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Re: Parts for building from MOC instructions
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Thu, 18 Aug 2005 19:38:47 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, patrick flaherty wrote:
> Hi,
> My son (5) and myself and fairly new to the Lego world.
> We've built from bunch of Lego kits, including some relatively complicated
> e.g. the Santa Fe locomotive. And are looking to expand our horizons.
> I've discovered the following link:
> http://www.bricksonthebrain.com/instructions/offsite.cfm?linkID=851
> It's got an MPD file; I'm familiar with MLCad (I'm a programmer); and I can (I
> believe) extract a parts list from this.
> The parts list is of course quite long. I've bought handfuls of parts in the
> past from various vendors on www.bricklink.com and my experience is that very
> few of these independent vendors will have all parts.
> So how best to collect (order) all the parts associated with the URL above?
> Best of all of course would be, for a fee, I send the parts list to some single
> party and they collect everything in the list and send me in effect a kit (I
> don't know if this is available and if it is it's doubtless not cheap).
>
> Or are there any good tricks (comprehensive lego parts vendor search engines
> or software or some other kind) that will allow me to put together (in some
> optimized fashion so that I'm not contacting 50 differnet vendors) all the parts
> that I need to build the locomotive above?
Hmm. Nice as that MOC is, your best bet is probably to pick up the Metroliner
set for $150 from SAH:
http://shop.lego.com/product.asp?p=10001
Once you have the Metroliner, modifying it to the engine style you want should
be a good exercise in creativity for you and your son.
To try to acquire parts through Bricklink for a complete MOC is going to run you
twice that, I'd wager. (Although, if you're determined to build that particular
engine, email me privately, and I may be able to help you get all the parts from
one source, with a minimum of hassle.)
Meanwhile, here are some tricks for low-collection MOC building:
- Only build one side color-coordinated and camera ready. The other side can
have mismatched colors or even small holes. If you can take a picture of it that
looks good, and run it around the loop, you're ahead of the game. Also, an old
model railroaders trick is to do the front and one side in one color scheme, and
the back and other side in another. Then hide the ends of the loop where it
changes direction. It'll look like you have two different trains running on the
layout. One going one way, and the other the other.
- Build fantasy trains or new prototypes to match the parts you do have. How
about a propeller train? Or a Star Wars train? Tony Hafner did a great passenger
train that's not based on any actual train, but who cares? It looks great:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=10767
- Buy some more train sets. You can never have enough train parts. The BNSF is
awesome, as are the Santa Fe car sets. And the My Own Train sets are still
available as well. If your boy is still into Thomas the Tank engine, buy some of
the new DUPLO sets, and modify them for 9v operation.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1213679
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1213682
Good luck!!
Rick C.
PSLTC
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