Duq
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Don't use upload, just embed your pictures. In Flickr there's a little arrow icon in the bottom right corner. On the popup pick BBCode, select a size and then copy and paste. The code looks like this: [url=https://flic.kr/p/Kdkvhd][img=https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7539/28362944600_3a72a0d211.jpg][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/Kdkvhd]DB N Wagen back 3[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/144244961@N05/]Sebastian Rupp[/url], on Flickr And the result looks like this: DB N Wagen back 3 by Sebastian Rupp, on Flickr Your train looks pretty good for a first model! I was kinda expecting them to be, well, silver or grey... You could get a City train to get you started with train parts like wheels and motor. After that Bricklink is your friend.
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MOC: 1/33 Swedish 0-8-2T with three (!) working cylinders
Duq replied to Sven J's topic in LEGO Train Tech
Another beauty! I see what you say about the height of the windows, but with this solution they don't look square... I assume the receiver can't handle 2 L-motors on a single output? This solution doesn't look the most reliable... Would you have room for a diff between the motors in case they end up trying to run at different speeds? Another solution would be sBrick to make sure both motors are always set to the same speed and direction. Those skateboards are a great idea but I also like the rubber band around the dish on the front of the boiler; nice detail! -
I was impressed before I realised it's motorised!
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Yes, there's some important news! But nobody is posting it here because everyone wants to keep it a secret...
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Here's a handy picture from Big Ben's website: The 30.4 and 17.6 are the sizes you'll find on the Emerald Night.
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That's an impressive station! Lots of interesting details especially in the restaurants/bars. I agree with 1974 though, it's a bit plain... It could do with a bit of colour to break the white. I like what you've done with turning the 60097 tram into a monorail but the way it bounces at the end of the line is a bit odd. You seem to be good with electronics like Arduino, could you make the monorail stop at the platform for a few seconds? I see a steam train with smoke coming out of the stack. Is that photoshop or do you actually have a smoke generator in that train? Nice Koploper as well by the way ;-)
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Very American ;-) They look really well; you have a lot of nice shapes and angles going there. And I agree on the car number continuing over a rib, it's just one of those nice details. The full 14 car set looks very impressive!
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Beauty! So many nice details like the gold epaulettes and the way you're running some of the tubing. I see you used some Kragle for the 17 stud long half beams in the running gear?
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Nicely done! If your German is ok (or you get Google to translate for you) you can find some information here: http://www.achertaeler-eisenbahnverein.de/index.php/verein/fahrzeuge
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Very nice model. Interesting to see one motor horizontally mounted and the other vertically. I'd love to get those round tiles with a pin in black as you've used them on your bogies. Good luck with the Ideas project. With such a specific subject it's not going to be easy....
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Hey, good question! I've been sitting on this idea for a steam train that's guaranteed to be a winner. I've just been waiting for someone to give it to... Seriously. You want to create a project for Ideas? Create it. You want a steam train to quickly reach 10k votes? Good luck...
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How do you know? And is it definitely 'Winter Train', not 'Christmas Train'? I think you're right. If the target audience is families getting a train under the Christmas tree then it'll need to have all the components in the set, just like the City trains. In that case I'd not expect something realistic but rather something cute. Forget about 2-4-0's or 4-6-0's, think an updated Holiday Train or 7715.
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TRAIN TECH Help, General Questions & Talk to the Staff
Duq replied to WesternOutlaw's topic in LEGO Train Tech
Here's the list: 6-wide 4-wide 6-wide is the standard Lego train track, also known as L-gauge. It's called 6-wide because from outside to outside it's as wide as a 6 stud plate. The Centre Line Gauge is 5 studs or 40mm and the Track Gauge is 37.5mm. That size is the same for blue and grey 4.5V and 12V track, 9V track and RC/PF track. In recent years Lego have produced 4-wide track; Centre Line Gauge is 3 studs or 24mm making the Track Gauge 21.5mm. Curves exist for this track as well as 'rollercoaster' straights that have a steep slope in them. Lego have not (yet?) produced regular straight track in this width. You can make those straights yourself with ME Models straight rails. -
Are you sure you want to go bigger? I'd say BBB XL is about as big as you'd want to run on Lego track. Are you aware of this project? Wheel development.. by Bricksonwheels, on Flickr
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Thanks for all the compliments guys, much appreciated!
