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  1. Asper
    Thank you. The narrow gauge locomotive and car are from my Odenwald Express
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    no real picture, but I started with stud.io to design this. So you can see the principle design:
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    Thank you! Wheels and coupling rods are from bricks-on-rails, There is a hub inside - that's why I had so much trouble with the hood. I will test your pybricks code from 1000Steine soon... I will update the original post, so the link to bricks-on-rails is more prominent.
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    Hello, The DB class V60 was built more than 900 times in the 1950/60s and still can be seen on German rails.It's not the first LEGO model of this shunter, and I know many of them, so maybe some things look familiar. I wanted a smaller locomotive for the limited size of the average LEGO train layouts, and in Germany this engine is very popular so I decided to build my own. 3D printed coupling rod are from bricks-on-rails.de and there are some stickers - everything else is LEGO. It's powered by a "WeDo 2.0 Medium" (bricklink name) motor. It took me a while to work out the small offset for the "sliding hood" (?) - it coveres a PU hub, so there is not much space for snotting. Puling a small train:
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    Wonderful model!
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    Wonderful!
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    Great MOC with many clever details!
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    I also posted an English version here on Eurobricks, maybe that's easier to read. Should have the same information.
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    Wonderful - very close to the original. I like the colors, it's great fun to watch the videos.
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    Wonderful!
  11. Asper
    Interesting prototype - great work on the shape of the model.
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    Tanks. This should also work with the Arduino IDE. But I did not test this.
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    The circuit cube bluetooth kit with it's tiny motors keeps spreading within the AFOL train community (e.g. see this review or this wonderful model). I see two drawbacks with the current version of the official app: only one module can be connected it needs some kind of (expensive) smart device So I asked Tenka (the manufacturer of these kits) for details about the protocol. They kindly shared the documentation and so I started implementing a "bluetooth hub". Using the information from the legoino project my program connects to one LEGO Powered Up remote and up to two circuit cube modules. It runs on a tiny Computer ("M5 Atom") which measures 3x3 studs. So you still need an additional device, but this is tiny and inexpensive and can be placed somewhere on the layout - or even built into the trains. In the videos this is the small grey box connected to the USB power supply. In one mode you can control the official kit: as long as the buttons of the remote are pressed the motors spin with the maximum velocity: The other mode is useful for trains: when a button is pressed the velocities of all motors connected to the corresponding module are increased/decreased: This is currently a "proof-of-concept" - the source code is available in github but using it will require some (basic) knowledge about programming Arduino-like devices.
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    Tenka kindly shared details about the Bluetooth protocol. Based on the information and code from the Legoino project I was able to create a "Bluetooth hub" running on a "M5 Atom" . This connects to a LEGO Powered Up remote and to the Circuit Cubes Bluetooth module. Now I can control it without my phone: I'm currently cleaning up the code and working on a "train mode" - two trains and one LEGO remote, the buttons will increase/decrease the velocity.
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    @ritztoys in order to stay focused on the circuit cubes in this thread I created a new one for the 4wide bogie: 4wide narrow gauge bogie design by space2310
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    I do not want to "hijack" the circuit cubes thread, and maybe it can be found easier with its own topic. I used stud.io to create instructions for the design of "space2310" to drive 4wide trains: At least this is what I remember and what drives my V52.
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    trixbrix
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    Hi Volker, nice engine, love to wee this in real. With this (Circuit Cubes) maybe it's possible to motorize it! Steffen
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    Wow! This would be a wonderful model without the motor. But the PF drive makes IT perfekt.
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    Wonderful! Great collection - you captured many details, your models are very close to the real trains.
  21. Asper
    Thank you for this hint. This is was I got so far - two motors integrated into my narrow gauge V-52:
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    Thank you for the review. I also ordered a set after seeing the suspended monorail of JKBrickworks. There is nothing to add to your review. It would be great to drive two motors with one slider of the app. I plan to built a narrow gauge engine without the need to pull the battery (and IR receiver) in a separate coach. This is what I got so far: (The bogie design is from "Space2310" - I do not know if he es still active on eurobricks.) The motors are quite strong:
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    ...yet another narrow gauge train... Inspiration is still the "Borkumer Kleinbahn" - they also have a steam engine for special events. It's driven by PoweredUp. The cable is strong enough to be used as coupling. Works in both directions - pushing and pulling. I tried to reduce wobbling and shaking by adding extra weight. It runs on tracks built from the old LEGO tracks and on Trixbrix narrow gauge tracks:
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    Wonderful! All the PF stuff in one engine!
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    Thank you. This is my secret: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=x71 These replace the original rubber friction bands. Combined with the "tooths" on the old grey tracks they give a lot of additional friction. So the M-motor (not L as I wrote in the first version) can pull the coaches.
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