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wow! just wow!

you know what the best part is? the hood is completely empty (aside from a bit of weight to give it more traction).

so today i did some modifications, i changed the a bit unreleiable märklin power pickups to the traditional carrera ones: it now uses rubber wheels for propulsion instead of the rubber bands which sometimes got stuck inbetween the rails: here is a video: hope you like it!

Hey micheal, Fantastic writeup, as someone that has studied electrical engineering for 2 years (though we mostly did AC cirquits where things like inductance and stuff have a greater impact meaning wire length is essential to get right and equal), i agree with all your points, in fact i have "restored" such a motor myself with the methode you described. It was a large drill motor like several kW in power. and yes you could drill through concrete with that one afterwards like it was butter. HILTI makes solid tools, can recommend.

Please dont bump an old post like that (last reply is from 15 years ago). especially if it is to advertise something. just message the user directly. otherwise welcome to eurobricks!

Love it! the mini airport shuttle and your newer version of it really looks good!

if you have a technic motor that is even better as it will gain you more room inside.

the updated locomotive looks amazing, the doors feel a little too recessed to me, if you can figure out how to make them less recessed into the body, that would be perfect (but thats nitpicking). can you fit the train motor inside the body with its output shaft above the main bogie? if youd manage to do that, maybe there is a way to make a 3 axle driven bogie at this scale (would need some custom sides though)

nothing short of awesome! i love it!

will look forward to those!

oh that is awesome! i live just a few km from the danube, but in germany, its wild that its the same river flowing through all these countries!

thanks for telling me, natively is very good!

Hey guys, i switched to linux, i have heard studio doesnt work under linux (and that has been my previous experience too with other distros), but now it totally works. I use kubuntu 25.04 with wine, the current 64 bit windows version installed just fine, and everything works. Hope this helps some of you guys wanting to go away from microsoft or apple.

yeah you are right i have overseen something. you have one plate of space extra in the middle, then its more or less easy to do. hope this helps the redditor

that wont work because the plate would connect to the rails, or connect to the plates in the middle. i think these are too long for it to work. the reddit post for all those that want to see that (i am DoubleOwl7777 on reddit): https://www.reddit.com/r/LEGOtrains/comments/1nqu9r4/comment/nga5zoh/?context=1 anyways, hope this helps the redditor figure it out.