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  1. Duq
    For the money it's not a bad train parts pack although if you want to MOC a proper steam loco you'll need to buy two...
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    I've built a PF Köf II that runs on a 9V battery. It works, but not for very long. Those batteries run out fast when they power something this big.
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    As my colleague would say: Pictures, or it hasn't happened.
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    I'm afraid you have many things mixed up here... 4.5V train motors and old 12V train motors look the same, but we're talking before 1980. New 12V train motors looked different but still used the same connectors: 9V train motors have the same shape as the second generation 12V train motors but use the 2x2 plate connectors. IR train motors look the same and use the same connector. PF train motors are still the same shape but have a cable attached. The PF extension lead will connect to 9V and IR train motors, but not 4.5V or 12V.
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    These days it's not unusual to dump your unwanted xmas gifts on eBay so why would there be a problem with LEGO employees selling their xmas gift? If, as seems to be the case, some of those sets have left the factory in Hungary outside of the employee gift process then that's a problem for LEGO that they need to fix. If you would know for certain that the sets haven't yet been given to employees (and I know they haven't been handed out in Billund) and you would buy one on eBay then you would be knowingly purchasing stolen goods... As for the set, I would love a copy but €300 seems a lot. It is really odd that the golden age of LEGO trains has been overlooked. I think 7740 or 7750 should have been in there, possibly at the expense of the western loco, the Metroliner or the monorail.
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    A German Ben who builds steam engines... that sounds promising! ;-) On the side view your engine seems to have all flanged wheels. Is this a static model or does it go around corners?
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    That's pretty much how I work as well. I wrote a little tool a long time ago that draws a grid over an image. I use a scale somewhere between 1:40 and 1:45 for most models, based on wheel size mostly. That means I can't build some German steam engines because even the Big Ben XL wheels aren't big enough... In model railroading shortening was more common in the past, when carriages for h0 (1:87) were reduced to 1:100 for length. These days they tend to be full length. For my Umbau carriages I used narrower windows and I took out 2 windows either side. That reduced them to a length that's easier to manage around layouts.
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    Oh man... That's absolutely stunning! The level of detail in... well.. everything really is something else. I was looking forward to this model since you announced it and boy was it worth the wait! Dare I still make two suggestions? For the tables you now have a stud on top of the table because of the bracket you use. Instead you could use a tile (1x2 or 2x2) and simply put it between the side wall and the under-studs of the tan plate. That just fits/holds. For the steps I would add a plate behind the bottom step so it's a little further out than the top step.
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    As with your previous models it's got some nice touches. I like the colour of the doors that others have mentioned but the brakes are also fabulous. Are you going to build a few more of these, maybe in other colours?
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    If all you want to do is run it around the tree then you don't really need remote control and receiver; just get the rechargable battery and use the speed control on that.
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    I would suggest selling the second set unopened. Use the cash to get a station and some extra track. Your son is 4. He won't care if his train has 3 or 4 or 5 carriages. He'll have a train that runs and having a station to stop at will be more fun than a longer train. Also, build it up slowly. You want the best for your boy but giving him too much too soon might not be the best...
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    Welcome back! And really sorry to hear about your situation. Unfortunately I know what it's like; I spent a year in court with my spiteful ex before I got to see my kids again... Looking forward to new builds!
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    I think orange was out because of the Porsche 911... Just had a quick look, it's the slightly older R500 that was available in white with red stripes. As that model has been replaced by the 620R I guess Caterham wouldn't be too keen to have it as the prototype for the set.
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    I'm very disappointed. By making the whole hood section two plates taller they've killed the proportions. It's probably because of the Mini and the Beetle that it couldn't be British Racing Green or azure with orange but I would still have preferred white with a red stripe like they had on Top Gear. Not sure I'll buy this now. I might start bricklinking the parts to build Carl's version.
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    That's a great collection of trams you've got there! I think my favourite is the TMK 101. The shape, the colours, it just all works really well together there.
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    Are you sure you know what we're talking about? The 9V train motor has fixed wheels with a black centre and silver rims. Yes you can buy red wheels but you can't put them on the 9V train motor.
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    Slightly different livery that in the photo of the prototype. Have there been different versions of CIE orange and black? Looking forward to seeing it run on one of our layouts!
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    @finish-last: that seems like an awful lot of trouble. Why not just put a 9V motor under the tender and leave the loco as-is?
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    Good spot! I think you're right. If you look at 10254_Bottom_CallOut_02.jpg on Brickset you can see that the red tile on top of the bogie is a fraction lower than the plate beside it and that would suggest it's a bogie plate. To die-hards it wouldn't be the same as the plate used in 7750 though, as the current mold has a shorter pin.
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    You can see the PF solution in the images on Brickset. Check the reverse of the box. In the top right corner you'll see that you need 8879 + 8884 + 88000 + 88002. The battery goes in the tender but is too tall so there's dark and light grey visible above the sides. The front of the batter box will also be visible at the front of the tender. The connector end of the receiver sits in the cab, the tall end goes where the raised section of the boiler is. All in all not a particularly elegant solution... Edit: if you use rechargeable battery 8878 instead of 88000 then you can leave out the receiver 8884 and still have speed control.
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    My trains are transported in plastic folding crates: In those crates they're wrapped in clingfilm so that any parts that come loose stay with the train. It works, it's compact, but it's also a lot of work to pack and unpack. And because my trains are 6, 7 or 8 wide, usually with lots of detailing around the outside, they're not easy to pack into the create. It's a bit like a 3D jigsaw. I'm thinking about a new system. It must be easy/quick to pack and unpack, it must be easily adaptable to new models, it must be closed so parts don't go missing and it must still be light and compact...
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    A combination of having a tub of the 1x3 curved slopes and not being aware of the existence of those double curves...
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    @Hod Carrier: I agree with many of your points; I don't get the train-under-the-tree thing, I'm guessing that's something American. The set is unlikely to get people into Lego trains and at the rumoured price it's expensive. As you can see in my Flickr stream I do design and build my own trains and other models. I aquire the parts through Bricklink but also from sets. And there's the thing: I enjoy building sets following Lego's instructions, even if most of those sets are taken apart shortly after and will never be rebuilt again. And building those sets is more fun when they're well-designed...
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    It's not love at first sight for me I'm afraid... And if that's going to be €100 for 734 parts without a motor I think I'll pass. Looks like the flat car has a model train going around a xmas tree that'll be driven by the wheels. The way the front of the engine is built looks like you can swap in a motor but I'm not sure where the battery box would go.
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    Funny, that's exactly how I felt when I started my Umbau cars. So you've got work to do! ;-) In green these cars were pulled by a range of steam and diesel engines but I'm not that familiar with Tegernsee Bahn rolling stock... Thanks! It's nice to see a different interpretation of the same prototype. For mine I decided to shorten the overall length a good bit so I wouldn't have too many problems running them on a layout. As they were built from available parts they ran on different bogies with the MD36 and the swan neck being the most used. I really like your version. Those double-curve pieces work really well for the curve of the roof (which is too shallow on mine). Looking forward to seeing a full train!
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