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Has anyone tried using the studly micromotor to power any narrowgauge trains? I know it's an off brand product but it seems like a good way to power these trains since they are all such a space crunch.

I hope what ever shows up is better than the mess than the Croc. I mean it looks pretty but it the running problems and the large gap be much to be desired. I might just be jaded by the size and grandeur of the Apollo rocket but it just seemed overpriced for the small size. 100$ without track... without power.... Just disappointing.

First off.... how have you not seen any of the movies until now? And holy cow that train looks amazing! All the detailed greebling and the use of the chima head!

Cause I'm a cheapskate lol. At the time using the auto buy on bricklink the windows I wanted to use were something like 30-50 cents a peice. I didnt want to spent 50 bucks just on windows so took the 1x2x5 clear bricks that I got from a PAB wall and went from there! BL can have some wack prices still though. I spent like 8$ on about 30 green corner bricks. It was going to cost more just to order them from anywhere else.

I'm hoping once covid passes I will be able to take it to a convention! That's gonna be a while though :(

First off let me say... I know its a bit of a repost but at long last the WHOLE THING is finished and if you know me I never finish anything! Anyways.... I'd like to introduce you to the Atomic Express! An atomic steam turbine power locomotive with classic streamlined stylings with a heavy influence of vintage Popular Science and Popular Mechanics vehicles and machines! Instead of your usually low tech boiler this beauty is packing dual atomic high pressure boilers suspended between the water condenser and the cabin! The train is moved by a single direct drive steam turbine with dual counterweights instead of blind drivers! Continuing with the sleek curves and designs of the locomotive and tender isn't filled with any sort of coal or fuel but a special mix of water and coolant to keep the reactors running! Have you noticed the bright red components of the locomotive yet? The color is used to show off moving parts or something a little more reactive! A big 'ol warning to watch out! As we move on the Atomic Express has its own special fleet of sleek passenger coaches! With two boarding coaches and a blind middle coach! All with long clear bar windows to see the countryside flying by on your way to adventure on the Atomic Express! Here's a few more photos just for fun! She is a one big and heavy locomotives she is running pretty well now too! Got a few videos for ya'll of her making a pass or two on the tracks. It really had been a long time in the making... At least a few years at this point... From idea to LDD models to digital renders to brick form! And I gotta say I am really happy how it has all turned out! The engine looks fantastic in my own opinion and the coaches work really well with it even with all the troubles I had designing them. Let me just tell you that it is a royal PITA to build anything in green. A ton of parts you think would exist just don't and what little does exist is really expensive! I was going to build the windows on the coaches with the 2x1x2 panel windows in green but it was just way too much! I almost swapped out the windows on the cab to black and added a black stripe to cut the cost down. But I looked at it again to keep the color by using the large 1x2x5 clear bricks. So much cheaper and I think it keeps the style really well for the steamlined aesthetic. I even fixed a lot of the running issues with the help of everyone here over the years, from the front truck with a design for a super flat one for my pneumatic train (RIP) to replacing the rear trucks ball joint with more stable peg connection! Thank you everyone who helped me and for putting up with my dumb questions and rambling! Now I hope ya'll enjoyed I hope to make a lot more cool things in the future now that I have my own dedicated space for building!

The parts came in for the coaches! I gotta say. Has anyone had a BL order come in entirely correct before? Because something is wrong with every order. Also. What's up with legos QC I got a boat load of the 2x2 curved slopes for the roof and just about every one is a different shade of green and one looks almost translucent. They are all built though! Gonna find some stuff to take real professional looking photos. With nice lighting and a backdrop.

I love the older style with such a clever action feature! 4.5 and 12 have to been some of the most toy like that Lego trains ever were and that style is always super charming. I've been kicking myself so much recently... I had 2... TWO! copies of the 112 train set and the 113 Train with motor WITH THE BOXES. And I ruined the boxes and scattered most of the sets. Ugh.

I enjoy the blue color a lot. Still really bright and exciting!

Totally! I might be able to play with the front sloped nose shape up a plate without rasing much else. This was all designed in LDD which is a perfect world with perfect physics. Which we all know never translates. I need to take stock of the parts I have for the order. I ordered a crap ton of 2x2 45 green slopes and the 1x2 rounded slope peice. Not sure what else. It's the same problem as before that so many average bricks just dont exist in green. Like those 2 roof top to 45 slope peices on the back of the cabin where like over a $ each at the time because no one sold them. Just stupidly rare even though they existed.

