Technic Figure Scale Narrow Gauge

[Troy C]

Hey there, I am new around here. I have been playing with legos for 30+ years. Sometimes I search the internet to see if someone has already put in the work to build something I want to build. This project has been in my mind for most of a decade and no one has shared a similar mechanism that I have seen so far. I figure I owe it to the community to share what I made given how much I have received over the years. 
 

I want to build a Lego train layout to Technic figure scale. I don’t see many people mixing trains and Technic. I don’t intend to have the mechanism be the focus of the build like Technic sets are designed to do but I do intend to take advantage of the possibilities that Technic components offer.

I took my first stab at making this locomotive about 5 years ago. It never did what I wanted it to do and it took until the cat knocked it off the shelf and shattered the first try before I admitted that the cat was right and I needed to start over. I am sharing the mechanism now because it might never get finished but it is really cool and might inspire someone else. 
 

 

[LEGOTrainBuilderSG]

Very cool! I know there's this guy on YouTube that does technic trains and they look fantastic!

 

[brummer]

One technik train set 1/18  you can buy in china

 

 

[zephyr1934]

Very nice. I've seen a few technic figure scale trains before but they are uncommon. The size actually makes a lot of sense for narrow gauge, and the nice thing about NG is that many prototypes are only a couple of cars. Keep slowly building.

[Gadg8eer]

On 4/30/2023 at 8:42 PM, LEGOTrainBuilderSG said:

Very cool! I know there's this guy on YouTube that does technic trains and they look fantastic!

 

Oh, neat! I didn't know that there was a different scale of train for lego!

[Robo-Knight]

On 5/1/2023 at 2:01 AM, brummer said:

One technik train set 1/18  you can buy in china

 

 

That does fit what I'm hoping to go for, thank you. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the power functions that power the train itself. I can't imagine that the standard power functions battery/bogey wheel doing any heavy lifting.