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    Here's the video - I hope it works! https://www.flickr.com/photos/138174786@N04/50579917093/in/dateposted-public/ Ciao! Davide
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    Hi all! In these days I'm working a lot with old Lego parts, since I've completed three sets I've always loved: the BASIC sets 722,733 and 744 (this last one includes the 4,5v yellow motor). The 722 number is used also for a small , rare train of the blue era (a little locomotive with two tipper wagons). So I prepared something to mix the two worlds together. I chose the 4,5v system because it was the main way to power all Basic Sets back in the days, and I loved it (and still do!). This is a little train composed by a small locomotive (built in 744 style) and some tipper wagons, all similar to the 722 train set. These tippers are, however, a bit more "operational" like all 722/733/744 sets (which featured cranes, trucks, helicopters...). They can be tipped using a specific mechanism based on a curved rail. Here's the locomotive (it's nothing special - but fits nicely the atmosphere). It is a diesel locomotive, similar to Decauville ones. It is operated by an external classic 4,5v battery box. I could not use a 4,5v battery wagon since the small side lever for reversing operation would not allow the train passage inside the unloading station. Here's the tipping mechanism. each wagon has a side bar which can slide over the curved rail, allowing the tipper to tilt and unload into the station. The curved rail is mounted on a small turntable, which allows it to be lifted up. This movement is needed when tipper wagon are passing in reverse. In this case the bar on the wagon lifts up the curved rail, sliding under it. So, if the unloading is not complete, the train can reverse and repeat the unloading operation. Here below, I wanted to have some fun creating two pictures showing "how it works", in the 7777 style. Here's the "FORWARD" action... ...and the REVERSE one. And here's a final picture of the whole set: I wanted to add a background to my photo sets - but this time, instead of a photo-edit, I wanted to try it in bricks. What do you think about it? It's very childish but, after all, this is really a toy train. I Hope you like it! Ciao! Davide
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    Thank you very much - I think I'll create other models of the GE fleet Thank you!!!
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    Fantastic build, very good detailing! I'd like to take a ride on it!!!
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    For these kind of trains it's a continuous work!!! I also saw the big tan gear as big as the back of the wheel - but I can understand it's a mess using smaller ones and having a sturdy chassis Ciao! Davide
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    Really great build! It's very "different" and original. I love the way you created the tree!!!
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    Hi all, this time I would like to propose you something different,especially for the fact that I'm not focused at all on "Space" theme. At the end of 7777 book, the main character (the man with the handcar) builds a sort of futuristic train. I was wondering ... what if he gets the plans for something more complex? Well,it's something more difficult, but he wants to give it a try! (Photo of the GE222-Vionus was taken from Google images and converted to .png - but after a bit of surfing I discovered it is hosted on this Japanese site: http://galaxyrailway.com/ ) Armed with skill and passion, he finally gets the job done! "Will it fly?" the first question for someone building a Galaxy Express train is quite obvious. "Will it go around R40 curves?" seems a less obvious problem, but still needs to be managed! ...and it seems it can, at least in rendered curves! It's time to test it on the Orion Line! (maybe we could find there some "starships on fire" too? ) This was a real fun to design, it's made by very simple parts, all available in the 80s. This time I did not recreate the stickers of the GE222 ,since we already have some other iconic blue bricks to use . It is the first time I create an articulated train in 12v, plus it is the first time I cover in some way the 12v wheels Why I chose the GE222 locomotive? it is a quite strange train that always fascinated me when I saw the whole Anime, and it is blue like all classic space Lego sets. It was a nice prototype for a "crossover". I'm preparing also the wagons, so I will also add a picture of the whole Vionus-2 train as soon as I finish them. I hope you like it!!! Ciao, Davide
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    Thanks, very appreciated!!! Thanks a lot - I really hoped that the "Donald Duck" was recognizable even in this simplified form! Yes - but it must be a be professional test!!! I'll get the hairdrier to simulate the wind and small strips of toilet paper with sticky tape to see the air flow!!! Thanks Zephir! Ciao! Davide
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    Spectacular work, it is a great locomotive, very difficult to recreate due to its aerodynamic body - I love the way you integrated the white lines in the body, avoiding stickers! Great job!
