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  1. Asper
    Thank you @FiliusRucilo and @djm! After I have been to exhibitions with Masao Hidaka's original design in 2014 and 2015 I put away the tracks and trains. I planned to improve the trains since I found the same wobbling and curve-speed issues - but never found the time to do so. Then this thread started... Finally I found some time to set up a layout and test the designs of @FiliusRucilo and @LegoMonorailFan. Both designs work perfectly on tight curves and even inclinations are no problem for the trains - with unmodified couplings. I also could remove a complete layer of bricks from the original track design. And everything fits on 4x4 baseplates: https://youtu.be/h9AD006CpFo ! Yesterday I started fiddling around with curved tracks and gear racks to build a working switch. And today I find the instructions! Thank you all! This is great!
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    Wonderful - as always. I'm looking forward to the next stop on your tour.
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    Yes, feel free to use and evolve this design ( and use the instructions in the flickr album) . I'm only "standing on the shoulders of giants" - I have learned so much from the community. It's a "hose, rigid 3mm" cut to 2L (16mm)
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    Thank you all for this feedback!
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    Wonderful engine and wagon. Very realisitc.
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    Years ago I found an image of a LEGO coach using Duplo part 2032. Unfortunately I do not find this anymore... So I cannot link to the original author. I liked the idea very much and started collecting these parts. In the meantime I have a small collection and was able to build a complete train using these parts: For the bogies I used brass tubes to hold the axles. (Instructions in the flickr album.) I also found parts 4548 and 4549 in my kids LEGO collection and added some smaller cars: More images can be found in the album on flickr. Hope you like it!
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    Wonderful engine! Good luck for the ideas project.
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    Nice engine! I also like the scenery.
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    Wow, incredible train! Its design is wonderful - and it has opening doors. Can you show some more details of the coupling?
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    Great train! The prototype is instantly recognizable - and one of my favorite trains. (Just yesterday I watched a historical episode of a German TV show about this train...). I do not see how to improve the nose with LEGO, I like it. But you need to add an additional row beneath the carriages - covering the bogies with some red tile (e.g. like Stefaneris did). Your train is 8 wide, so there should be enough space for some brackets.
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    Wonderful. They look very realisitc.
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    This thread is so much fun to read and follow! Thank you for sharing all this! In 2013 "arminpfano" posted his brick-built monorail system "Solorail" on "1000Steine". The text is in German, but I think the pictures and movie is enough to understand what he did. He used the old tracks from the 12v train system, which is very cost effective (2€ / m). Forum entry: http://www.1000steine.de/de/gemeinschaft/forum/?entry=1&id=297870#id297870
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    Great engine! Wonderful
  14. Asper
    Wonderful! Cute little train!
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    Wonderful Designs! I always loved those custom-built monorails and also started using Masao Hidaka's design (https://youtu.be/Dh5wtrhUYds). The designs shown here are great - thank you for sharing all the details. Thank you, David!
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    Wonderful! Incredible level of detail! Great!
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    Wonderful Train! Many clever details - great!
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    Wonderful engine (as always). Great!
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    Great MOC! And a very interesting prototype
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    Wonderful model of this tram - and great pictures.
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    Wonderful ! One of my favorite engines. The shape of the front looks difficult to build with LEGO - your design is great.
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    Wonderful engine
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    Wonderful collection. Great work on the stickers!
  24. Asper
    This is the "Stadt Bahnhof" (city station) of Trossingen. (Trossingen has two stations, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trossingen_Railway for details about the interesting history of this special railway). The current modernised state of the building does not show anything of the original timber framing. (See this website for historical images: http://www.trossinger-eisenbahn.de/geschichte/ ). Faller made a version of this station so it can be seen on many model-railway layouts in Germany. I must admit I mainly used images of these models found in the web while building. It was shown in Trossingen near the original building from November 2015-March 2016 together with the second railway station of Trossingen and a historical train: https://www.flickr.com/photos/66636161@N00/albums/72157660617116837 It's not the first version in LEGO. Daniel Kampa built this years ago and called it "Stadoerfla station": http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=183388 It has no interior since the visible snotted walls are to weak to carry the massive roof. Many of the elements are held by a single clip or stud.
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    That's wonderful! After playing with SBrick and ESP8266 and BlueSmartControl I learned that - besides automation with sensors and computer - I really need manual control devices that is not my smart phone. At some point you want to stop the computer and simply "play" with the trains, and that's not much fun with the smartphone. For the trains on plastic tracks with batteries it has to be something "wireless". But for switches your solution seems perfect.
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