Legotom
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Metroliner. Niiiccceee. Now that's a really good being born present. For me that's the best Lego train ever. I got it for Christmas when I was eight or so, loved it so much.
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My wee boy playing trains. Making the White train go reeeally fast. (Wish I could still sit on the floor like that).
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i thought I'd start a new thread rather than hijack the other one. I was intrigued by this quote: What do people reckon? I think 4 is plenty old enough. I have a little toddler who has been playing with my Lego trains since he was 2 3/4. He has Duplo trains and Brio too. He's train mad. He kept pestering me ("Daddy, can we play orange train (meaning Horizon Express)), so one day I gave in. And he's great. Occasionally delicate bits will get knocked off, but it's Lego and easy to fix. He's never broken a train on purpose. He can't quite get trains on the track, and he can't manage to clip it together. He can work points just about. I usually just make a big loop around the sofa, with two or three passing loops so he can have two or three different trains to play with. Whilst I let him use the Power functions, and he understands how to, he prefers to push the trains around. I also tend to find a pile of people jammed in the door of each carriage as he likes to play stations. So rejoice AFOLs and let your kids play with your trains. After all, if they smash it its Lego and you can rebuild it. And that's half the fun ;)
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Love the capstan shunting. Very nice. Another way that wagons used to be shunted in the UK was by horses. You could have a Lego horsey helping out. Nowadays some yards use tractors. Sometimes with added rail wheels, but often not. They just drive between the rails on the sleepers. You could consider one of those for moving your wagons around.
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Hopefully a new creator train. Maybe a steamer again. That'd be nice, I missed out on Emerald night. And as Horizon Express has been retired for over six months now I would think we're due one. I'm pretty sure there won't be a new city train as we have three current ones, and I wouldn't think they're due for retirement yet. They are usually around for three years before retirement. Unfortunately I'm not sure that the train theme is big enough for a special anniversary release. Maybe a nod towards their origins in a new creator set. I'd love love love for a new set like the 10183 Hobby Train. Another great set I missed out on. And a great way to get people into trains.
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Really good job. Love the loco, it's a lovely little thing. Feel like a trip to Hungary now to ride on this train. It looks lovely.
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That's amazing. Another really unusual prototype that has been really faithfully modelled. I am very impressed. Now you just need a burning train for it assist.
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New to 9v trains... or trains for that matter
Legotom replied to Hobbythom's topic in LEGO Train Tech
The output might be limited for safety, but also for cost. Generally speaking a lower current circuit will be cheaper to produce than a higher current circuit. Cheaper components, smaller gauge wire, thinner copper tracks on the circuit board. If the trains don't need more than 1.5 amps, then there is really no advantage on spending extra to make a higher current controller. Generally speaking 9v DC cannot kill someone, unless it's placed directly across the heart. Dry skin conductivity is somewhere in the order of 40,000 ohms - 1,000,000 ohms. So the potential current draw is very very tiny. It might be possible, but you'd have to have a very unfortunate set of circumstances to kill someone. Edit to add: the 1.5 amp limit might also be to avoid motor burn out. I'm not sure what current draw a stalled motor could achieve, but the 1.5 amp limit might be to avoid the motor overheating and burning out under stall conditions. -
That is fantastic. I wish I had the time and skills to build something like this. Love the little canal barge, and the green shunter. I want both of those. Magnificent build, can't wait to see the entire thing.
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Great build of a very unusual prototype. Really unusual train, and you've captured it extremely well in Lego. Also, I love the yellow and red colours.
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Very good build. Very like the real loco. Please build more and show us.
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That's really great. Lovely solution to having a permanent display. Wish I could have this, but unfortunately my nearly three year old would slowly wreck it. Great looking city, Brick on!
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That looks very good. Very modern European, which is what you're aiming for. The only thing I'd change is the sleepers for the track. Two wide plates look far too wide, I'd use one wide, and brown if you have them. The masts for the OHLE look really good too.
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Lovely work. I love Maersk blue, and the lorries (or trucks in American ;) ) look great. Now just need to make a GIANT Maersk ship to load the containers onto.
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Lovely, looks really good. Sort of European neo-gothic. Would love it on my layout.
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That is very very awesome. I much prefer the red and tan to the blue and grey though. Pity the parts needed for it don't exist, it'd be an awesome build.
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That's really awesome, looks like something out of a 1980s sci-fi movie. Probably set on Mars. It needs some equally awesome coaches. Brick on!
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That looks great. Nice livery too.
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That is just amazing! So so good. Please make and post more!
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Your expierence with fake lego clones products
Legotom replied to YellowCorvette's topic in Community
Yes that is certainly a direct copy. What I meant was the kits I got were original designs by Enlighten. For a while they made a lovely green and cream engine and carriages, but I missed out on those. Enlighten have copied a lot of Lego kits, but as far as I can see these have been kits that are long out of production, so whilst it's still bad I would say it's not as bad as the Iron Man figures posted further up, which are direct copies of current Lego products. Enlighten (and the other clone brands) do make a lot of military kits that look quite interesting. Lego wouldn't touch them with a 10 foot pole, they've always said no military. -
Good idea. Very good use for all the dreaded Flex track. Can't use the bloomin stuff in a layout, too bendy and makes the trains stop.
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Haven't seen this before. It looks really good, one of the best steamers I've seen. Looks very like a 1930s American one, with the pointy nose streamlining. Very very good work.
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Great job your doing Scott. I'm no longer married to 9v, but I love the ideas of track geometry you're going for. If you ever make them in plastic I'd be in. Especially for the exotic points.
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Those all look good. I like the Dutch EMU very much. Please show more.
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That's really really good. The front end is pretty close, as close as you'll get it I think in Lego. I think it's a pretty amazing achievement in a 4 wide Lego train.