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most likely digital and one of the locomotive ones.

will most likely participate.

too big. regular scale like the horizon express would have been better tbh.

now i did it

well thats what you thought...too small to motorize... well not really: hope you like this and sorry to bump this old post.

the drive would fit the type 3 too i think. would just need to remove the cab. the drive itself is quite small.

looks very nice! good job getting it to work!

ahh ok that makes sense.

this time you will get a personal history lesson from me. back when i started building gbc i didnt know a lot. the first module i ever built was a stepper module with multiple steps to transport the balls which at that time where glass/steel marbles because i didnt have actual lego balls back then. it couldnt even bring the balls up to its own input height. but what i lacked in building knowledge back then i made up for in decoration. the module was themed in a summer/winter theme with the first part of the module being themed like a red sand/dessert theme with foliage and water features and the second part being a snow mountain with a bridge at the end of it to bring the balls to the next module. it had a river flowing underneath it with an ice cube inside of it. the motor to power it all was a fischertechnik xs-motor which was integrated and connected at the end of the mountain. anyways here are some pictures i took back in 2016. please forgive the bad quality. camera was a cheap pocket camera, the nicon coolpix l27 which wasnt too good for image quality (was 720p on a good day if it decided to focus). as you can see it couldnt reach the input bins height but was enough to get me started. here is another view of it with a steel and glass marble https://www.flickr.com/photos/145736297@N05/52253170892/in/dateposted-public/ and finally we have a video showcasing the modules details and now onto the main thing: today i was nostalgic and decided to recreate the module in my mini gbc scale. it now uses only a single step (with the mechanism from my simple stepper module) and can reach above its own input height. it gets power from my shared power system which makes it easy to create small stepper modules. here is a digital render, irl pics and a video will follow tomorrow. and here is a view of the drivetrain quite simple, just a crank that the bottom of the step rides on. hope you liked this personal story and my recreation of it!

interesting! never knew claas also made wheeled loaders, only knew them for their tractors and harvesters

kinda like the helicopter one. looks like a regional commuter train. very nicely built!

looks nice! only one missing is the helicopter nosepiece now.

stupid question but did you remove the powered up battery box beforehand? that adds to a worse cg thus leading to crashes.

yes i will do that. i will even try and build an exchanger.

hey guys, some of you probably know the thyssenkrupp multi elevator, an elevator where each cab not only has the ability to move Independent of all the other ones but also is able to move sideways. this elevator system can open up new ways to design buildings and can make travelling between parts of a building much more efficient. it is currently being tested in the thyssenkrupp elevator test tower in Rottweil here is the design. instead of conventional ropes it uses linear inductions motors similar to a maglev train. here you can see one of the cabs at the so called exchanger which is a turntable that gives the cab the ability to move from sideways movement to vertical and vice versa. anyways here is my model: as you can see i use the Rollercoaster system as the base for it. i made two versions: one with a cab and one without one attached.

another one: this time i started to make a summer version of my ski resort. in the summer some of these resorts are used as bikeparks where you can get your mountainbike transported up the hill and ride downhill. anyways here is my current progress: i already added a t bar style lift that tows the bikers up the hill complete with emergency stops, a power station and the safety tripwire. i also added a small pumptrack for beginners to practice on and i added the beginning of the black rated jumpline with a first drop, a left handed berm and a hip jump. many jumps/drops will follow on this trail whilst it leads down the hill. i will also add a beginner trail going down the hill and a tech trail with rockrolls and a small forest section.

nice one! a mix of old and new!

yea a tank with only one side being the thread.

there is a chain between the two poles. maybe ill go there wednesday and take a detailed picture as it is quite close to where i live.

here you can see one if you look closely,: https://youtu.be/1UTk_6ed4Js or here the two poles:

for the crossing inbetween the platforms id add a chain as a barrier to prevent people from crossing the tracks when a train is coming

after some fiddeling around i managed to give it more traction so it can now pull stuff and transition through switches more easily. it is now using two rubber bands one driving the rear and one linking the rear to the front wheel. have a look it uses a small train wheel screwed onto the servo as a sprocket for the two rubber bands to prevent them from jumping off. here is the whole thing covered up. as you can see the belt going to the front wheel comes directly into contact with the track thus giving it even more traction. this is how it looks on rails: here is another view:

ok that is pretty important then i guess as all my models are available as a digital file in the link in my signature

illegal connections are fine in my books. hell i built a monoraill where the curves are all illegal.

nice one! will integrate that one!