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Fidget Cubes

Take six 3x3 plates and eight 1x1 bricks with studs on 2 adjacent sides. Make a 3x3x3 Lego cube. Add decoration. Also works well as a hanging ornament.

Best tactile experience by a clear margin is the version with hearts on the corners. Interesting shape, takes away all sharp edges and it just feels nice to roll it about in your hand, as a fidget toy should.

Loses points for aesthetics, the pink is too much and distracts from the main pattern. I think it would look good with white hearts, and other interesting colours are also available.

I prefer the look of the round corner tile version, but would like to try some other colours. Tied for second place on tactile experience with the bare stud corner version.

Worst on all counts is the clear tile corner version. The tiles add very little visually and makes the cube feel even more spiky (but perhaps you are into that sort of thing).

:-)

u/MrAussieJimbo — 14 hours ago

Brick built train track using T-pieces

My first post in r/LEGOtrains :-)

Still getting used to formatting and images so please forgive any errors.

Brick built train track using T-pieces

https://preview.redd.it/bu9b3za0n5xg1.png?width=1155&format=png&auto=webp&s=3e2c77b10e68fc1a2e9dc9f1a3a56cc5d581bc13

https://preview.redd.it/fxac5w48n5xg1.png?width=1087&format=png&auto=webp&s=d186203629b568706a224c27e1a5805f8d3fb9ac

https://preview.redd.it/cml96ge9o5xg1.png?width=1334&format=png&auto=webp&s=e4c7c32ca822be91e3796fc623b5e52b7c403f41

https://preview.redd.it/ptzi4wfco5xg1.png?width=776&format=png&auto=webp&s=6fc2bcc86876a1d8f24d2c30c19abe61975020c1

https://preview.redd.it/w02nb7wpp5xg1.png?width=1334&format=png&auto=webp&s=2adde0e52dcf4009ab1b9e64ba1ece0f7c129dee

https://preview.redd.it/omoqkue5k5xg1.png?width=702&format=png&auto=webp&s=f30e1b1d8647085a9a5d92e473d0b29c3af34650

I scored a few of these great new T-pieces from the PAB wall recently. The latest use I've found for them is as the basis for a brick built train track solution.

https://preview.redd.it/una6fppqm5xg1.png?width=937&format=png&auto=webp&s=96542573c62d470f3565c7ee5d3b028db6d65bc3

Playing around revealed that two layers of plates, then the tiles, were required between opposing T-pieces on either side, along with half stud offset mounting of the T-pieces to the base, to achieve the correct L-gauge spacing.

https://preview.redd.it/jw80kd6bn5xg1.png?width=528&format=png&auto=webp&s=44ac5326f34083ff5fd9ae81ab3072de00803a45

Awkwardly the resulting track is at a quarter stud offset from standard Lego rail pieces which is too much to be ignored. Fortunately the quarter stud offset can be addressed as shown.

https://preview.redd.it/v6ejsldin5xg1.png?width=937&format=png&auto=webp&s=d4f9d2110507071479e7279eb46e548e15462962

The quarter stud offset solution itself creates a baseplate-height vertical offset, but that is resolved in the obvious manner. Beyond that you are on your own.

https://preview.redd.it/zi76drpbl5xg1.png?width=937&format=png&auto=webp&s=318d6673608b4c34102f5b7e9e09831754c212ab

A shot illustrating the various offsets in play. The white 1x4 tile connection is still a little slanted due to the vertical offset but the rails are level which is what matters.

Potential uses, given the lack of need for sleepers/cross-ties, could be for railway workshop walk-under inspection pit, or perhaps an ash drop pit, or as the rail track in a bridge structure. Sleepers could easily be added at the usual height with this design if desired.

Questions, comments, and suggestions welcome.

:-)

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u/MrAussieJimbo — 17 hours ago