Alright I think I fixed some the running problems by changing out the ball joint with those modified plates with the technic hole. It doesnt jump the tracks from being pushed anymore! New problem is these BrixTrix switches. Somehow the front truck wants to jump the track sometimes but only the front truck. Also! Somehow the front yellow lip of the train rocks so low that it can hit the edge of the track it switches into... which is a problem.... I think I'll try and get some more brick link orders made for coaches and get this thing all put together !

I use both the controller and the smart phone. I think the motor has just given up the ghost. Does lego still do replacements and repairs?

I just bought a bunch of TrixBrix stuff last week and it just got here today. I am really impressed with the quality! Got a bunch of pieces that just dont exist in lego and I dont need to take any power tools with existing bricks to make what I wanted. Continous curve switch, some crossings, some track adapters. I'm really excited for the dual gauge rails I bought! I did get one half length of injected moulded track which surprised me. Not all of use have 3d printers... if someone is going to put in the work for new designs and quality control I'd rather just pay them instead of doing it myself.

There used to be a lego model railroading magazine that had full instructions for a PF powered narrow train but I cant find it myself right now. It was a mountainous railroad using the 12v rails with those tooth bricks for traction up hill. 10 wide trains are a little thick for narrow gauge track. lol I'm interested too if anyone has up to date information I just bought a bunch of narrow gauge stuff from TrixBrix and I'm eager to use it.

You chose a way cooler name but (won't make sense unless you play Fallout) Do you want to be associated with those lunatic rad worshipers? (There is a cult that worships radiation and their home is the Nucleus) It looks FANTASTIC! Hope to see it brick built one day!

Is anyone having problems with their PU motors lately? I bought 60197 a while back and now the motor isnt working in either plug. I don't know if they are both are busted or what. Just really annoying on such an expensive power system.

Thank you! I'll play with this today. It's been a long road trying to make any large train. I spent so long making those pneumatic locos that I think I forgot how to do simple things. This is the largest train I have made myself and it's been a long road. Even that little mine train is having problems with the rear axle but it doesnt matter that much because it wasnt designed to move really. Come on dont you want to build that cool flat pack bomb shelter?

I'm a pretty anxious fellow. Health issues and her age just creeped some nasty thoughts into my head. This is why I put that out there just a little closure for myself. And those who might feel the same way.

I know this is an older post but I have been thinking a lot about Annie these last few weeks. I needed a space to let out some thoughts and emotions as time is always marching forward and life changes and we loose folks we knew. She has been missing in action for quite a long time now just over 6 years. I fear the worst since her last post was about health issues but hope she is still around but where ever she maybe. She really shaped how I saw Lego Trains when I just first started to dive into it all those years ago and I am incredibly thankful for it. She helped me enjoy all the fun and weird designs you can put into Lego unlike anything else. She showed us that no matter what type of brick you have no matter your age no matter where you are in the world just enjoying Lego is something that can all bring us together. She will always be A Perfect 317. Thank you Annie where ever you are.

Alright. Follow up. It runs TERRIBLY! The trailing truck will lift up off the track and jumping derailing the rest of it. I had to add some 2x4 curved slopes to the leading truck to keep the wheels from snagging on the turns. There isn't really a way to power it from the drivers so I have a PF bat and motor in the tender. I'll keep playing with it but at the moment I don't know how to keep the trucks from derailing the train. Either the trucks float or the drive wheels float.... if ya'll have any suggestions or tips please tell me!

Amazing! I've seen something like this be used for HO scale trains before. The chain just underneath the surface with a magnet to drag along a small car or even a bike. Really cool to see that it all brick built!

I've already played with the smaller BBB drivers. It just raises the whole train up too high in a way I'm not happy with.

Hey ya'll! Back with another project that's been sitting on the back-burner for far too many years. If ya'll remember way back when of the LLD MOC of the 0-4-2 Porter locomotive, well it's back again this time in brick form! There is not too much to say about this little train it. It went together very wheel from the LLD file I made years ago and it feels pretty smooth on the tracks. I think it's good to be apart of a small little shutting area or some little side track along a bigger display. I really enjoy how well this little train turned out! Even with the unibody type of frame it still can connect to other wagons on each end without too many problems. It's gotten me really excited to build some new trains I that I did a poor job and building in the past now that it's all a clean slate. Especially now that everything from my Hogwarts express to my Pneumatic Loco have been smashed to bits. But things are looking up as we scope out new homes with a lot more room for Lego! Maybe I'll tackle the horror on rails. The infamous John Stevens next. I hope you enjoy!

Much better hahaha. Doesn't mean I'll never return to the air train.... it just needs a whole overhaul after being smashed to bits.

It was a really fun project! A lot of it came straight from the ol' noggin and just staring at various different vehicles and machines off the old covers. That and one of my favorite pictures right here. lol