A follow-up to last month's original Trackbot model.
Friday, March 29, 2013
LEGO City 7993 Service Station review!
Another not-so-old City set that's no longer in stores, but that I wanted really badly the first time I saw it.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
LEGO Minecraft Enderman Minifig sized!
A challenge I just couldn't pass up. Very much not an invitation to throw challenges at me though! Let me repeat, please, no challenges! I have more than enough to do to last me for several months already!
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
My LEGO city & train layout, first public concept
I've been mentioning a full-on LEGO city (note the lowercase 'C') for awhile now, and at last I have decided upon where it will go, and that has given me an exact size, which in turn let me flesh out a possible set of details in BlueBrick.
THIS IS NOT FINISHED!
Click the picture above to see it full-sized with some quick annotations. Pay no attention to the finest details of what sets are depicted, where small gaps appear in the tracks, etc. None of that is relevant. This is a draft digital mock-up that is as good as it needs to be to convey what's going on with the layout.
This has been designed with a heavy focus on the trains, hence the reason I have two full train loops that can be run independently plus a good-sized train yard for rolling stock storage. The skinny monorail-looking loop is a mock-up for what will be my 4-wide/narrow-gauge elevated intra-city shuttle train.
This layout has been through hundreds of revisions, and there are surely more to come, but this gives you an idea of the general types of things to expect!
Monday, March 25, 2013
LEGO 4-wide train update
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Continuing on from my first prototype, this here is my next step in creating a full PF-powered 4 stud wide narrow gauge train. You can see that I've got the vertical motor configuration working, though the four-wheel-drive, bevel-only gearing is a very tight fit!
I've also started experimenting with different coupling techniques. I need to use multiple styles as the engine segment needs a certain amount of weight added from the battery box to balance it and maintain traction. For the passenger cars behind, I'm also going to consider using extra-small train wheels that fit on slotted wheel axles, instead of these larger ones with Technic axle holes. That should help me to keep the floors, and thus center of gravity, moderately low.
I've gotten the prototype as shown above running around a test loop just fine, so there's good progress. I should be able to make this thing IR controlled without too much trouble, though I'm still debating whether to actually go that route, or to attempt a classic monorail style of switch-based control.
Follow the trains topic to see the progression of this design over time!
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Friday, March 22, 2013
LEGO Minecraft Enderman MOC!
There isn't much I can say about this one! It is what it is! I don't particularly plan to do more Minecraft MOCs, but then again, I didn't particularly plan to do this one, it just happened!
- Video: LEGO Minecraft Enderman MOC!
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Hero Factory MOC: Light universe generic villain
A little bit of a mix of Ultrabuild era large action figure parts, Bionicle era large action figure parts, some random Technic stuff and a sprinkling of System items.
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