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Mocpages link
Brickshelf link
This MOC was actually completed in one day, the last day I had before a meeting
with some fellow Dutch Lego enthusiasts. If you want to look at the pretty
pictures of the meeting, just do a Brickshelf search on the word “Deurne” (which
happened to be the location of the meeting.)
Anyway, back to the MOC. Since I was working with a time limit the scenery is
not as pretty or as big as I’d have liked it to have been, but that’s also due
to the fact that I was straight out of chain links, so the train makes some
pretty harsh turns. I’m really happy about the train itself, though. It’s built
with a zillertal bahn steam engine in mind (it’s modeled after one of my dad’s
LGB trains, but so far I haven’t been able to track down the make or model,
though) As you may have figured, the train is pulled forward with the two
magnets at the front and back, which work pretty well as far as steering is
concerned. The plate it runs on is a reversed space landing pad, as it’s the
thinnest and smoothest surface I could build with Lego elements. The surface it
runs on looks more like a road than traintracks... but I still think trains look
much better than, say, cars.
Anyway, I’d love to hear what you folks think.
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| (...) Hi Peer, I was admiring this model in your gallery and hoping you would post something about it. I think it is an absolutely brilliant model and idea so congratulations for both the inspiration and the implementation. Brilliant work! Tim (19 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| In lugnet.announce.moc, Peer Kreuger wrote: Wow, that's all very well done! The space baseplate, the magnets, the detailing on the train itself, et al! And easy expansion for a large layout. And hey... if you use one of the contoured baseplates, you (...) (19 years ago, 20-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| I really like this idea. I had tried using a chain drive for a small cart ride (URL) my design, I used one of the "fat" chain links to attach a plate, which supported the cart. I had problems with the plate falling off every so often. Also, there (...) (19 years ago, 22-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Simple elegant design. but you forgot to crosspost to the most important group, Microscale. :) The inverted baseplate is such a simple idea, one question though, do the magnets have to be pressed up to the underside of the baseplate, or can (...) (19 years ago, 22-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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