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| Nice show. Really good looking engine too. Good design of this on
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=60481 - is it stable in
curves?
Do you have some more pictures of that car?
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=60437
Have you tried to add pistons to the engine? E.g. the old ones from the
70'ies; the yellow ones.
Rgds
Sonnich
Robin Sather <robinsather@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3b703aef.7982288@lugnet.com...
> Hi all,
>
> Hello all,
>
> We (the Vancouver Lego Club) just finished doing a show locally this
> past weekend, and I thought I'd post a link to some preliminary
> pictures of the Harry Potter stuff that I created for the show.
>
> Sorry for the blurry pix, an older digital camera was used. Better
> ones are coming soon.
>
> On top of the mountain, you'll see a structure that is not part of the
> Hogwarts area. It's the upper station of a wonderful gondola system
> that had working cars moving up and down (automatically) all weekend.
> Click the "Up" link on any of the following pages for lots more pix of
> this and other stuff from the show.
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=60512
> - Another overall shot of the Hogwarts Area.
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=60436
> - Overall shot looking over mountain from "Muggle-Land".
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=60437
> - Closeup of Hogwarts Express passenger coach
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=60438
> - Hogwarts Express Train with Hogsmeade station
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=60439
> - Nose of Hogwarts Express train, beside Hogsmeade station
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=60440
> - Hogwarts Express locomotive and tender. Hogsmeade station in the
> background. (Train based on movie train - see
> http://www.hpgalleries.com/mgallery6.htm . Hogsmeade station based on
> Goathland station - see http://www.hpgalleries.com/mgallery5.htm)
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=60441
> - Closeup of rear of Hogwarts Express locomotive
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=60442
> - Hagrid's Hut (3 sided structure)
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=60443
> - Closeup of Hogsmead station main building
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=60444
> - Some detail of the Hogsmead station platform
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=60445
> - Two rowboats with lanterns, ready to ferry the 1st years across the
> lake to the castle. Ron, Hermione, and Harry wave in the background.
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=60446
> - The giant squid in the lake. Also, behind the squid, in the base of
> the castle, notice the water entrance, where 1st years would first
> enter Hogwarts. You can't see it in this picture, but there is a
> platform inside the arches with pillars supporting the roof, and doors
> leading off to the right and left from the chamber.
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=60447
> - The whomping willow, which was motorized and, using a mindstorms
> program, actually "whomped" for a few seconds every time the train
> left Hogsmeade station.
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=60448
> - The front door of Hogwarts castle, with the shields of the 4 houses
> (or at least my best approximation) out in front. Sorry, no wild boar
> statues yet!
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=60449
> - A closeup shot of the tower on Hogwarts castle. One of the 4 house
> ghosts grins from within.
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=60450
> - A closeup shot of Hagrid's pet dragon, Norbert. Also shown is the
> side of Hagrid's 3 - sided hut, with the lake (giant squid arms) in
> the background. Harry, Ron, and Hermione wave from the far shore.
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=60451
> - A shot of the upper part of Hogwarts castle nestled up against the
> mountain.
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=60452
> - The nose of the Hogwarts Express heading into the tunnel leading
> back into "Muggle - Land". The lake (with giant squid), and Hogwarts
> castle in the background.
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=60492
> - Yours truly standing next to the Hogwarts Area.
>
> Although there are some nice new elements from the new HP line, I'm
> quite disappointed overall. My MOCs are more along the lines of what
> I was hoping to see (fat chance ...!).
>
> Cheers, and feel free to post your comments.
>
> Robin Sather
> Vancouver Lego Club
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| > Nice show. Really good looking engine too. Good design of this on
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=60481 - is it stable in
> curves?
Very stable. No problem with curves or points. You can't really tell
anything from that picture, but I'll have more and better ones soon.
There are multiple pivet points of articulation for the large wheels,
and I "cheated" by placing tiny train wheels underneath to "guide" the
large ones.
> Do you have some more pictures of that car?
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=60437
Not from that first batch, but I will have more pix of that car, as
well as the "combo" car, tender and locomotive, very soon.
> Have you tried to add pistons to the engine? E.g. the old ones from the
> 70'ies; the yellow ones.
Did I ever!! I spent many hours experimenting with various cylinder
and piston designs. I tried to find some of the old yellow pistons,
but eventually decided that I didn't want yellow ones anyway, so gave
that up.
I came up with some beautiful custom designs that just looked awesome
... until they broke off, or seized up. Also, due to the articulation
of the train body, curves presented unique challenges, to say the
least. Eventually I opted to leave them all off, in favour of having
an engine that was able to run reliably on our layout for 2 days with
very little attention paid to making sure everything was working
properly.
I did leave lots of space, however, for future attempts! ;-)
Robin
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