for future replacements of plugs, internal gears etc. You could even use the wire to double the cable length of a working motor!
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    No problem . It does look like a really nice branch-line train; perhaps a guards coach would finish off the train? (also, that HA bricks link failed.)
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    Very nice! A rake of two or three of these would look beautiful! For the long wheelbase, some people have developed a flexible, sprung frame so that the wheels can move slightly to fit the corners better. Each wheelset is attached via a turntable so it can pivot, and a rubber band or technic 'flex axle' used to keep them aligned on straights. Here's a similar design, by Michael Gale: https://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelgale/8970758376 Also, have you considered offsetting the doors by half a stud either into or out of the carriage, to emphasis that it's a door?
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    Excellent idea. What do they look like next to the official mini modulars? Have you got any plans to build them as 'standard' modulars? I think that this one would make for a really visually interesting addition to the street, and be fairly easy to build - everything's square!
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    What times of year would that be? I want to book a ticket! Very good locos, these are going to look good IRL. Have you ever published videos of your fleet (I believe it's quite extensive now) running? How many locos/wagons and coaches/complete trains are there now?
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    First of all, welcome to Eurobricks @SpinX125! You've achieved a very good balance with this layout, it's simple enough and yet has plenty of interesting detail/scenes to enjoy. The large structures also help to create different vistas from different angles, allowing the scene to appear bigger by offering a completely different view from each angle. Or maybe I'm reading too much into it! The one thing I'm not so sure about is the positioning of the green gantry crane, this seems to be a common thing. These should never span main running lines, and your passenger trains will have to run underneath it, which is very unprototypical. If possible, I would move it to a different siding, perhaps by moving the shed turnout to the left and putting a kick-back siding in to lead to it. Or, perhaps just take it out. It's your layout though of course; I suspect adding another siding would subtract from the visual cleanliness I just talked about, and would require a lot of effort to rebuild everything and make it fit. The signal box would have to go too, and that's a shame as it's such a nice model. (Have you considered putting some signals in for it to control? ) Overall, it's a beautiful layout, well done. What an entry to our community, I can't wait to see more from you.
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    Thank you ! That all looks very neat, clean and tidy, well done. How long did it take to install all the wires etc?
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    Ok... that's awesome. The... I don't know what to say, it's too awesome. What are the boxes of switches to either side of the controllers for? Point motors? I love the idea of putting the mountain backdrop behind the track! However, it looks like the track is floating, which is odd. I appreciate that a clean, uncluttered feel is what you tried to go for here, but I think at least some solid walls etc would help make the train look a bit less like it's flying! Nonetheless, it's impressive what you've managed to achieve here, well done.
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    Should've guessed from the profile picture... Fair enough. I can't help but be reminded of certain south-american flags with that colour scheme! And although silver/grey is possible given the grey train doors are (relatively) common in both sides, it does sound somewhat dull.
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    Properly integrated, that newsstand looks really good, as does the bus stop. I was wondering who was going to change the bus to right-hand drive, and what it would look like. My next step would be to change it to a local UK colour scheme, such as Stagecoach (white, orange, red and blue), Johnson's (white, yellowish-orange and blue) or even easier Diamond (all dark blue) although I do see green and yellow hybrid buses a lot - they're just a lot smaller! I don't know where you live, or where your city is supposedly located, so I can't suggest any good alternate liveries.
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    @Saberwing40k That does sound like a good contest idea. However, a big problem is that it would be limited to those who have a lot of parts, and are experienced with building big models. (I for one am in neither of those categories, as I only have 308 technic parts according to Rebrickable.) Therefore, everyone with small collections and total lack of experience of big model is practically excluded from participating in the contest. I can't think of a way around that issue, unless we are allowed to build 'mini' versions of the supposed flagship, but that plan still has holes in it.
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    I advise you, in this case, to look though this thread (Sorry if you already know about it): I know that the pneumatic cylinders are represented in here, I don't think the porsche rims/tires are though. (The car's looking very good, by the way!)
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    Very nice! You also seem to be able to operate the flex tool in LDD ! The proportions of this are wildly out of course, but nonetheless it would be interesting to try and build it in real life. (I'm not going to, I don't have nearly enough parts or money to get them!) (Second thought: are all the parts actually available in those colours?) I suspect a solution of double-hinged technic liftarms could be used to get the front 'bogie' to swivel around between the details etc.
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    That's an excellent replica, if a little tall for minifig scale - those stairs look scary! I love the planking effect on the upper half, and the brick window arches. Does it have an interior? Why don't you ask a mod to move this over to train tech, I'm sure it will get more appreciation over there.
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    At least the numbers have zeros in them at present, which means they are still basically 4-digits. (When they had two, like 42006, it was even easier to remember...) I don't think they ever filled up the 4-digit system, but perhaps they wanted to skip to a new, longer-lasting system as soon as they could, rather than having to change over halfway through a product line.
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