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    You are doing a really good job, this locomotive seems really nice and well proportioned. Trucks are very nicely detailed! As far as I can see both trucks have gears, so I think both will be powered. This could give a serious traction to this locomotive. You only need to think a way to transfer power to both bogies My 2 cents: instead of using 1 medium motor and transferring the power between the front and rear with gears and axles, you could use 2 medium motors, one for each bogie. I'd keep the PF solution instead of the PoweredUp. the battery box could be in the middle of locomotive (supporting the hood side panels) or inside the fuel tanks to lower the centre of weight. trucks with "turning" stairs are less realistic, but more suitable to run these long locomotives on narrow R40 radius. Even if you run this locomotive on straights and large curves made with flexible track, Lego switches radius is always 40. So fixed stairs with a tilting coupler connected to trucks are good, but there must be sufficient room to allow bogie to turn freely. Keep up the good work!!! Ciao! Davide
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    Oooh nice wagon!
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    First thing I'm thinking: "BIG"...followed by "LARGE" and "HUGE". You need a real good power puller locomotive to move that "BIGLARGEHUGE" thing around the standard radius track!!! The E194 seems up to the task! Fantastic wagon!!! Ciao! Davide
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    Two great trains are dueling on 12v gray track: the British Railways HST 125 vs the Deutsche Bahn BR403 "Donald Duck"! Two big countries with high expertise on trains,two different power sources (Diesel vs Electric), same speed (above 200km/h or 125mph). Who will win this Lego contest? None of them, since they both are built on the same Lego platform and shape - I created first the "Donald Duck" in Lufthansa colors and then I modified it a little to recall the HST125. So same power cars ,and same wagons, only with a different paint scheme . I've always focused on standard trains, and this is my first experiment with fast ones. After all , during "gray Era" we've seen a lot of steamers, diesels, electric trains...but only one example of fast train. So here's a shot of the DB403, with an applied sticker on front "window" to simulate double windscreens... ...and one of the "Screaming Valenta" - here the sticker is a bit different, but you can easily tell it is only a bigger one! Both are using parts available in the last years of "Gray Era" (so they could have been made starting from 1987). The HST could be a bit older than the 403 - since it's using the old style blue window in the cabin. I could also recreate a yellow sticker to cover the outer part of the trans-clear headlight, but I preferred to keep it as it is (just imagine the sticker detaching when the glue is old...I HATE that sensation ) Both could have working headlights, the DB403 can use a 12v light brick on top headlight. For the HST125 the problem is how to diffuse light from light brick to transparent slopes. But both trains could also leverage on 9V lights, which were already available at the time. The 9v Battery box fits easily in both bodies. Finally the 7745 has some internal competition!!! Hope you like these two! Ciao! Davide
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    Thank you very much! Thanks thanks thanks! Hi Phil! Thank you very much for your appreciation! Thanks, I always appreciate your feedbacks! Ehehe it seems smaller, but it is 13 studs wide - so very very near to the LGB garden trains (14 studs without counting external accessories). To be sincere, I also thought a bus could be smaller than a metric narrow gauge train, but this one was an American bus, so dimensions are a bit bigger than usual! Thank you , Emanuele! Thanks! I find always interesting to dig this kind of "strange" vehicles. I personally find the need to keep things affordable one of the best ways to create genial solutions! I just saw the beginning of the movie in youtube - what a small thing he's using. I'm currently searching for it! Thanks for the very interesting suggestion! p.s. Harrison Ford seems to dress the same way of Charlton Heston...
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    OOOOOH what a pair of beautiful little gems!!! The way you managed the whole transmission is amazing Great great great work. You deserve the first page, in my opinion!
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    Nice rework of an already nice MOC! This little excavator is amazing!
