dr_spock

Where was your train show? I used AA box for extra traction weight in a Techball Robot. Nothing is better than 4.5V with the C size batteries. Has anyone used the new Control+ box for trains?

Maybe 8 for licensed product detailing requirements and 6 for in-house stuff? With those new plastic axle bogies, the weight of 8 could increase rolling resistance and strain the train motor.

I get ads when I am not logged in to Flickr to browse pics. I don't see ads when I'm logged in. Weird.

I think the wires are 22 or 24 gauge. I crimped dupont connectors on the ends of my PF cables salvaged from burned out PF M-motors. I can extend them with wires that have a dupont connectors or connect them to devices with header pins like motor drivers.

Nice. Will there be one to connect to the new Powered Up motors?

I have that issue with 8258 crane truck. It is one of my favorite sets too. Events like hospital children picnics.

Generic balls can be fine for running a GBC display outside of house by yourself too. The majority of the general public is not going to notice the difference between real LEGO® balls and compatible balls. I even hear people called them marbles looking at my display. Many of them didn't know LEGO® even made balls. Chances of being called out a non-purist by a non-AFOL is pretty slim. For collaborative GBC displays, it is best to use only one person's balls whether it is real LEGO® or other types of balls. Sorting out whose's whose afterwards is both time and effort consuming.

Depends on your trains and how fast they'll approach the ramps. You could make some test ramps to see what works with your trains and particular situation. We did one brick per straight section of track elevation with speedy short trains.

We were recently at the Greater Toronto Train Show. We brought along some LEGO® to a model train show. It was really fun to be able to run trains since we don't have space for layouts at home.

I have 36 years-old stickers on LEGO® trains and they are still perfect. Stickers on my Technics sets from 2008/9 are cracked and falling off. Recent stickers haven't aged enough yet to see how they'll hold up long term. Improperly cured UV ink is not great if users put the printed pieces in their mouths. Uncured UV ink can also cause skin irritation and other side effects. Read the MSDS sheets. Kids do like stickers. We hand out stickers at events and they seem to be popular with the kids.

Could depend on if you are using an Arduino Uno or Mega? Do you want PWM speed and direction control of the motors and/or simple on/off? You can also use the arduino to control the PF motors connected to the PF IR receiver.

Thank you for the review. The new rims are nice. That storage box still reminds me of a Star Trek coffin.

One of the problem with roaches is they can leave droppings in your LEGO® pieces nooks and crannies. Roach excrement has a distinctive smell to it.

You could seal the set in clear plastic bags. That'd keep the roaches out.

I still have punch cards and cassette tape mixes. I recently replaced my 1998 car with a 2019 and it doesn't have a cassette tape player. Paper would be a better solution when LEGO® is gifted to charities for less fortunate families who may or may not have capable electronic devices for their kids.

Would nylon wire last longer?

What size balls do you seek? 14mm? 16mm? Duplo balls?

Polls don't work in the Technic Forum. They seem to be ok in the other forums if I recall.

I use Inkscape when I need to convert rasters to vectors for enlarging. Rasters downsize ok. Scaling up maybe not so much. Really depends on the starting image and what output you want to achieve.

Is toilet paper sustainable? It is not recyced. Some Bricklink sellers reuse the LEGO® plastic bags. My BL orders sometimes come in numbered bags tape closed.

They could donate the used rental pieces assuming they didn't get a depreciation write-off. If need to be destroyed, then there's recycling.

The trees would use that carbon dioxide in their photosynthesis process. The trees are then chopped down and made into paper. And the circle of life of the LEGO® instruction booklet begins again.

I still have my LEGO® instruction booklets and sets from 36 years ago. I use them time to time to rebuild something or a nostalgia trip. The paper & plastic environmental impact will be after I die. Although my LUG members will probably inherit them. Meanwhile my iPad died in less than 5 years taking the files that weren't backed up at the time with it. You also don't reach a point where your device is no longer supported by the latest iOS and you have to either buy a new one or live with the security risks until the battery dies. Then you still have to get a new one. Paper can biodegrade in my backyard compost heap and kitchen worm bin. The compost and worm casting can then be used to fertilize my garden and lawn. My electronic devices not so much.

We have beautiful cycling weather in the great white north. I've been cycling to work and left my new wagon parked all week. (I have more LUG events coming up, it'll get driven.) Snow could start any time now. Soon I'll be jumping snow banks (and crashing). Winter Outdoor Cycling by dr_spock_888, on Flickr

I put PUP in a similar sized tender and the PUP train motor underneath. The hub sticks up in the 79111 styled tender. The sides would need to be at least a brick higher to hide the hub like this tender with the hub mostly hidden: