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The red locomotive of brickshelf user Maggimutti could either be a German 221 diesel engine or a Hungarian M61. I think it may be the Hungarian one. Is it the German 221 engine that you have for your HO layout?

Well, I cannot offer good advice either. Just push your locomotive whenever it gets stuck. I have one or two 9V motors that run quite hesitantly after not using them for a while. But after running for a while, they work nicely. But I fear this won't help you much.

Really amazing, your moc! Very nice and detailed battle scence! But what I like most is the enormous oak!

When I see some of the great MOCs presented here and on Brickshelf, I often envy the creators, because they have construction skills I do not have; or I don't have them yet. However, the internet is full of fantastic instructions of MOCs. Some great moccers seem to have pity with those who are not as excellent builders as they; they put the instructions of their creations on-line, so that everyone can build them. I am absolutely grateful for them. Even though my building skills are too low to create something amazing with LEGO bricks, I can build something amazing previously created by someone else. But even if you use the instructions someone put on-line, you can still make improvements; you can turn such a creation into your own subtype or version. My passion for building other people's creations started off with the discovery of James Mathis' (jamathis on brickshelf) Dome Car for the Super Chief on Brickshelf: This waggon looked so brilliant, and, fortunately, the instructions were available in the same folder: Anyway, I wasn't totally satisfied with James Mathis's waggon. The upside down construction wasn't attached to the waggon so well. The problem is that James Mathis just used two red technic plates, which allow you to attach the construction to the waggon: So I decided to use four technic plates instead: This gave me me 4 more studs in the construction's centre. On it I put a 2x4 plate to have even more studs. In this picture you can also see that I added four 1x1 bricks and 2 plates on each of them. This is to make the upside down construction closed without leaving holes. Having more studs at my disposal, it was easier to press the construction with the blue plate onto the grey and red brick construction: But one problem remains: You must press the red technic plates on the construction really hard; otherwise the studs are too low on the other side so that it doesn't keep to the waggon well. And you cannot attach the whole construction as one piece. First you must put the thing with the blue plate into the waggon; the upsidedown construction is attached from the waggon's outside. The outside of my Dome Car is finished, but it still lacks a wonderful inside: And here pictures of the finished outside: You will notice that I used buffers. James Mathis didn't use them, but I wanted the wheel constructions to be identical with the ones of the sets 10022 and 10025. Apart from the hinges used to hold the windscreens, I used new bricks only. And the whole waggon is in old grey. If anyone's interested, I can tell him or her the brick number TLC uses for the windscreen. I only found used ones on bricklink. I phoned TLC and they still had it available. If you check my brickshelf folder - as soon as it is public - you can see that I use the filename "dome-car-inspired-by-jamathis." I don't want to plagiarise without giving full credit to the creator, because I'm happy that such people like James Mathis make their instructions public. Well, the Dome car wasn't my first and last build of someone else's creation. When I saw the on-line version of Railbricks journal, issue 4, I wanted to build the gondola and the hopper waggon. The gondola is finished. I used old grey for it and here's the result: The waggon was built with ordinary bricks, but it looks fantastic. I especially like the front/back of the waggon with the ladder and the technic steering wheel. It is - as I have said - an easy construction, but the ladder and the steering wheel make it very detailed: The construction under the waggon plate between the wheels is very simple, but it is good to have something there instead of nothing: And a final shot from the bird's eye view: The only flaw that this waggon has is that - so I believe - the coupling (magnet and/or magnet holder) seems to touch the ladder when it goes through curvy areas. The hopper waggon in Railbricks, issue 4, is not yet finished. So I didn't take photos of it. But it is also in old grey. Since the hopper waggon is nearly finished, I already found another creation that has caught my interest. It is a small diesel engine of a brickshelf user called Maggimutti. What I do not understand, however, is how the creator tries to install a back and front light. He or she uses the contacts of a 9V cable just without the cable. But the 9V motor has only 4 elctric studs on one end but not on the other: And here the finished product: I'm still buying bricks for this little diesel engine. Hopefully, I will have all the necessary bricks in the near future! By the way, the same user also has on-line instructions of another one of his creations: I didn't check if the instructions of his other engines are also on-line. Summarising, I can only recommend using on-line instructions for those who are not as creative as myself. And you can also make some changes to a creation and thus make it to your personal version. I didn't change anything with the gondola, but I didn't follow the instructions of the Dome Car all the time. Furthermore, even experienced moccers might find it interesting to build the creation of a fellow moccer from time to time. What I find important, however, is that the creators are credited. I usually do this in the file name. I think they should be credited because we should be grateful that they show us their instructions and that they are for every LEGO lover's use.

Nice topic. Good that this thread has been revived. There's another hobby I have besides LEGO: tai chi.

Thanks for this wonderful review with so many pictures! Have you got/bought this set recently? Anyway, I just want to tell you that the wheels of my Metroliner 10001 rotated badly. I didn't know it for a long time, so I used two motors, one in the back part and one in the front. When I discussed the matter of badly rotating wheels of my Super Chief here on Eurobricks, I checked all the trains I had, and the wheels of this set also rotated badly. So substitute them by new wheels. I was told that you could cut away a bit of plastic from the bad wheels, so they'd rotate nicely, but I don't know where exactly. Edit: And I voted train-tacular, of course!

For me this set is average. In my opinion the tanker sections are oversized. This waggon doesn't go well with smaller locomotives. But there's something else that I don't like about this waggon: the octan signs look as if they're in an aging process, but the rest of the waggon does not. That's not very logical. Anyway, though I find this waggon oversized, I wanted it to complete the My Own Train collection. If I hadn't bought it, I'd probably regret it now.

I bought some bricks from a French bricklink store: [New] Black Bar 4L Lightsaber Blade (x4) [New] Dark Gray Brick 1 x 2 (x6) [New] Dark Gray Brick, Arch 1 x 4 (x1) [New] Dark Gray Brick, Modified 1 x 2 with Handle (x1) [New] Dark Gray Dish 2 x 2 Inverted (x1) [New] Dark Gray Plate 1 x 1 (x12) [New] Dark Gray Tile 1 x 4 (x4) [New] Light Bluish Gray Plate 1 x 3 (x2) [New] Yellow Hinge, Plate 1 x 6 with 2 and 3 Fingers On Ends (x3) Not so many bricks, but I was especially after the yellow hinge plate 1x6. And I still had a coupon to redeem. The coupon would've expired in August. Since I wanted the hinge plates so much, I thought it was a good time to shop and use the coupon.

I can remember asking if the adapter of the 9V speed regulator could be used to recharge the PF battery box. I think I asked that in the Emerald Night thread. The reply was NO. So I wouldn't try.

Your mini CC looks very good! Quite elaborate! I mean it's quite difficult to make this little construction as detailed as possible so that it is still very close to the original.

Well, I wouldn't need a LEGO Star Trek video game, but if TLC produced a few big Star Trek spaceships, that would be ultra cool!

Ooops! There were really some more pics in that folder! I just forgot to click on "next" at the bottom of the page! Anyway, thanks for making my post perfect, SlyOwl!

Vig. 78a I'm not very active in the pirate forum, so I hope this has not yet been posted. I found an amazing pirate layout on brickshelf. I'd love to have one like this, but the baseplates alone would cost a little fortune. Have a look at it: Unfortunately, there are no close up pictures. It's in the folder of a member called patje. I found it coincidentally. It's in the train section of brickshelf. Edit by SlyOwl: BeLUG display. There's a lot of photos in this folder, but here are some tasters Matn's photos Petertje's photos

A Black Falcon knight and a French imperial sodlier! Wonderful! This volume is the best so far! By the way, I'm looking forward to the inclusion of a Futuron in this classic minifig series.

A wonderful set with lots of details. I'm looking forward to its release in Europe. By the way, I can't imagine it'll cost more than 50 euro. It's pretty small.

I was just going to inform TheBrickster about this problem here when I saw that you had already mentioned it. That's not a rumour. That's the truth. The plate of my BNSF has been substituted by tiles. There was once a thread about my slow Super Chief. There I was made aware of the constructional flaw of the upside down construction. I also checked my BNSF and found out that it had the same flaw. I mentioned that in the same thread. Anyway, great review, TheBrickster! I would be too lazy to take so many pictures since I'd have to half-disassemble my engine for them. For those who want to know what it looks like with stickers, here you are: Edit: By the way, I voted "train-tacular."

I missed the Creator Town House; I hope I won't miss this wonderful house! Though the red roof with the tan bricks may not be the best colour combination, I like the house. The pond with the duck swimming in it is also very nice. The firetruck might be a good source for red bricks. And it looks pretty good, but I'm not going to buy it. I need my money for other LEGO stuff... like the Creator house 6754!

Very nice MOC! It looks like the real thing! A very nice detail is the grey steps leading to the driver's cabin. As a child I was a fan of Deutz tractors. One of my uncles had some cows and a Deutz. So that's how I started loving that tractor. You cannot imagine how many hours I spent on it.

Wow! Your creation truly feels classic! Wonderful use of elements of the classic era!

This lighthouse is really a great building. Ideal to warn ships if they get too close to the shore. Maybe you could install a light. A 9V light brick could be used.... maybe such a light brick isn't big enough for such an enormous and wonderful building. But having a working light in there would be great! What did you use as a base? From what set is that baseplate you constructed the lighthouse on?

That 12V engine is wonderful. I'd love to have it. Then I'd use it with a 9V motor. I love the design of this engine. In my opinion the big windscreens go well with the overall design, and the colour scheme red/grey/black is very appealing. Panda, you should probably work on your reviews. I don't know if my suggestions are really good and productive since I myself haven't reviewed a set yet, but if I were you, I'd take a photo of the engine driver's workplace. A picture of the motor imitation under the red bricks would also be nice; or a pic of the box plus its backside if you still have it. Don't forget: These are only suggestions of someone who has never done a review himself. But if I were you, I'd use more pics.

Thanks for this nice review! It is a great train. However, I don't like the second version you can build with it. The waggons look too simple. Has the yellow of the waggon doors always been like that or has it faded? I think you yourself can't add a poll yet. I think you're able to do it when you're a knight. One of the moderators will surely help you.

That castle is a stunning piece of work! I also like the details of the stone structures! I'm wondering what you'll create next to surprise us!

Happy birthday to you!

A limited edition Super Chief. I've got 3 opened Super Chiefs, 2 ordinary ones and a limited edition one. So I don't feel tempted to open the MISB set. It's a collector's item for me. Of course, the Super Chief is a train set, but I don't really differentiate between train and town.