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    Thanks for your always kind and positive comments! Thanks! It could be a nice improvement! Thank you!!! The railcar/railmotor approach is currently a whole world apart in the rail history - it's very interesting (and you'll find a lot of even more strange "railthings") Plus, these things are normally quite small and cute - so are the perfect subject for a rail MOC, even in normal or narrow Lego Gauge.
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    Thanks! I absolutely agree - it probably is the easiest solution to have an affordable ready to run rail vehicle - I'm always very curious about this kind of vehicles, because they're sometimes very ingenious (I'm thinking about, as an example, to all those railcars built around the FORD Model T). The main example of this kind of approach is always the adorable Rio Grande "Galloping Goose" railmotors family , but it's widely known, so I wanted to design something more "exotic" (even if it is made for the 99% of U.S. made parts) Ciao! Davide
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    Hi all, today I'd like to show you something I'm after since a few months. During the first days of lockdown I saw a documentary on Chile and its people, towns, traditions and lifestyle. One of the main points of the documentary was focusing on the railway running from Los Andes to Rio Blanco valley , a spectacular run between mountains, aside the Rio Blanco river. Originally it connected Chile to Argentina. And this "thing" was presented as the main attraction of the current line - its name is "Gondola Carril T-1024". I sincerely do not know why it is called "T-1024" . The "Gondola Carril" is a railmotor, based on an American built bus, the Yellow Coach Z-26. This time I understood that the letter Z is identifying the chassis type and 26 the number of passengers it could carry . The bus was normally used in Los Andes town, until it was converted into this very nice railcar. Originally used as a cheap inspection vehicle, It is now fully restored and used for touristic travels. And I can say it is an experience I would like to do once in my life. The "Ferrocarril Transandino de Chile" is a narrow gauge (metric) railway, therefore I based the whole project on 1:22.5 scale (good for running in the garden!). It is designed to run on G-Scale track (45mm), but with some modifications it could easily be converted to run also on standard Lego gauge (on large curves, since it is quite long). Since there are no specific technical specifications for the Gondola, I searched for the ones of the Z26 Bus - and tried to adapt the design according to the pictures and videos of the real railcar. The original motor used by Yellow Coaches Bus was replaced by a more modern Cummins Diesel, as nicely "declared" above the radiator. Despite the original railcar is based on a chassis, this one is basically a unibody build with some underside reinforcing (let's say - like the Jeep Cherokee XJ). It's quite light, so a medium motor is sufficient to move it. In the design, I used a PuP motor, placed in the front, under the hood. Then a pair of gears in cascade, cardanic joints and a transmission axle bring the power to the rear wheels. The "gears" I mentioned can be changed easily to have a lower or higher gear ratio, as needed. This railcar not meant to pull anything, so a lower gear ratio could save some batteries. Battery box is placed in the rear part, immediately beyond the rear axle. The small red axle you can see near the T-1024 sticker is used to turn the PuP battery/receiver on and off. The next picture shows the powertrain - it's taken from an alternative blue version of the railcar I prepared , with some freelance solutions which make it more "generic". I hope you like this one, and (more important) take a look to the original one, because it's really nice piece of history. https://www.ferrocarril-trasandino.com.ar/historia/ Ciao! Davide
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    Thanks!!! It seems to work even if it is simple - I've made a mockup to test it on small black curves Me too! There are so many electric small motors nowadays, working at lower voltages and being more powerful than this one Thanks for appreciation! Thank you!!!
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    Whohooo!!! Great great great town and 12v layout!!!
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    Oooooh this is a little cute thing!!! I love its minimalist style! It deserves a motorized version!
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    Thanks! The 9v Micromotor works better than I expected , it's awfully noisy but delivers enough power to move also a 12v old car from 7740 set (which is not so light). It amazed me , to be honest I did not think it could pull anything Now I'm quite an "aficionado" of the Micromotor...so I always use it on these small MOCs !
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    I lost this one...but it's very nicely done and it's really cute!!!
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    The use of the full size straight track is wonderful! to be copied immediately!!!
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