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4000008-1 LEGO Inside Tour (LIT) Exclusive 2013 Edition – Villy Thomsen Truck - Theme: Other LXF file <LDD 4.3.8 Brick Version 1564.1> [Brickset][Bricklink][Rebrickable] [File] Errors: Missing prints: none Missing sticker: 4000008stk01 @Calabar - Thanks. Guidelines noted, links updated :)

@UrbanErwin - Even the cheaper version of these slopes will rise the overall cost significantly. @Murdoch17 - Thank you very much for these great mods! I've actually build the earlier incarnation and it looks great out of LDD.

It never was a 9V. Just couldn't find the PF bogie in MLcad for the rendering. Thanks for the feedback. The B unit has sufficed few days ago and its ends match the loco's, not the other way around. I began with the roof for a cargo wagon but "hey, can I stick a battery box inside and motorize it" thought crossed my mind and it came to be the B unit that look nothing like the A unit. Then I added the ends to resemble the A unit at least in that element. Unfortunately I dismantled the shooting place and I cannot snap a side view of the loco - it has a front to back line that I really like and it doesn't show on these photos. As far as a double cab - that was the original idea, but I found out that I don't have the parts for 2 cabs :D I'm "working" on the idea that would make the loco a bit longer - and that's a good thing. Like I said earlier - I'm reeeeeealy new to trains and don't know exactly what exactly is the difference between a locomotive and a shunter. The carriages were made using the rule "work with what I have, parts-wise". What elements would you kick out?

And some photos. Better late than ever? The composition now has a sort of a "B Unit" with a regular battery box and the whole thing has the juice to pull all the locos I've built - only 5 at the moment. The "B Unit" Is not quite the design of the "A Unit" but I doubt that this will be fixed in the near future. The cargo wagons could've been a bit longer, but then it would be only one wagon due to shortage of parts and not wanting to wait for an order.

Thank you very much. It's not a 9V train - that came with the transfer from LDD to MLCad for the rend and since I'm not familiar with the latter it stuck that way. The LEGO-ish look was what I was aiming for. If we count actual LEGO trains - yes. Other ways - not even close to a real one. After comparing it with the Maersk, BNSF and even the Santa Fe I feel that mine is a really short train - will work on that. Scale-wise in the city it looks even worse: Still hadn't time to watch TLM. I hear it's great, so thanks for the compliment :)

Last year we ran our small GBC 15-20minutes every hour and a little longer when crowd gathered(we did the expo at a shopping mall for two weeks). BUT, and this is a VERY important BUT(!) - all the modules were meticulously sprayed with silicon based spray oil at every friction/rotation point. The motors too. Did not have a single problem. And the parts were "shiny" and very well preserved. BTW nice zamor GBC :)

Thank you for the comment :) Yes, the robot arms are for rigid hose like on the BNSF. The sides are not on the edge, but it's not clear from the rend. And yes, I built it and then port it into LDD. I am very new to trains and color was the last thought. Currently it's a composition with 3 wagons that I think "look about right" and nothing IRL-close. We're coming with an expo here in Bulgaria and there's not much time for photos, but I promise I'll do :)

Hello :) I'm presenting my very first train MOC try. I'll try yo post some photos soon. As a Technic head I have kinda limited System bricks'n'plates and did the LDD file after the actual build. Please share your advices on what to remove/cleanup/edit so it becomes a decent diesel. My thoughts are that it's kinda short when compared to the Maersk and the BNSF(which I do not have; actually I recently got the Consitution Case and it's my only train set). Cheers :)

My advice is - start buying in order of release date(year). It's not too far the time that it would be too hard(read expensive) to get the older sets. The Unimog is at the end of its run anb being licensed product may have increased value over time. If you have a hard limit to the budget and you plan to build your own things, then you also must consider parts colours. On a sidenote - reading this thread makes me reconsider my stand on 8043 and actually build it - I bought it as a parts donor and NEVER build it so far :D