All three cars (I’m not doing 10-11 like the real one😅) are done and motorized!
The Bluebird and Redbird on the side track will be next as I just completed a third car to go with them.
I’ve got instructions for everything in the video except the blue one up on my Rebrickable!
Just some of the many different versions of my big boy that I have made. My newest one is definitely my favorite but I’m think about trying to re create my original one. I made the first version around late 2017 and have been into making my own trains ever since. Enjoy.
So I know there are exceptions to this, most notably the “My Own Train” line, but to me, it always seems like Lego is averse to selling individual pieces of rolling stock. For example, Emerald Night came with one passenger car, and if you wanted more, you had to either build them from scratch, or buy another set. Same applies to a lot of their freight sets, why not sell extra freight cars separately as well?
Anyone else notice this? Any ideas as to why this is?
Been working on lighting up some of my stock. The buffet car has a detailed interior just because its windows are a bit bigger and inside is more visible.
The boss said: “Guys, it’ll only take five minutes.”
Three hours later… 😅
Night shift activated, unpaid overtime, and patience currently under maintenance. 💪
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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