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Re: First MOC after quite a while of frustration...
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:05:16 GMT
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Reinhard "Ben" Beneke wrote:
> Hi train fans,
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> the possible(?) end of 9V trains, the blay desaster and the too high demands of
> myself against my MOCs have lead to a kind of frustration in my hobby. Due to
> all this and more, I lost a lot of the fun that LEGO meant to me in the past,
> but nevertheless here comes a new MOC of mine.
...
> The BBB-wheels (thanks to Ben Fleskes!!) are grouped 4+4 with a
> <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2151339 gearwheel connecting
> both groups> to synchronize them. The two short connecting rods look (nearly)
> like one when they are in motion.
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> So here is the full engine again from the other side:
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> <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2157069<http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Ben/train-engines/BR39/thumb/06_br39_rightside.jpg_thumb.jpg>>
This is simply beautiful. It reminds me of being a kid again and
looking through the Marklin catalog for my favorite engine every
Christmas.
Now that LEGO has announced a partnership with Hitechnic for NXT
sensors, what is standing in the way of them selling BBB wheels
on their website?
Ralph
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| (...) Dear Ralph, I agree, that the Maerklin catalogue is in fact a very helpful instrument for any (LEGO) train fan. Nowadays the internet may substitute this a lot, but still it is hard to find such a nice collection of different style rolling (...) (18 years ago, 29-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | First MOC after quite a while of frustration...
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| Hi train fans, the possible(?) end of 9V trains, the blay desaster and the too high demands of myself against my MOCs have lead to a kind of frustration in my hobby. Due to all this and more, I lost a lot of the fun that LEGO meant to me in the (...) (18 years ago, 28-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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