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  1. zephyr1934
    Very nice, and now that you seem to be some sort of genie granting wishes and all, I can't wait until I see this as an IDEAS set. (grin)
  2. zephyr1934
    So these builds are restricted on BL based on IP??? Because you state that build is of something specific, "PRR GG1" in this case? Or some other reason? Whatever reason, that sucks. While your build is an amazing rendition of a GG1, few would mistake it for being an actual GG1. Could you get around the IP constraint by simply calling it an electric locomotive inspired by the GG1? Or drop GG1 entirely? What about posting it to rebrickable?
  3. zephyr1934
    Very nice! Naturally it looks best with the loco on board.
  4. zephyr1934
    That looks great, I am also particularly struck by the roof. I can't wait to see a shot of the train at the station.
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    You're killing me, the image does not work (at least on my browser). Fortunately, after a bit of googling I found this. It looks great! Just one question, your older GG1 on bricklink is "for display only", do you plan on selling the design? The world needs more great Lego train MOC's available and with all your great work you deserve some compensation from those who want to follow in your footsteps. As a personal disclaimer, I've been working on my own GG1 and independently came up with the same keystone design (just putting that out there that great minds think alike, and I sometimes think like them too)
  6. zephyr1934
    It is always nice to see great ideas, but it becomes difficult to read the forum if there are 20 new ideas in separate threads from one individual on one day. On one extreme is this thread dating to 2009 about one builder's creation that remains active an interesting to this day If you are a prolific builder, I'd suggest doing a monthly digest of your new contributions. Or if you are a slower builder, why not pace your release and present one item every few weeks so that readers are not overwhelmed in one day.
  7. zephyr1934
    Looks great but I have horrible news, unless I missed something, the upcoming BDP palette does not have the large train wheels, nor does it have magnetic couplers. I was sketching a nice steam engine using the previous BDP palette and it was blown out of the water by the lack of parts in the current palette. (!@#$%) Hopefully I'm wrong, that would be great if I'm wrong about this
  8. zephyr1934
    Simply finding varied loads is the easy part, finding varied loads that make sense together is the hard part. Something that makes sense like a caravan, like a circus. Or maybe in the case of your transformer, you could do parts for a new power station or an industrial building.
  9. zephyr1934
    That turned out really nice. It has an illustrated feel to it with the gentle hillsides with the transition to the shore and water. The bridge also came out very nice.
  10. zephyr1934
    Those are some really nice freight wagons. I particularly like the transformer in the open gondola car and all the details on the boxcar next to it.
  11. 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.
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. zephyr1934
    Looks great with the printed parts
  15. 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.
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