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  1. Spitfire2865
    Still wont work. The pilot truck needs to pivot on 2 axis. Not one like a normal bogie.
  2. Spitfire2865
    Explain please? I did not follow that...
  3. Spitfire2865
    Well on Bricklink there is a large market for parts. But eBay would be good for just a bulk sell.
  4. Spitfire2865
    The thing about the tight curves of L gauge is that, as he said, many wheel arrangement's wont work. As with your train, Steam locomotives do not have rotating bogies such that diesels do. A steam locomotives drivers are fixed and the front and/or rear truck(s) have to adjust for this. I can not see in your model if the front truck even rotates at all. And if it does, It has to rotate over 2 axis. This allows it to "swing" to navigate a turn. And the bone shaped side rods. He means that just because they fit in the digital model, It may not rotate completely in real life. It may hit something like the pistons or the track itself. And what I was saying about the IR receiver and transmitter is if you were to build this in real bricks. I know it would not do much in a digital environment. But I have to say, about the design, its a bit of an overkill with the sheer amount of bones. Though I do like how you can put a PF bogie to connect to the drivers rather than hiding the motor in the tender. Something about Driver driven locos in Lego just seems like a bit of a win.
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    Wait what? Im guessing youre a Diesel person. You could just design a steam locomotive that was seen in active duty during the later parts of the steam-diesel conversion. And I have one steamer thats powered by a PF bogie connected to the drivers. It pulls a lot for its size so I dont understand what you mean by "powering function"
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    This is actually very nice. Just the side part bothers me.
  7. Spitfire2865
    You plug the motor into the receiver and the receiver into the battery. Simple! Then you use the IR speed controller to adjust the speed and direction remotely. Just like the Emerald.
  8. Spitfire2865
    If youre stuck with a PF train motor, Build a steam loco and mount the motor to the drivers. Though it tends to push the loco a little too fast.
  9. Spitfire2865
    Where would the battery box be held? And would you not want to be able to control it via IR controller and receiver?
  10. Spitfire2865
    IMO that PF bogie just seems wrong. Though I guess its the only solution. Still nice.
  11. Spitfire2865
    The part you are referring to was included in a few early bionicle sets. I have a few of the black pins somewhere. Can never find them though.
  12. Spitfire2865
    Great part usage for the eyes.
  13. Spitfire2865
    http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/185487 The last picture on the page explains greg's point. Also the rest of the page is a big help too.
  14. Spitfire2865
    This is great! Though I could see the coaches being a little more ornate.
  15. Spitfire2865
    Do you know what price range this would be? I am fearing the price since its both a train set and licensed. Very happy about the curves though.
  16. Spitfire2865
    Lookin very nice.
  17. Spitfire2865
    There are a few part list sites out there. I cant remember the name off hand. But Im sure you could find the parts from bricklink and PAB. Id say 99.99% of Lego parts made are available on Bricklink. If it exists people will have it and want it.
  18. Spitfire2865
    I didnt follow that entirely. One of my ideas was maybe aluminum tape covering the outer surface area of the wheel and a ring of it on the inside connected to the metal on the rim which could connect to a spring-pickup. I havent attempted this as I dont have much use for it at the current moment. It could be useful for 9V modelers. Especially on tank-engines which wouldnt contain normal RC type wheels.
  19. Spitfire2865
    This is...Beautiful. The Brasso leaves a great finish! I may need to try that technique in the future if I find a need.
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    Very nice! One big factor with these is the amount of colours avalible.
  21. Spitfire2865
    You Sir, are a genius. This idea is perfect, except for the flanges which Im sure you can fix with the new wheels. I have multiple times thought of ideas on pickups for Lego wheels, yet I never tried myself. Id love to see an idea for pickups on BBB drivers.
  22. Spitfire2865
    The problem with using the RC wheels is that they are too big for a minifig scale narrow gauge such as the locomotive you want to build. The RC wheels are the size of normal train wheels while a narrow gauge steamer would have much smaller wheels.
  23. Spitfire2865
    I realize what track you want to use, Im saying with what you want to use there is no way to make the drivers.
  24. Spitfire2865
    Very nice. The decoupler looks amazing. Nice idea to connect it to the magnet.
  25. Spitfire2865
    Hmm I would have used normal track and made it miniland scale. If you decide to use the narrow track, you will have to use the smallest train wheel and those can not accept any drivers. Make it miniland scale. It would look nice.
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