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  1. zephyr1934
    Looking at the train tech main page I see your original powered up book as the #2 item in the list of pinned items. It might be worth mentioning this thread in that thread.
  2. zephyr1934
    Yes, if you dig deep enough (e.g., Modulex) there were dozens of colors in the 60's, but 99% of the bricks were in the 5 colors of the old Lego flag. McKee's book is definitely of its time, and not worth spending a fortune unless you have way too much money and you are a completionist. But in its time it was great. I think of it as the first in this line of three books targeted at AFOL train builders, hence my suggestion (to be taken or not as you see fit). Regardless, that's a crazy amount of work you put in to this book, and it shows
  3. zephyr1934
    Excellent work! Just scanning, p26 mentions "the original 6 colours" represented by the logo, but there are only 5 colors in the logo. I'd suggest changing it to say 5 colours (technically there was also green baseplates, a few gray parts, and several different colors in the HO scale cars, but I wouldn't go there). I didn't see it in your book, but it might be worth mentioning McKee's book, Getting Started with Lego Trains, that probably inspired Holger
  4. zephyr1934
    Looks great with the printed parts
  5. zephyr1934
    I only skimmed the video, but towards the end it looked like the locomotive powered itself up the ramp and then it might have been winched onto the truck but still, if it self propelled up the ramp it would have been hot. Who knows.
  6. zephyr1934
    They truck the steam locomotives while they are hot and under pressure? That's insane.
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    Yes and yes, but it is two plates high, so it requires one more plate of height compared to the bogie plate.
  8. zephyr1934
    I think the question at hand is how do you attach the wheels without the bogie plate. TLDR: easiest replacement is the 2x2 turntable: Verbose response: The 4 studs on the turntable connection will not be as strong as the pin connection on the bogie plate, probably only matters if you are pulling a heavy train or if you are running on uneven track (the bogie pitching forward and back under the train base could loosen the stud connection on the turntable). But, it also eliminates the annoying pin sticking through into your build above the train base. If you are building something with a 6x24 or 6x28 footprint and the color works, the train base is a nice part to use because it has a one plate tall hollow region underneath that the bogie plate fits in perfectly. The bogie plate covers and protects the studs below, e.g., on the top of the wheel holder. You could do the same thing with tiles and the turntable, but the bogie plate has tapered edges that reduce potential conflicts. Technically, you probably do not need to cover the studs but the support protects against pitching and rolling that could loosen the stud connections, as per above.
  9. zephyr1934
    That came out really nice, you've made a lot of improvements to this MOC in a small amount of time.
  10. zephyr1934
    Nice build, with some small but new to me techniques. You could always use a 3mm rigid hose, possibly cut down to length. But the standard motor sides might look okay too. The ingots are an interesting choice, I would not have thought about it, I probably would have gone with 1x2 grill tiles but I think the ingots work better by bringing in the right amount of "lines". So what are the 1x1 windows on the side of the cab for?
  11. zephyr1934
    Curves can be a big challenge when going to brick built track, but switches are an even bigger challenge. They can be done, but they are not as robust as one piece switches (or a few piece switches). Some folks have turned to G-scale track to get to wider wheel spacing (I think it is close to 7 wide track of the giant HP train).
  12. zephyr1934
    Absolutely smashing!
  13. zephyr1934
    That is an inspirational thing of beauty that just keeps growing. Still, the thing I hate most is that you are making me want to try my hand at building a remote control truck.
  14. zephyr1934
    @Cheeseyfeet and Oreo thank you kindly! I'm still partial to 6 wide trains, I just like the size, but I am envious of all the extra detail you can get in on 8 wide. Whether 6 or 8 (or even 10) you have such a small resolution to work with. One of my friends once put it that Lego trains are just doing anti-aliasing in three dimensions.
  15. zephyr1934
    Yeah, still slowly working away at them. Fortunately, because BDP requires complete instructions with any submission I've become somewhat adept at working with that tool. I also need to figure out Rebrickable, can't be too hard, but I will probably start with something less ambitious first. You have my permission to nudge me every few months via PM... of course you'll need to get up to 10 posts on eurobricks before you can PM
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