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Veeeeeeery nice!!!
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Lovely locomotive and very nice cars...great job!!!!
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Hi! Good point, showel is small - it seems a beach toy - I have to find a gray showel in my wife's Fabuland box! A tender was something I did not even consider - 7810 has always been a locomotive without tender so I did not think about it. But given it has an open back - a small tender (2 axles) could fit nicely. The sound generator seems loud on youtube videos - but also XXL motor is quite loud. I did not have time to solder the kit during this weekend, we're preparing for holidays so we had some things to do Thanks for your suggestions - always kind and useful!!!
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Very nice little train - I still have the Boost Cat waiting for my daughter to learn how to use it...Maybe I can borrow the Boost base for a train experiment
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Hi there! Thanks!!! The sound will be very "toyish" - there is an hack that can be done to make the sound a bit more deep (changing a resistor type). The speed of steam blows and volume are regulated trough potentiometers. I am a real beginner on electronics - so once the kit is all soldered and working I will try to understand how to integrate it with PF motor. I searched also for a "diesel" sound generator but I did not find any kit like this one - pity.
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Hi all, finally all parts arrived and I finished the XXL steamer locomotive. As usual I got inspiration by an old gray era model I really love because it's heavily linked to my childhood memories. Here it is! It is a big 7810, transformed in a narrow gauge locomotive that can cover all kind of services, from shunting to small passenger traffic. This time I wanted an interior, so I tried to imagine a small steamer cockpit. Now I'm planning to build a real cockpit also for the blue 7720. It's ok to have small amount fo detail since these are big toys - but there's room for some experiments...currently a lot of room! For example, the original 7810 has not a steam dome, therefore I tried to build one. Front headlights seem a bit cross-eyed, since are mounted in an inner position than in the original 7810. I think it makes the locomotive a little less serious. The locomotive can produce steam from the main chimney thanks to a Seuthe 99 steam generator and I'm planning to make it also sound like a steamer, using a very economic Velleman MK134 kit. I still don't know if I will succeed in soldering the kit properly, but let's see. The real deal will be how to syncronize the sound to the speed. Transmission was revisited, since the gear ratio was too long, and the old solution was too weak to support all the body weight. From pictures is hard to tell how big it is - so I put the original 7810 Minifig and box tin some photos just to give an idea. I hope you like it! I will make a video as soon as I've some time to re-build the outdoor railroad!
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Very nice locomotive! I prefer it without portholes , it has a cleaner shape! I like the bogies!!! -
MOC Train Shed w/LDD .lxf -now with more interior detail!
Paperinik77pk replied to sed6's topic in LEGO Train Tech
It's a very nice shed, full of details! thenidea of using 1x2 plates as bricks is great! The internal furniture is amazing! My personal suggestion is to make the dead end track a bit longer and to park there an old,rusted gondola wagon loaded with axles, parts of locomotives and other technical garbage. I'd also add some plants in the middle of track Good work! -
Yess! It's that thing - I thought it was for cement!!! I searched it yesterday on an old Lima Catalog - it was a "steel mixer"!!!
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High quality and nice choice as always - it is a pleasure to watch! Another good shot! P.s. The big wagon reminds me a cement mixer (if I remember well) I had when I was a kid - Lima H0 - I hated it because I could not put all wheels on track!!! It derailed easily beceuse we had a too tight curve radius!!!
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Yes, you are right, in this photo the body is on...it is basically the one that can be seen on page 2 of this thread, a "doubled" 7810 with some modifications
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Thanks to you for being always supportive I understood why I had only a small amount of smoke - I checked with my tester the 9v battery I was using - it actually produces 8.1v - so it is completely tired! I used the 9v train transformer - and smoke finally came out easily! A very mean idea to use the smoke generator connected to a 12v steam locomotive is passing trough my poor brain right now...
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Hi Sven! You were right - it's a completely different story now!
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It has both wires soldered - It is a "99" for sure (I have the package here) - but it lacks that second black part - I have everything apart it. Now it comes back to mind - the package was a bit open when I received it - maybe It was lost in some way. But nooooooproblem it works fine - the only thing worrying me - it makes a little puff of smoke - will anyone be able to see it when the locomotive is moving? I have to try the whole thing !in motion". Yesterday it was too late to put down a little track - plus, my wife after 3 minutes of "smoking" asked me "what's this smell - it seems oil burning" - in fact - it was!
