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    Thanks as usual!!! I'm at really at a "Lego Basic" Level in order to keep all these creations at a reasonable price. I abandoned some solutions I adopted in the beginning with the XXL series (like the double gauge, the flat chassis and the possibility to detach the whole body of the locomotive and to use it on another chassis), but I'm trying to standardize some other things like couplers, motors and wagon chassis, at least for these simple locomotives. The Newqida big blue wagon is really nice for its bargain price - and it would be great to have it in Lego. But it is already quite heavy , and translated in Lego bricks it could be very demanding in terms of power and traction of the locomotive. Let's see - maybe in the future?
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    Thanks for the suggestion!!! - I see these big doors are six stud large instead of 8 (for XXL trains I always double the dimensions). These are more proportioned and really are interesting!!!
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    Thanks Carsten! More or less the general idea was to replicate one of the zillion diesel engines around those beautiful small railroads! Thank you!
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    Thanks!!! I'll try to make some more videos in the next days - maybe one in the new garden if the weather's good! That SBrick texture is one of the standard ones - I think it matches the general idea of Toy Train
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    After all , they're travelling on a Playmobil-like Lego locomotive (blasphemy!!!) , on an LGB-chinese copy wagon running on a circular, chinese plastic track - what else can go wrong? Aw, yes - the batteries won't last the whole journey and they must push the train to the next station!!!
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    Here's a small video showing the auto-coupling and the locomotive pulling the three cars! Sorry for mad auto-focusing - the phone is new and I do not know how to set the camera!!! Batteries are losing power, but it still runs fine!
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    Waaaaay better than the original locomotive!!!
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    Thanks Sven! I will try to create a video to show speed and auto - coupling. It is very simple, but it's easier to see it than to explain it :) The hook is solid, but it's also quite flexible. This helps in the auto-coupling process. As said, the Technic pin must be reversed, so it can slide under the LGB coupler (more or less like the original fishhook couplers). The M motor actually works better than the XXL, less power consuption, less space, more RPM and less noise. Thanks!!! I tried 1:1 gear ratio, but the big wheels were overdriving the final gear ratio and the locomotive had less torque than expected. Good for a short train (it managed the same three cars you see in the photos, but it had some slowdowns on curves - the blue one is heavy) .So I tried to compensate gearing it up in order to increase the torque. All depends on the final use of this little thing. For shunting, low speed and more power it's a nice feature, but If the locomotive is used for a small and light train, lower gear ratio and more speed is surely more fun Thanks! It's really basic, but it seems to work fine on two axles locomotives - next step is to try it on four axles locomotives with bogies - maybe I'll have to think about some sort of steering or lateral movement for the coupler
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    Hi all, I'd like to show my first attempt to build a G-Scale locomotive, in order to understand a bit how to manage the bigger weight, the big dimensions, couplings, speed and possible issues. Being a newbie in G-Scale world - I simply started with the simplest locomotive of them all - the access-level toy train. I saw this "thing" in action at a local big "garden center" and I immediately imagined it as a Playmobil train - well we're really near. It seems simple and economic to build, plus it really offers a challenge for placing all needed parts (batteries, motor, receiver). It's big, but not so big as I imagined looking at the photos. And here it is, completely invented but similar to a lot of little small diesel locomotives. It uses a Medium PF motor, geared to 1.667:1. Battery Box with AAA batteries, standard PF lights with no direction change. Sbrick as a receiver, since all my IR controllers are in use. I made a trial using a normal PF train motor - I always thought it was a so-so motor - but it was sincerely amazing (it can pull the two small cars at a ludicrous speed, and there's power for one more). Driving it at full power without wagons means sure derailing. then I tried the M-motor and works fine - slower, but more precise and easier to manage. Here's the Sbrick control - I still need to understand how to implement that "steering" feature The simple hook allows two modes of coupling - normal (as it is shown in the above photo , or self-coupling (if mounted upside-down). Here's the little locomotive near the real LGB "Stainz" locomotive. Pretty same lenght, same width, very similar height at roof level (I can add maybe one stud in height). This little thing has a good pulling power (I was amazed) - it pulls the three wagons without problems or slowdowns. I tried to put the stainz locomotive on the roof of one carriages (the weight on the two axles of the wagon was really too much - it was hard to move even by hand): a bit of slipping , then it started to move. These G-scale wagons are heavy, but move nicely on their wheels. Next trial will be - using Powered Up with lights and PUP M-motor. I hope you like it! Ciao, Davide
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    Coming in a few minutes
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    Wooow two BuWizzes! It's a lot of power!!! For the moment I'm still stuck with the original battery boxes, and I'm doing some trials on motor types, gear ratios and pulling power. I bought an original LGB "Stainz" Locomotive in order to understand a bit more about weight, power and dimensions of real G scale trains. It is incredibly well made and works also on 12v battery power! And it is very heavy for a little locomotive. I got also a big Newqida wagon at a real bargain price - It is decently made and it's perfect for some fun. About self-promotion...there's a new little locomotive in town and this time it is a 1:22,5 scale for real (no it's not the 29 - it will wait a bit more)
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    Hi all, sometimes things are called for a second life. Having recently bought the Technic 8020 set (which I had back in the 80s), I had the opportunity to rebuild the little van, which is really cute. This little thing has always reminded me all those little egg-shaped Japanese vans , like the Bedford Rascal (rebadged Suzuki Carry), or Subaru Libero, or lately - the Piaggio Porter (rebadged Daihatsu Hijet). Yesterday I had an idea to reload it in a modern way - and convert it into something else: a small, economic , light van operating on a narrow-gauge railroad. No more Technic, basic bricks, some SNOT to emulate Technic. It lost the steering, but it gained 2 retractable rail axles. It works both on Lego track as well on G-gauge track (45mm). It is simple and straight, not in scale, but it's always cute and it's again nice to see it around! Ciao! Davide
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    Nice nice nice! It seems like the real one!!!
