Anders Nolberger

Updated 7636 Combine Harvester found here

Are you saying that the normal curved tracks.are going to be discontinued? Or is the new flexi track a complement?

I have been following this thread with interest and am very interested in a "Lego train brick". Or maybe even a more general PF brick. Unfortunately I don't have the time to help develop it right now and it seems several of you have much more experience with this stuff than me so I think you will do better without me! What functions do you have in mind for this brick? I have some ideas. Maybe I am just stating the obvious and then you can ignore me... In a layout you can have several small hubs that can take commands from a central point, perhaps with Bluetooth from a computer? The hubs can: 1. control PF much like the IR-receiver today (operate for example a train motor). 2. control servos or something to operate switches. 3. forward signals from external sensors (pressure, position? ...) What protocol is used in Mindstorm NXT? Can that be used to communicate with sensors and servos? Then we already have several peripherals to use and we can make some more. To know the location of a train RFID can be used with tags on the rail and a RFID reader in the train. If this would be possible to implement in a small brick I think it would be very useful for trains and even more for Mindstorms and Technics. I said that I don't have the time but this would be so interesting so I don't think I can keep away. I am a programmer so maybe I can help with the PC software?

I think it should be 10029 - Lunar Lander

7636 Combine Harvester Updated for LDD 4. The water wheel is now present! I used two outer cables to get the correct length to fit between the water wheels. Changes: -No stickers of course -I am not shure about the minifig torso but it is close. -I could not find the water wheel (BL 64566) piece in the front so I replaced them with standard cogs instead. The pieces left on the side could not be placed becouse of that. -At the end of the elevator a standard slope should be attached but I think that is an illegal build. I replaced it with a technic half pin and an inverted slope instead. I think that is all and I hope that I got all the colors right. LDD file here.

146 Circus Arena by Bojan Pavsic - 2 points 110 Pirate Island Port by mrblue - 1 point

223 Train Station by mrblue - 2 points 219 Modular Bank by captaintuddle - 1 point

Nice looking train! It has a very Lego look to it that i like.

Absolutely fantastic! I love how you have fitted so much functions in it AND made it look very good!

Why not some animals? I think tiger, lion, hippo, seal etc

It looks really nice! Is it based on a specific model or is it just "generic"?

I think it looks as if there are two motors on the cargo train. There are rubber bands on all wheels and it looks like the "train decorative side" on both front and rear.

Yes, I am really missing the 2871 Black Electric Train Motor 9V Decorative Side to complete my trains. Or the new ones for RC/PF(?) and the new PF motor coming this summer.

My Suggestion 1. Not all pices is connected. 2. Choose "Connected Selection tool" and click somewhere on the globe on for example africa . Then drag the selection away from the rest of the pieces to see which ones are left behind. 3. Add more internal pieces. Perhaps by coloring the not connected ones in another colour so that it is possible to see them and then use the "Hide tool" to bee able to place the internel pieces. (I can solve it later but not now since I am officially working...) Ok, so much for working. But it is a quick fix so I would not try to build it in this state. It would be best to have some extra parts to add where appropriate. Are there any more errors in the file??? Earth1.zip

Just open your design in LDD then choose View|New Themes|LEGO Universe from the menu.

Wow! Thank you for your work with this and thanks also to Lego that made it available. I will look inte what it means to WantedBricks!

The tools to switch the motor is described in the article in railbricks. I used a 12V motor so it does not run at full speed but it is enough and can run all of my wagons without problem. You can see my wagons on my flickr account. The PF-wire has 4 connections. 2 that has constant voltage and two that can be regulated with for example the IR receiver. I just cut the wire and connected the regulated ones to the old connectors that fits in the motor. So it can be controlled with my IR remote.

One of the problems that started my quest for PF in my old train was a faulty 4.5V motor. In Railbricks number 6 there is an article on page 41 about changing the actual motor inside. I followed those instructions and this is what I ended up with! I like the red original wheels a lot more then the new black ones on this train.

The programs main purpose is to make a BrickLink wanted list. In most cases the desgnid is all that is needed to match the part to BrickLink. Why would you like it in Excel? I have not thought about that.

Check out my program at http://www.nolberger.se/lego/wantedbricks

If you use the parts I described I think it is very simple to do it right. Just connect them in the order I listed them. And of course you need a remote control also 8879

I have not used the PF motors so others have to answer your questions about that but I have used the 9V train motor and this is what you need to use it: Battery 8878 + 8887 or 8881 IR receiver 8884 Extension Wire 8871 Motor 8866

Sorry for the off topic here... I don't know if your statement is regarding my program or the original "hack" in this thread. But my program would be legal even in the US. That is how OpenOffice can read Word files for example. I also think the original hack is borderline since the factory.lif in practice only is an xml file that could be regarded as a config file. The reverse enginering to understand maybe is illegal in some countries.

It reads the file that is saved from LDD and that is legal as far as i know (at least in Sweden). I have written permission from BrickLink to use their data.

http://www.nolberger.se/lego/wantedbricks