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Hi all,
Ran across some photos of this train
(1,
2,
3,
4)
the other day and thought it rather neat: a Thalys TGV in different colours. The
real thing was to run between Sydney and Canberra but cost too much so never
happened.
BS Gallery
Like my NY Subway train, this one is designed to be easily adjusted to using the
IR battery train system as well as the standard 9V system. It uses the close
coupling technique of Jason Allemann and his door design too I think.
Please let me know what you think.
Tim
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In lugnet.trains, Timothy Gould wrote:
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BS Gallery
Like my NY Subway train, this one is designed to be easily adjusted to using
the IR battery train system as well as the standard 9V system. It uses the
close coupling technique of Jason Allemann and his door design too I think.
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Stellar work, Tim. I don’t have time to say much nor to comment on all your
recent and impressive works, so my enthusiasm and admiration stated here is
intended broadly. I’ve been lurking and enjoying your constant stream of new
MOCs.
later,
James Mathis
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Stellar work, Tim. I don’t have time to say much nor to comment on all your
recent and impressive works, so my enthusiasm and admiration stated here is
intended broadly. I’ve been lurking and enjoying your constant stream of new
MOCs.
later,
James Mathis
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Hi James,
Thanks very much for your compliments. I’m building on the excellent groundwork
of other AFOLs such as yourself so that makes designing new things a lot easier.
I hope that people can learn from my work as I have learnt from the work of
others.
I wish you luck in getting a bit more time for LUGNET and/or Lego in general
soon.
Tim
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In lugnet.trains, Timothy Gould wrote:
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Hi all,
Ran across some photos of this train
(1,
2,
3,
4) the other day and thought it rather neat: a Thalys TGV in different
colours. The real thing was to run between Sydney and Canberra but cost too
much so never happened.
BS Gallery
Like my NY Subway train, this one is designed to be easily adjusted to using
the IR battery train system as well as the standard 9V system. It uses the
close coupling technique of Jason Allemann and his door design too I think.
Please let me know what you think.
Tim
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I am a big fan of all things TGV. (You may have seen my 10ft+ long TGV) This is
a cool model and I see how you have been influenced by other designs. I know
this is CAD work, but I would like to see how you have the articulation between
the cars. Are you using the spring bricks or another method? Also I think the
door design might be a bit big for this model. Overall cool design and the
colors are great. Also do you have plans to make this built in the brick?
Dave
www.GPLR.org
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I am a big fan of all things TGV. (You may have seen my 10ft+ long TGV)
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I have and it’s very impressive.
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This
is a cool model and I see how you have been influenced by other designs. I
know this is CAD work, but I would like to see how you have the articulation
between the cars. Are you using the spring bricks or another method?
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I’m using the technique David Allemann invented for his O-train
(see it here). It is by far
my favourite close-coupling technique and I have even built it in the brick
before (which is pretty rare for me).
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Also I
think the door design might be a bit big for this model.
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Yes. Quite possibly. A three-wide door might have been better. I’m going through
a bit of a TLC+ design phase at the moment where I try to keep things like TLC
do but with a bit more detail so I wasn’t really checking the ratios.
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Overall cool design
and the colors are great. Also do you have plans to make this built in the
brick?
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Thank you. No plans at the moment. It’s is designed to accept an IR motor
(something I’ve been trying to do with my latest models) so I might build one
when they come out but I’m afraid I don’t really have the space nor the bricks
to build a seven-unit vehicle so it is unlikely.
At some point I might make instructions for it so that if anyone else wants to
try they can (if anyone is interested please email me as I am more inclined to
bother if I know there is interest). Presently there are a few internal features
I didn’t build in order to speed up the rendering time so they would need to be
added in first.
Tim
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I’m using the technique David Allemann invented for his O-train
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I’m so very sorry. I meant Jason Allemann. I’d only just woken up so my brain
was still a bit fuddled.
Tim
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I am a big fan of all things TGV. (You may have seen my 10ft+ long TGV) This
is a cool model and I see how you have been influenced by other designs. I
know this is CAD work, but I would like to see how you have the articulation
between the cars. Are you using the spring bricks or another method?
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Well the first reply got eaten by the dead harddrive so here is mark II. The
close-coupling is Jason Allemann’s
O-train coupling technique.
That is my favourite close-coupling technique and if you see me using
close-coupling, it will be it.
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Also I
think the door design might be a bit big for this model. Overall cool design
and the colors are great. Also do you have plans to make this built in the
brick?
Dave
www.GPLR.org
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I’m inclined to agree that the doors are a bit too big. Maybe three-wide would
have been better.
The train is unlikely to be built since I gave neither the space nor the bricks
to do it justice (I think a six car minimum would be required). Maybe if trains
parts get cheaper and more easily available I might consider building an IR
version but it is unlikely.
Thanks for your comments,
Tim
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In lugnet.trains, Timothy Gould wrote:
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I am a big fan of all things TGV. (You may have seen my 10ft+ long TGV) This
is a cool model and I see how you have been influenced by other designs. I
know this is CAD work, but I would like to see how you have the articulation
between the cars. Are you using the spring bricks or another method?
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Well the first reply got eaten by the dead harddrive so here is mark II. The
close-coupling is Jason Allemann’s
O-train coupling
technique. That is my favourite close-coupling technique and if you see me
using close-coupling, it will be it.
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Also I
think the door design might be a bit big for this model. Overall cool
design and the colors are great. Also do you have plans to make this built
in the brick?
Dave
www.GPLR.org
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I’m inclined to agree that the doors are a bit too big. Maybe three-wide
would have been better.
The train is unlikely to be built since I gave neither the space nor the
bricks to do it justice (I think a six car minimum would be required). Maybe
if trains parts get cheaper and more easily available I might consider
building an IR version but it is unlikely.
Thanks for your comments,
Tim
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Yes I have seen that train and the close-coupling, its a great MOC. I too
started with using a rubber band CC inside my train. But after several times of
taking apart my train just to place it on the track, I found a more simple
solution. Place everything ontop of the train. Sure this wont work for all
trains, design wise, but for the TGV it works. As that is where the power
connection betweent he cars is anyways.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1118280
The shared truck is just sitting under the cars.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=90002
You can see how the 2x2 round brick slides in the the truck. This whole setup
works great and alows for easy placement on the track. Especially if you have a
TGV with 10 Cars. :P
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1117918
Dave
www.GPLR.org
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Yes I have seen that train and the close-coupling, its a great MOC. I too
started with using a rubber band CC inside my train. But after several times
of taking apart my train just to place it on the track, I found a more simple
solution. Place everything ontop of the train. Sure this wont work for all
trains, design wise, but for the TGV it works. As that is where the power
connection betweent he cars is anyways.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1118280
The shared truck is just sitting under the cars.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=90002
You can see how the 2x2 round brick slides in the the truck. This whole setup
works great and alows for easy placement on the track. Especially if you have
a TGV with 10 Cars. :P
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1117918
Dave
www.GPLR.org
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Very neat solution. If I built for real I might use it too since I can imagine
it must be nightmare lining up the wheels otherwise.
Tim
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