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    Simply lovely!!! Great little train - it's cute, well refined and ... perfect for country railroads!!!
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    Hi Sven! Sorry for delay - the simulated weight of the Lego Wagon is around 890 grams versus the 780 grams of the real LGB one - so they are pretty heavy. I found the wagon chassis I created can be a bit reworked to be lighter, so I'm just redesigning it. A lot of weight is caused by the coupling system, which is quite sturdy. Good thing the locomotives are heavier too! But they obviously need extra torque and power. My concern is now...battery lasting - but we'll see!
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    Hi all! Yesterday I had a bit of time to recreate the coupling system shown in previous posts on LDD, so I can keep it in my archive. Having the real LGB wagon dismantled, I tried to rework my standard wagon base (28 studs for building + buffers - based on 26cm LGB wagon) and I prepared the longer version (32studs + buffers, based on 30cm LGB wagon). Current chassis dimensions are 32 by 10 studs, so I can use it for both Lego XXL (12-wide) and correct G-Scale rolling stock (around 14-wide). I therefore tried to recreate the standard LGB wagon, only to see if it was proportioned. This is the result, with a few, not so complex SNOT features. They're easy to build, but I fear the price could be quite high. I prepared five different color combinations - the two cars in the back are red/beige and blue/beige (like the real ones have), the blue-white one is the color of the dismantled LGB wagon (which has a gray roof instead of black). The green one is on LGB catalogue, and the yellow/white was copied from an HGE2/2. Now I'm currently building the chassis , which can be shortened/enlarged according to the needed lenght simply by changing the two central technic beams. The two steering axles have now a limited swing angle, and can be locked (one or both) if the wagon is working on large radius curves Ciao! Davide
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    Thanks Sven,I will activate that feature and retry :) Regarding couplers: LGB FISHOOK on LEGO: the LGB fishook does auto-coupling on Lego coupler, but only on straight line - on curves, being the Lego coupler smaller than the LGB one, there are some issues in coupling. This is due to the fact that new LGB fishhooks are less sturdy than old ones and bend easily, missing to lock into the rounded liftarm. No issues in pull mode, and for the moment it seems it's working also in push mode. LEGO FISHOOK on LGB: Does not auto-couple, but works fine both in push and pull mode. LEGO ON LEGO: Does not auto-couple, working fine in both modes. So it is confirmed, for the moment, there still is the need to lift one coupler
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    It's a stunning masterpiece - I like the modular approach, the windows and all details. It will be a fabulous model once built!!! I imagine it by night, with all lights on and a small shunter parked near the dead end - Great!
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    This new version is alot better!!! The managing of the different colors, and use of curved bricks and tiles makes it very shiny and well refined!!! Thumbs up!
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    Great model! I did not play the game, but this is a great reproduction - and the monster seems really a tough guy to beat!!!
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    This is a fantastic solution !!! I have to try it absolutely!!! Nice work!
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    Now for some serious stuff - the couplers! After some reverse engineering on LGB couplers I came to this thing: It allows to couple both Lego on Lego and Lego on LGB (with and without hook). The rounded technic part works fine in pushing mode and the Lego bar is stronger than LGB fishhook. I could make smaller buffers to fit the LGB ones , but I thing bigger ones work better. I tried these things yesterday evening and they worked for my purposes, they are easy to create and are fully made of Lego parts. I had to heavily modify the original buffer of the 7810XXL to fit this one, but the wagon is pretty solid. Hope you like it!!! Ciaaaao! Davide Hi @Roadmonkeytj, as promised , i prepared the new render for the 7710XXL, adding 7760XXL+7818XXL, all with new doors! Ciao, Davide
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    Hi Sven, I spent the whole evening in playing with Gimp software. It seems I got the layer Idea but I still have to understand how to paste the image in a clean way - I am pretty satisfied by the overhead wires background (Hamburg station by dusk, then some filters on color, brightness and saturation, plus a gaussian blur). The fact I'm affected by daltonism creates me a lot of problems in choosing colors! Green carpet is terrible, I know (but is it really green or more brown?) !!!
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    Thanks Emanuele!!! I abandoned the Toilet rooms, and now the 7710 wagons were adapted aswell! Now that all main parts for XXL series are completed, designing old glories in big format is a bit easier Ciao Sven! Thank you! The 7740 is nice but in my opinion is one of the gray era locomotives that won't fit well the "narrow gauge" style I'm following with the XXL series. Other locomotives I made and designed are small, and more or less adaptable to a narrow gauge railway. I don't know sincerely if I'll build it or not in the future. I'm not...convinced This evening I'll post the work I did on couplers this saturday. The design of couplers affects a lot the design of chassis and bogies, so it's important to me to create the standard solution that will work for all models, included the 29 The tool for rendering... well I'm a total newbie on that - one is Bluerender (or something similar) and the one I'm using - If I remeber well the correct title - it's the Lego Studio rendering tool. It works fine, but it's heavy - I make all the rendering work using the graphic card (Nvidia Geforce 1050GTX 4gb) and it takes 10/15 minutes. I'd like to understand how to put a background - and I'd like to use that "railway landscape" used on gray era instructions and boxes (first I've to find it!!!) Thanks! This evening I'll post you the updated version (with a surprise)
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    I think this MOC is awesome and the more I look at it, the more I like it. It has a lot of details, but it's really thought as a Lego Set from the beginning. It has all, the wagon, the truck, minifigures...and it's playable.
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