legoman666

Lets get this funded.

Rolling stock is all equipped with bearings instead of standard lego axle holders or brass tubes. Locomotive has 2 L motors.

Oil wicks in through the gaps. Adding bearings to standard wheel sets is not going to decrease friction if youre still using the OG axle holder. If the standard holder has friction A, and a bearing friction B, in no universe will friction A + friction B be less than friction A.

Pledged. Where mah switches at :)

If we could find bevel gears that are press fit on to 2mm shafts, then we could use these bearings in a transmission. I gave it a half hearted look the other day. Maybe one of you guys can find them :)

Glad you like it. The rear of the locomotive is 7 studs tall, so I had to make a choice between 4 studs white & 3 red, or 3 red 4 white. I probably should have gone with the latter. Finished the other side too. Railings done. Middle axle done. I guess the whole thing is done?

Am I the only one who can't see pictures? All I see instead are the IMG tag around a link to the picture. Also, on the mobile version, the banner image at the top of the page is gigantic and takes up almost the whole page.

They don't do this in the US. When I visited the store in Cardiff, my mind was blown. I've been to about 30 different Lego stores in the US and not a single one sells PF components a la carte.

This what you meant?

Thanks. I thought of minifig hands too, but they dont fit on to these: http://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?id=77053#T=C

These are $10 per 50. So it costs $1.60 to kit out 4 axles worth. No brass tubes to cut. They work awesome. And they are not oiled, I had to oil them myself. I used 3-1, but honestly something lighter would be better.

For those of you who use brass tubing to create brick built trucks for your rolling stock, I have something better that will blow your mind. Standard Lego train axle. It's a video, click the image to take yourself to flickr to view. Another video, courtesy Cale. The bearings are size 2mm x 5mm x 2.5mm. The seller many of us bought from is here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/401163945360 although simply searching 'MR52ZZ' will yield many results. From the 2 batches I've bought from 2 different sellers, I did notice a difference in performance with the crown going to the seller linked above. The other batch still performed better than both Lego's standard train axles and brass tubes. Technic axle holes are 4.8mm, so shoving a 5mm bearing into it requires a fair bit of effort, but it'll go. I use a hot air gun to soften the plastic slightly for an easier fit.

Ummmm I forgot it, guess I need to add it :) Thought it looked weird when I was putting the railings on... I never could find a photo of the right side of the locomotive but I guess I could find one with different heraldry. Thanks guys!

Awesome job on a difficult locomotive. Curve looks as good as it can get without doing trickery with stickers. Love the white & gray 1/4 circles under the red arch, very clever.

Greetings. My latest build which I have been dragging my feet on for several months. Still need 1 or 2 small Bricklink orders to complete the railings and then it should be done. The prototype. Unfortunately, 'bar holder with clip' is not available in red, so I can't make the railings as prototypical as I'd like. I might switch these out to black but I think dark grey looks ok, although if they ever become available in red, then I'll obviously replace them. I know my lettering is over the red instead of the white, but when I was building up from the base, it looked weird with one less row of red brick. Plus it would have made the hood tricky. Decals are custom printed. This unit is powered by NWSL steel wheels that pick up 24V track power to feed a super capacitor bank. The unit can go for about 30ish seconds without track power and can recharge in about 15 seconds. No batteries. It's all controlled by Codefox's bluetooth motor controller which is powering 2 L motors. For the train nerds, you might notice that my porches are each 1 stud shorter than the ones on my Chessie SD40-2. This gives an overall length of 52 studs from magnet to magnet.

Loved watching this fly through the corners at NMRA. Will it do standard Lego radius curves?

Playing with the contrast on the front of the boiler:

We mean using the rail upside down so the wide base is on top.

2A would be plenty. Whatever the rating your 12V power supply has.

It is possible, we've done it in our lug. You need a bridge rectifier on the locomotive and you need 12v on the track instead of 9v. Also need to remove the motor from the 9v shell. But other than that, should be easy. I've done some more tricky stuff too, like using super capacitors instead of the battery.

bah, my 3d printer at work can only print 6x6x6". I'll buy a couple of pieces of the R200 just to play with. Any chance of getting a version with a groove for the HO upside down rail?

Our lug ordered about $1000 of metal/plastic during the Kickstarter and have received nothing yet.

Best executed high speed train I've ever seen. Nicely done.

How do you convince your wife to go with you to a 3 day train show?

The tracks themselves are not Lego, so who gives a crap if they're glued or not? It's like arguing over glueing Megablocks.