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In lugnet.announce.moc, John Neal wrote:
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I posted an in-progress pic of this
MOC before Thanksgiving (which I see I dumped; don’t remember doing that). In
any event, we’ve finished it and have finally taken some pics of it.
My initial post covers the main points, but I wanted to highlight a couple of
details: in this
pic you can see how Ross mounted 2 light sensors along with the RCX brick in
Trolley’s understuff. Notice his red technic axle which serves as an on/off
switch for the RCX brick. Also notice the nice, custom track. We blended
new and old dark gray along with new and old brown to give a “weathered”
look, I guess you could say. The ties are held in place by 1x1 headlight
bricks.
This is our first powered 12 wide, although it isn’t 1:32 scale; it is nearly
1:1 in fact. Here is a pic of Mister Rogers himself with the real trolley; ours is
slightly smaller. So while this MOC happens to be 12 wide, it isn’t really a
part of my 12 wide master scheme, because we used LEGO for the motor and
track (and BBB wheels). Trolley will be assigned to ping-pong duty across
the backside of the TCLTC layout. I still need to make the decals (along
with a million others:-/)
Enjoy.
JOHN
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And so it begins.....You’ll have to change your corner store to the 12 wide
Emporium.
I loved Mr. Rogers as a kid and it was mostly due to Trolley and the Land of
Make Believe. This is a very nicely done model, as usual. I’m curious as to how
the Mindstorms work on this. (Yes, I know, Ross will have to answer that one).
Any movies of it in action?
-J
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| (...) lol, We'll see:-) (...) Thanks. I think I can field the RCX question-- there are 2 light sensors pointing down on the track. They will see a white plate laid down on each end of the track which will tell them to cut power and reverse. You'll (...) (18 years ago, 19-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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