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Re: Hobby Train & 9V motor
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Sat, 5 May 2007 15:56:25 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, David Graham wrote:
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I have tried to fit the 9V motor to the Hobby Train Tram.
The tram has 2 bogies on 8 studs long, the other 9 studs long. The picture
shows the motor, which is 10 studs long, replacing the 8 stud bogie. Therefore
the “buffers” have to extend 1 stud from the baseplate on either end - the
picture does not appear to show this.
The only way I could it wo work & look good was to replace the 9 stud bogie
miss out a small part of the under carriage detail and replace the 28x6
baseplate with an older style with more holes.
I’m not happy with this result - the pictures show 9V motors - has anyone else
had problems?
David
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Haven’t gotten to that model yet but, for a less drastic example,
loco #05 (one of my favorites) does require a tweak to add a motor because the
2x6 plate on the base blocks the hole for the motor pin. Easy enough to fix
with the left over parts in the box.
It does make you wonder if they missed these things when the rendered the box
art with the motors or if the designs themselves where tweaked after they did
the renders in an attempt to unify the palette for all 30 models.
For example, maybe it’s just me but in the box rendering the undercarriage of
the Crocodile engine looks like it has some kind of small wheel mounted behind
the fuel tank
(you can kind of see it here). In the LDD instructions instead there’s a plate
w/ clip and a round 1x2 plate mounted there.
While I love this set I have so far seen examples of where they must have run
out of budget to give full attention to all 30 models. The most common symptom
of this is what I perceive to be design compromises
(strength/stability/symmetry) in the models that could obviously have been
avoided with the many parts left over in the box. It almost seems they weren’t
sure of what pieces they’d have left over when they did the designs and then
once they unified the palette nobody had the time/money to go back and clean
stuff up and really make the most of the extra pieces. It’s like some of the
models suffer from “alternate model syndrome” (odd part substitions and
compromises expected of alternate models) while the many parts left over in the
box clearly suggest some of these compromises really weren’t necessary.
I’ve been thinking it might be cool if the community (or the original AFOL
designers themselves) could come out with a “remastered” version of the LDD
files that still use only the parts in the box for these 30 models but fix all
of these little oddities and inconsistencies.
Regardless, I still think it’s a fantastic set, worth every penny, and would
love to see more similar sets, even with these (mostly trivial) issues.
-PD
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| (...) I don't think I'm giving anything away to say that it was the latter but not for that reason. The renders are from earlyish last year, the final models are from much more recently. (...) That is most likely an 'illegal build' technique that (...) (18 years ago, 5-May-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | Reply from Chris Di MasiRe: Hobby Train & 9V motor
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| --snip-- Chris has asked me to post the following as he's having troubles posting to lugnet at the moment Paul and David, Yes, the models were tweaked after they were submitted by the LEGO fans. Most of the tweaks involved removing unsupported (...) (18 years ago, 5-May-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Hobby Train & 9V motor
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| I have tried to fit the 9V motor to the Hobby Train Tram. The tram has 2 bogies on 8 studs long, the other 9 studs long. The picture shows the motor, which is 10 studs long, replacing the 8 stud bogie. Therefore the "buffers" have to extend 1 stud (...) (18 years ago, 5-May-07, to lugnet.trains)
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