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  1. sed6
    Here's a video of her running. Still some work to be done to reduce the wobble and the binding on the curves...
  2. sed6
    Thanks! The video below shows a similar design. I made mine taller and replaced the 1x1's and 2x2's with 1x2's.
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    Love the complete train. Well done! The lighting on this whole train pic is so much better. Black is so hard to see detail without good lighting. I'd like to see more pics of the log cars.
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    Free! $20 shipped, no kidding. Came well wrapped in a flat rate envelope.
  5. sed6
    Woohoo! She's done! Three months in the making...but she's built and running :) If you haven't already, please take a look at my Small Layout on a Door thread for some additional pics. Feel free to comment there also. Comments there are what served as the inspiration for my monorail in the first place :) This thread however is where I got many of my design ideas so a great big thanks too all of you!!! Below are a couple of pics of my interior design. I'll post some a video soon. Any comments or questions are welcome.
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    Fantastic idea! About the time you made this comment I started thinking about an elevated monorail. Below are the results of a couple months of thinking and planning. I did a lot of research in the Lego Monorails thread where I got ideas for how to make the track and power it. Above, my design was influenced heavily by the Disney Monorails of the '70's and 80's. While their length is limited by the curve of the track I think I nailed the look of the windows and side skirts. Above you can the very minimal 1.5 plate clearance between the cab and the rail. The battery sits that low as well to keep the CG down and increase stability. I'm going to extend the stripes onto the cab shortly with some stickers. Above is a shot from the other end. If you look closely you'll see my controller has grown to accommodate my layout growth also. First two, then four, now six trains in total on my layout. Look carefully and you'll find my 5th engine, a Tiny Green Switcher to help out in my yard. Thanks for looking. Hope you like!
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    These guys got called out for some rail repair and are in wayy over their heads! Any advice for them? But seriously, I wanted to share this gem I picked up on Ebay for $20. It's about 4" long, 5" wide and 5.5" high and weighs 8.5 lbs. It's going to reside on my workbench in my hobby room as a decoration and conversation piece. It's a genuine used section of rail that was rolled in the Colorado Fuel & Iron steel mill in May of 1924, so it's nearly 100 years old! If you look closely at the top, you'll see one edge is rolled over from hard use by the flanges of what could be millions of training wheels over the years. Hope you like.
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    sed6 replied to CSW652's topic in LEGO Train Tech

    Perfect! Thanks for the link! Takes us right there. What a fantastic resource the magazine is. I can only imagine the massive effort it took to create each one. In the free PDF format they're about 20 megs or less so I'll download them all and save them to Google drive (for free) so I'll always have them. There's a few weeks of casual reading between them all.
  9. sed6
    I like the red. I agree with your Thomas concerns.
  10. sed6
    Nice design! While you might not be able to power the engine, there's more than enough room in one of the coaches. You can check out the Monorail CRS thread for power ideas. All of them are powered with wheels less than two studs apart.
  11. sed6
    Excellent write up and pics! Thanks!
  12. sed6
    I agree completely! The teeth add a lot IMO. I think you nailed it.
  13. sed6
    Excellent ideas, thanks! I appreciate the links to the parts on BL to help me understand what you suggest!
  14. sed6
    I want to build some boxcars and am seeking some ideas and opinions. I'm feeling limited in my design by the few sizes and colors sliding doors pieces are available in. I'm considering a brick built door that slides but don't know how to go about it. I've looked at lots of pics of custom boxcars and while the good ones have doors that look like they slide, I cannot imagine how they work. Most seem too thin or the rails look nonfunctional. The BMR boxcars are a great example, do those doors slide open? Can anyone share share a pic or an idea of how they or someone else built a brick built sliding door? Finally, should I even make the doors slide? Do you think it adds a certain detail or character or playability that you find necessary or desirable? Or do you subscribe to a form over function thinking when building? Thanks!
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    I totally would! Rebrickable will tell you exactly what additional parts you need.
  16. sed6
    Thanks! Well done. Question, if we purchase instructions, do we get a pattern or something for the canopy windows? For those too lazy or inept, here's a link to SimpleThinkers Flickr pics. https://www.flickr.com/photos/simplethinker/
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    I'll take the opposite approach, it's way too detailed for my Small layout on a door. While I certainly appreciate the detail and love the look my layout isn't that 'refined'. I don't agree with the opinion that the train track is incompatible with the theme. Anyway it's easily removed by TLG and easily added back on by train enthusiasts. My guess, if produced it won't include the train tracks.
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    Exciting! On Flickr?
  19. sed6
    What a fantastic set of models! I particularly like the Falcon. Thanks for getting it on Rebrickable for others to enjoy. Well worth your effort! Edit to add- got any pics from the side and of the underside? I'm curious what you did for the landing gear.
  20. sed6
    @pagicence Here's a good gear ratio calculator courtesy of our very own Sariel. http://gears.sariel.pl
  21. sed6
    Neither met my needs, so I combined the two. The plate method is the stronger of the two because it offers two hinge points. The brick method is taller and in my opinion better looking and more realistic looking. Zoom in on my picture below and you can see how I made mine. As for cost, less pieces usually translates into lower cost, but there are so many variables like the color you choose and the quantity you buy and the source you buy from it's impossible to answer that definitively. Design what you want or need then shop for parts carefully.
  22. sed6
    Great story! I like the interior pic of how you made it work. I presume that's you in the cab of the loco getting a lesson from the engineer? I bet it was a joy to see her pulling the coal cars. Congrats!
  23. sed6
    My 60051 passenger train, engine only, covers 1.25 meters per second which works out to 4.5 kph. Edit: That's 2.8 mph for my imperial and US friend.
  24. sed6
    Thank you. You are welcome to download my LDD file and copy or modify it as you see fit if that will help with your project. As to the brake wheels, I put them on both ends for a balanced look, symmetry and aesthetics. Only a die hard train fan would notice and since it's my creation I took some artistic license.
  25. sed6
    Thank you. I honestly have no idea the brand or type. I just took a large assortment of lego colors to my local sign shop and they helped me match up as many colors as we could. The lady behind the counter was happy to help and gave me a free sample of each color instead of charging me for a full square foot of each.
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