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Sven J
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The more I think about it, the more I like the thought... However, I don't think that I'll build it any time soon, for two reasons: First, I'm running out of space to store more models, not to speak of displaying them adequately. Second, I've been tinkering with my Swedish S1 loco and its wooden passenger train for more than a year now, and I think I should get this one finished before starting yet another project. Maybe for next year's OcTRAINber...
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I love it!!! Not so very long ago, you couldn't even dream of motorising such a tiny thing. The Circuit Cubes really have revolutionised Lego train modeling. Good luck for the contest! In German, too... "Fehler in allen Teilen" (flaws in all parts). OT: BMW - "Bring mich Werkstatt" (grammatically wrong - kind of "underclass" slang - for "bring me to the car repair shop") or "Bin maßlos wichtig" ("I'm so very important") Ford - "Für Opa reicht das" ("sufficient for grandpa")
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Your output is unbelievable, regarding both quantity and quality! My personal favourite is still the Trevithick locomotive, but your other entries are truly remarkable creations, too. Good luck for the contest!
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It's amazing how many strange/interesting/exotic (choose any other similar word) trains have surfaced in the context of the OcTRAINber competition, and surely your train is one of the weirdest (and I say that as a compliment). Your rendition of this odd little thing is magnificent! Excellent design and engineering work.
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Just a few hours before the deadline, I just entered my model in the OcTRAINber contest. And, as promised, I also made a short video - here it is: OK, the ore waggon doesn’t really fit, but it’s the only self-unloading car I have, so it has to suffice. After all, it’s just to demonstrate that the locomotive is really able to pull some kind of load… ;-) Thank you for your interest!
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Thank you, Davide @Paperinik77pk and Kai @KaiW! Maybe, but I'm not sure. I'm more interested in locomotives than in waggons. By chance I found an interesting old educational film. I'm quite certain that it shows the "Zeche Sachsen" cokery, and my little locomotive can be seen, too (from ca. 10:00). Compared to the factory drawing (see my first post), it has lost its buffers at one end, and the platform beside the cab has been enlarged and fitted with another stairway for direct access to the coke oven battery:
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What a crazy thing, and what a superb model! Masterly done!
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Again, thank you all for your feedback! In the meantime, the locomotive is finished: Very well observed, Sir! Cokeries work day and night, so the locomotive needs illumination. But of course there has to be a… well, can’t really call it „overhead“ wire… let’s say some sort of electrical power supply to turn the lights on. Here it is : The roof and one cab front are detachable, giving access to the BuWizz and the LED battery pack: In the next days I'll make a short video of the model in motion, and then the engine is ready for submission. I hope you like it despite its bizarre appearance! Best regards, Sven
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Thanks for your kind feedback! Probably you're right. However, I simply don't like that "realistic" look... I love my models to look shiny and new, like fresh from the factory. Thank you Davide! I hope to finish the model this weekend. Strange. It's displayed correctly for me, even in your quotation. I'll give you a Flickr link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/183011768@N06/51655874395
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Some urgently needed parts arrived last Saturday, and now the locomotive chassis and body are more or less finished. I have to add the details yet, but that will be done rather quickly. What really annoyed me (again) is Lego's apparent inability to produce consistent colours. At least 10 different shades of blue in this model...
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Well, they are not "conventional" locos, but actually I did consider building a model of either Nitrate Railway’s standard gauge 0-6-6-0T Meyer engines or FCTT/ACN&R’s narrow gauge 2-6-6-2T Kitson-Meyers (and haven’t completely abandoned these plans yet). But similar to your situation, there are other models to be finished first… for the next 2-3 years, I think there won’t be a chance of another South American locomotive.
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@Osbourne Thank you for your appreciation! I don’t think that I will build one of the mentioned locomotives. I don’t like the visual appearance of Garratt engines, and Mallets are not very well suited to my track layout (I once started building one and gave up, for the test chassis got stuck in curves frequently). Do you have further information regarding that Baldwin engine? I only found 0-6-6-0s here (pp. 163 ff.).
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@ivanlan9 Do these ones work? https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FCL7z35X0AUvx33?format=png&name=900x900 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FCL71VPWEAAhIwU?format=png&name=900x900 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FCL9H4wWEAcXrfY?format=png&name=900x900 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FCL7yjYXsAEnAMS?format=png&name=900x900
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Well, it looks great. Nevertheless, it's much too wide compared to the train itself... I know, this is also true for Lego's own 37mm track. But that's no excuse. Joking aside: I think a narrower track would make these little models look even better.
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Don't say that. Your brick-built 2w track is very neat! Wouldn't it be perfectly suited for the 4w trains some guys (including Davide) are designing? I think they are unpowered anyway, and your track makes a perfect display piece.
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Hi Davide, just saw your photo on Flickr and commented there already, but just to be sure, I'll write here, too... H0 gauge track, according to NEM (European model railroading norm), is 16.5 mm wide. Given that wheel sets must have a bit of lateral track play (and thus the flanges of H0 models are slightly less than 16.5 mm apart), it may well be possible to put a H0 model on 2-stud wide Lego track, but it may be difficult to actually get it running safely, as it might sit very tight between the rails. Vice versa, a Lego model that has 2 studs distance between the outer (!) edges of the flanges on H0 track would theoretically work. In reality, it wouldn't, for the high Lego flanges would rattle across the sleepers... (That's why my 1:33 models don't run on gauge 1 track, but rather on G-scale track. Same width, but higher rails...) Sven
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Sven J replied to Dazzzy's post in a topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale ModelingThat looks very, very promising! Personally, I like the red+black version of the barchetta best. It's a nice contrast to the RV's white/gray.
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Have you tried it in reality? The difference between bright light orange and yellow is much less in reality than in Stud.io. Especially when you consider that yellow is one of the colours that suffers quite a lot from inconsistency. I used BLO for this one as several parts weren't available in yellow - nobody noticed until I mentioned it... Nevertheless, the phone receivers are a clever solution, too!
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