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In lugnet.trains, Ondrew Hartigan wrote:
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Hey all,
Well I’m at it again. This time I bring you something with more usability.
As most of you reading this should know the Lego Company recently released 2
IR train sets. While the idea is great, the implementation left much to be
desired. The main issue with the IR train is the train base, which holds the
electronics. “The base is 6 studs wide by 30 long with a 4x10 stud blob
protruding from the center” This train base while engineered for ease of use
by kids, is extremely limiting for those who wish to build realistic and or
custom models. To address this issue I began thinking of ideas and came up
with the solution shown further down.
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It’s a nice modification, but I can’t help thinking it’d be better and cheaper
all round to just build an IR receiver circuit for this - there’s very little of
the original configuration left in your mod.
One mod I would like to see (to save me the effort) is to remove the ends of the
baseplate and re-attach them (either permanently or with technic pegs) to make a
16-stud long baseplate (or 18 studs at most). You could fit a wheelset on each
end and use it like an old 4.5V battery tender. It would be a lot less work, a
lot less vandalism, and would look OK in nearly all cases where you couldn’t
just use the longer base.
It’d probably be easier to hide a plain boxcar in a small train than to hide the
separate battery box and receiver.
Jason R
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