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Quoting the entire post above including the photo is pointless. Please don't. Use quote when replying to a few posts back or to only part of the previous post. Curved track does not attach directly to a baseplate. Easiest thing is to put the curve on tiles. If the straights on either end are fixed (one plate up from the baseplate to match the tiles) the curve won't move.
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Yes, Lego trains can go up a hill. You're going to need some space though... You can't go up more than 2 plates per track section.
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It's been a while since I posted a new model here and technically my Class 201 is not a new model... I built it a few years ago to go with some carriages that a fellow club member built. Unfortunately those carriages were fairly heavy and the combination of M-motors and wrong gearing meant that my engine couldn't cope. As a result it spent most of its time at shows parked up. In real life the class 201 engines have also been side-lined as loco-pulled passenger trains have been replaced by multiple-units in recent years. A number of these InterCity branded engines are now being used in freight service. So I figured it was time to give my model 201 a freight job too. For a start that meant fixing the lack of power. That in turn meant a rebuild from the ground up. PF L-motor mount by Duq, on Flickr Based on this motor mount on either end I rebuilt the body mostly as it was before, except that it had to grow by two studs Irish Rail Class 201 by Duq, on Flickr Once I had the engine sorted I needed some cars to pull. There's not an awful lot of choice in Ireland but I found these 'spoils' wagons and quite liked them.They are used for maintenance works. They are bright yellow boxes that sit on dark red container cars and I just liked the colours. 30130, Portlaoise PW, 22/8/14 by Kieran Marshall, on Flickr These wagons have since been modified a little, with plates at either end to stop the gravel getting stuck in the chassis. My first attempt was entirely 6 wide to go with the 6-wide loco. It just didn't look right. Back to the drawing board then for a 7-wide container on a 6-wide chassis. It took a lot of jumper plates to make that work... Irish Rail Spoils Wagon WIP by Duq, on Flickr Nearly there, but I wasn't happy with the bogies. It took a few nights of fiddling to come up with the idea of using pneumatic hose for the side of the bogies. Sambre et Meuse freight bogies compared by Duq, on Flickr All that was needed now was a few Bricklink orders to build a set of 3: [media] [/media]
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Nice version of the Köf! Slightly bigger scale than mine ;-) Pity you couldn't get the motor in.
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Where do you get that price? I see those windows starting at €0.27 on Bricklink: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogPG.asp?P=60592&colorID=80 It's a nice little loco. Lots of things you could do differently but that's the fun thing about modelling with Lego: this is your interpretation of the Class 04. Using the tiles for the coupling rods is an interesting solution, I don't think I've seen that before.
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Well... kinda. It's only the 11th most wanted train set. Or 15th if you include stations. http://brickset.com/sets/query-2955/page-1
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That's been known to happen:
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To get started with the hobby I have two recommendations: Start buying sets. Any sets. You're going to need bricks! Start building. Anything. Fail, and try again. Be realistic; don't expect your first model to be like some of the models you've seen posted here. Most of the builders of these great models have spent years building to get to where they are now. Oh, and finally, start small. Build a little shunter and some freight cars. Don't start with a Big Boy ;-) Oops, that kinda turned into four recommendations, didn't it?
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I really hope it won't be a licensed Polar Express set because that would only inflate the price.
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Wow! I was already impressed before I noticed it's built by a 10 year-old! As others have said, very interesting parts usage - those headlights caught my eye first. The prototype is probably a slow shunter so slow is not necessarily bad. If you want to speed it up you will have to add gears or use a train motor.