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Absolutely!!! I'll try this evening to round them a bit !!! Nice suggestion!
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Hi Sven!!! Fantastic solution with rubbers!!! - Strange - I do not have that additional metal part in the package! Initially I wanted organize the whole thing exactly as you did - Seuthe over a plate with holes and wires going down in a hole ...I still cannot believe how much detail is in that little part of locomotive shown in this picture
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It's a cutie!!! Small but plenty of detail - buffers are really nice - and that wagon...so simple but effective! I wonder If a 9v Micromotor can be fitted inside this locomotive somehow...
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Hi all, a little update! The "Steamer" type chassis is ready and rolling: It is very simple and quite sturdy, and obviously inspired by classic 12V red chassis from the 80s . Locomotive body is still waiting parts, but it's quite ready. This chassis can be also replicated in black or dark stone gray without any problem. Rods slide inside the cylinders - no more no less. While the blue diesel "7720" is powered by a SBrick, this one will keep infrared PF receiver for the moment. Hope you like it! Ciao, Davide
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Hi all, this is the solution I'm preparing for my new big garden toy locomotive - which is under development and it's a steamer. It is a Seuthe 99 Steam Generator - I saw it on YouTube on a small Lego locomotive and I bought it some weeks ago. I glued it to a red Technic bush, using its lateral holes for the wires. The bush can be attached to bricks without problems. An old 9v wire in very bad shape was used to retrieve the "electric connector", which was opened, and connected to the two wires of the Steam Generator. In order to have ithe whole solution completely independent from receivers, I used a 9v battery box. Here's how it sticks out from the "boiler" (sorry for dirty bricks - locomotive is not finished and it still needs a good cleaning And this is the chimney - I used the two top plates to make it more solid. The Seuthe 99 is just under the red line. No problems with heat - it works fine and it is a nice feature, but it lasts for a few minutes only. It leaves oil residues, but they can be easily cleaned. Ciao! Davide
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Where to get NEW rubber tires for 60's through 80's trains?
Paperinik77pk replied to Rail Co's topic in LEGO Train Tech
I buy them on ebay, it seems a big price, but both black and gray rubbers are good and durable products -
Well - sincerely I used IR on many of my MOCs, and I simply find them very limited. Sbrick is another planet - you don't have to think about the receiver's position (and transmitter position too) - so it is a big deal, especially in small designs!
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I love this locomotive - and you rendered it very well - I like a lot what I see!!!
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Hi all, here it is the .stl file! I prefer to keep it free, for all who want to contribute to avoid 9v wheels on 12v trains https://www.tinkercad.com/things/l55F9eeD8db#/ Feel free to modify it as you like! Ciao! Davide
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MOC (to be restored) - BR Class 55 - Deltic - 4,5v
Paperinik77pk replied to Paperinik77pk's topic in LEGO Train Tech
Thanks!!! I remember I understood the possibility to do the "half stud" trick looking at the instructions of the 7720 loading ramp!!! the problem with these doors was - how I can fix them on top? Then the central stud on top plates solved the problem...but it took me a bit to understand it -
MOC (to be restored) - BR Class 55 - Deltic - 4,5v
Paperinik77pk replied to Paperinik77pk's topic in LEGO Train Tech
Hi all and thanks for your support - I did not think such a simple realization could get so much enthusiasm - yes - I think it is time for the 18 cylinder prototype to run again!!! Thanks thanks thanks to all of you - this model is so important to me! Just to have an idea - my first one looked like that - in a multicolor combination of old bricks. I remembered the use of red technic wheels (taken from the classic 4,5v motor box) at the bogie center. In this drawing I put on modern train wheels, but at the time I used modified red 4,5v wheels (and gray rubber bands). These wheels (in red) look a lot like the original 4,5v wheels - and I wanted to keep the whole locomotive made by original Lego parts. "DELTIC" side writing was something I abandoned - too big for the side wall of the locomotive - but I'm beginning to appreciate it again. I remember the whole writing was based on the "E" letter!!! I tried also to design it with my old Commodore 128 at the time (a nice work of pixels)! Maybe it is the 8-bit look that I like - maybe it's only I'm expecting the word "Deltic" written on the locomotive. I can light up also the lower lights - I can put a black 12v 6x1 light diffusor behind the two blue lamp holders - and light the whole thing with a 4,5v light brick (with a red transparent plastic lid on it) - diodes will do the direction change trick. Let me know what you think about it Ciao! Davide