legoman666

https://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?P=3853&name=Window%201%20x%204%20x%203&category=%5BWindow%5D#T=C turned 90 degrees so the tabs stick out?

I am, but it might be a month or two before that happens.

I finally got the decals applied. Had to get them custom printed. Pretty happy with how the decals turned out. Found a guy that did an entire 8.5x11 sheet of waterslides for only $20. Had him put a bunch of other stuff on there for me too.

Awesome. Any chance of getting the LDD file? Would love to make one of these.

Sun kind of washed out half of it. Oh well, you get the idea.

Cool, you should add more colors to the list of available choices, specifically, gray.

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Sorry for the delayed reply, my trains were packed away. You'll note that the point at which the turntable and drive axle attaches is in the middle of the two powered axles. The instructions did not have it this way. When you go over an uneven track section (like a small peak), the whole truck will have the tendency to twist. With the leading set of drive wheels over the hump, they will twist out of the track. With the drive axle coming down in the middle, this will not happen. Thus, both sets of drive wheels end up BFBF. Instructions show both as FBFB.

That piece is mostly from Chima sets: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=15068&colorID=95&in=A I bought out almost all sellers worldwide who had more than 50. Each car has 150 ;)

Looks awesome. Can't wait to see these made.

Thanks! Which color scheme is original? Quick search on Google shows many different schemes. Cheers, apparently I. I just searched to see what the difference was, looks like II has white between the windows instead of blue. Thanks! I think it weighs about 2 pounds. Lots of traction :) Agreed, but if you compare it to the photos of the real thing, you'll see that it's pretty close. The top of the passenger car lines up with the bottom of the rear upper grille on the locomotive. Mine's right there too. Only problem with doing the cab like this is that the minimum height is quite tall, 6 studs for the front, 2 for the windows, 3 more plates for the roof, and whatever else is needed for the truck. I have an extra plate or two I probably could have done without, but it's almost as low as possible. The top grille is supposed to be blue. I had 3 of the required 28 slopes in blue needed, so its black until I get the correct pieces. Thinking about making the trim on the trucks a little taller. Also need to finish up the railing. Lots of illegal gravity fits :)

Been slowly working on this. Mostly due to the cost, but also due to lack of time. I preset: Apologies for the poorly lit photos, it is dark. Still a WIP, got some wiring to finish, railings to rail, and I need to stiffen it up a bit more. This bad boy has 2 PF L motors, custom steel wheels to pick up track power, a custom bluetooth motor controller, a AA battery pack, and a wireless IP camera! The insides are jam packed with electronics. Camera is on the right. It's tiny, but can still stream 1080p (kind of), and 720p (pretty well). I had a short video I recorded from it, but I deleted it, oops. Matching those 2 invert angles was difficult. WIP passenger car. Mostly done though, just needs undercarriage bits. Got a second one almost done, and parts for 2-3 additional. Those windows are expensive :(

I built from the same instructions as you, I figured out that the binding was caused by the fact that the axles coming down from the motors drive blind wheels, which then transfers power to the flanged drivers via the driving rods. I added gearing inside the trucks to transfer the rotation from the motors to each driving axle. I can post a photo of my explanation isn't clear.

Love the dark blue. I did a dark blue csx myself, they do look sharp.

I got my hm06s from eBay. Edit: as for the voltage max of the 8833 chip, I put 6 LiPo AA sized cells in 2 parallel strands with 3 in series each, which yields a little over 12V when fully charged. The moment they're discharged at all, they fall to 3.7V each, which is just within spec.

Looks good! I think I followed the same set of instructions. I ended up modifying the transmission, drive rods, and leading 4 wheels and training 4 wheels a lot in order to get it to run smooth. Still has slight problems with traction in the nadir/valleys of uneven track segments. I also added some more greebling and switched the motors to large. Runs OK all in all. Wish I could put the battery weight on the drive wheels.

A half plate offset that you can repeat:

I sometimes have problems with the controller resetting when rapidly switching directions. Could probably be fixed with varistors across motor outputs, but I haven't bothered.

Thanks! I'm thinking about making it a little longer, right now it looks a little stubby for some reason.

1/4" is perfect too. I just ordered a roll myself. I've tried stainless steel tape in the past, but it was so rigid that it didn't like bending 90 degrees from the side of the rail to the top. It also came in 1" widths and I had to cut it myself. Copper will be nice and soft.

Thanks! They are actually Cale Leiphart's design. Found it on flickr. Cheap pieces and easy to mass produce. You'll need 1/8" OD brass tubing to run the axles through. It's just a mess of brackets and faded white brick. The bottom isn't even solid.

Tried to use as much junk as possible. The insides are filled with wings and wedges. Bottom chutes are old boat/helicopter bottoms. Side panels are 4x6 tiles /w studs around 3 sides. Top cover (which I later changed) is white vehicle roofs. All sorts of snot. Only that that's actually studs up is the top. I later switched the top cover to 2x4x2/3 curved slopes. Looks more clean. Only a couple more finishing touches to put on it.

https://www.tapecase.com/pd/cn/tapes-die-cuts/1034/1000754/3m-1183-tin-plated-copper-foil-conductive-acrylic-adhesive-linered.aspx ? Minimum is 10 rolls. I'd go in for 1 or 2.

I think the large end of the diff will scrape against switches and such.

Something like this?