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looks great irl! thanks for the tag.

to make sure my post doesnt get lost eventually here is some narrow gauge track for stud.io:

i have now made the 4d brix track into stud.io aswell, you need to convert the models to .obj, import into part designer, and scale it to 250%, and reset bounding box and outlines and let it make new outlines. here is all my work so far: custom track

seems like i am not the only one to have this idea... https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3871998 edit: i have just discovered you can freely download the stl files for 4d brix track: https://www.4dbrix.com/products/train/2-08-narrow/008/index.php

my "layout" is two straight tracks. so no not really. not yet. my dad has a 3d printer though so i might just print the track myself. anyways, i made some different lenght curves today, using the curves from lego and modifying them. the straights dont have the right connector on them yet, i will need to work on that too. see the flickr for the link to the file. and i made some different lenght straight aswell (as i said i need to give them the correct connector) same here, link is in the flickr.

Today, i made some narrow gauge straight track for stu.io by cutting apart some rc track in partdesigner. it wasnt easy, because i couldnt seperate the two sides, so i had to duplicate it first, then delete each extra track and join them back together. i have also made my narrow gauge track this way irl (though with a saw).

i have considered this aswell, will try tomorrow, maybe that looks better, i need to see. today i made this: a small enclosed cargo wagon, inspired by this busch model: https://www.busch-modell.de/Feldbahn-Lokomotiven-Wagen/12230.aspx and there is also one for the workers with an oven inside: and i have finished the people carrying cars i have tried to do yesterday aswell:

the next set of wagons, some to carry logs in multiple variations the ones with 2 bogies are actually held together by the logs themselves, and of course can swivel.

ah yeah, makes sense, as @zephyr1934 said no problem, lego is up to you, its kind of an art tool, build however you like it!

nice that you continue with it after all this time, only thing that Stands out to me is that the very top of the Mountain is too flat for my taste.

thats a very good Idea ! i experimented with this as a kid, but could never get it to look good. thank you for making a tutorial!

and here we have the classic "glück auf" wagon that was (and is) infront of most coal mines, complete with a Board with infos about the mine (here its just blank)

thanks! i had already built a vt98 a couple of years back (look into trains in 4 wide here) so i just needed to delete the rear parts and add the bed in their place, i just HAD to do it!

sorry to Hijack this post, but here is my mini model of it:

you have managed to make it look even better, i like this Version more, the different color scheme looks more realistic, !

look into that topic if you want to talk about the new stuff that came out.

next up is an o&k rl1 locomotive more pics are here: https://www.entlang-der-gleise.de/Feldbahnen/feldbahn-OuK.html its a very early locomotive with no full hood and quite a bit of exposed engine parts (1930s-1940s old) and here is the first locomotive the famous feldbahn locomotive maker gmeinder ever made, there is just this one picture, its from 1921 (so makes sense that there is only one picture made) i had to take a few creative liberties, especially for the paintjob, i chose something i thought would make sense in 1921.

todays locomotives: these are inspired by rocos h0e they dont have an irl prototype, i made all the colors that were available: and here is the black one up close (i also happen to have that model) the back:

this was copied from an earlier locomotive design, where the tile was the only way to get a centered Grill due to the Hood being 3 wide, i forgot to change it.

nice! ever since i saw the video from the youtuber hyce that played derail valley using this DM1U wanted to build it, you were faster than me (no problem, mine might have been 6 wide or even 4 wide anyways).

todays locomotives: a deutz omz 122f, inspired by the model railway company busch: jumping over the iron curtain here are some locomotives from the gdr, the lkm ns2: and the later variant ns2f, with a different drivetrain with connecting rods, because the original chain drive wasnt very releiable and maintenance heavy:

oh thanks! always looking for new ideas...

nice,certainly something you dont see every day!

well today i have made a bucket chain excavator (idk if thats the correct name for it in english, in german its called eimerkettenbagger) the first one uses excavator chain, but that doesnt look very realistic the second one uses panels, brackets and brick modifieds for a much more realistic looking model the third one has enclosed buckets the fifth has a longer boom, supported by cables the last Version is with enclosed buckets and long boom: and here are all the versions: these excavators were mainly used in quarries to gather gravel among other things, the gravel was automatically loaded into hopper cars that were on a track beside the digger, which itself rode on wider track than the Hopper cars. my model was mainly inspired by the bush model railways version:

yup! thats where These were used the most, although that locomotive is more for above ground operations, the tunnel versions have a lowered cab, and of course either exhaust filters, or are battery powered.