LEGO BR23 engine with moving piston rods

[Interestingenough4]

Are there instructions that can be found somewhere for this train?

[Stiegsfeld]

@Interestingenough4

Instructions have been created for this engine by a friend of mine - Thorsten Benter.

I have added the link to these step-by-step instructions in the video descriptions.

Cannot post it right here since to YouTube does not support links in comments.

Best Regards,

S.

[Dinosorable]

Was it hard to make?

[Stiegsfeld]

@Dinosorable

What is the meaning of "hard" in this context?

Of course the engine is built pretty compact and quite complex.

The main issue is the small track radius of LEGO track:

you have to build kind of steering and this means movable groups in the undercarriage.

On the other hand you want to avoid (ugly) gaps between these groups.

Once that the system is able to roll through curved track and points all the rest is adding details (the so called "eye candy").

Kind Regards,

S.

[Dinosorable]

@Stiegsfeld How long did it take you to make?

[Stiegsfeld]

@Dinosorable

I am no quick builder. If I remember right, this one took me roundabout 50 hours until I have been fully satisfied with the result.

Some other engine have been created in just one long evening session.

But I like to rework a model again and again before I am really happy with the result.

S.

[Dinosorable]

@Stiegsfeld It took you 50 hours?! Wow! That's very long! I thought it probably took you 1 hour or a day or something.

[Stiegsfeld]

@Dinosorable

This model is made from 980 bricks in total.

To build it after a building instruction would take easiely 3 hours - but there was no instruction, since I created it myself from just a photograph of the prototype. Doing so and and trying to improve it further can be time consuming....

[Dinosorable]

@Stiegsfeld Does it have a whistle?

[Stiegsfeld]

@Dinosorable

No. And no steam generator as well.... ;-)

I have not even included light although this may be possible with Lego elements. Maybe I rework it for that purpose once again at any time.

[Dinosorable]

@Stiegsfeld It's too bad they don't have a whistle. But oh, well.

[doh344]

where did you get the pis-tents that hook up to the wheels?

[Stiegsfeld]

@doh344

That is from LEGO Technic the "Flex-System" as introduced in the early nineties (last time I saw these parts was in a STAR WARS set : 8002 Destroyer Droid™ in 2000.

[seelder]

where did you get this?

[Stiegsfeld]

@seelder

I have not got this, but built it my own (without instructions) from my collection of bricks. I originally created this myself from rail to roof.

And I did a electronic CAD file, which has been used by Thorsten Benter to create a step-by-step instruction file (uploaded at railbricks com)

[TheEvilstonedmonkey]

to short

[LionelTrainsForever]

would you buy a piece of lego rolling stock made of random pieces

[Stiegsfeld]

@LionelTrainsForever

In general I prefer to create my own models. If I understand your question correctly, you are asking me if I would like to get a e.g. waggon, which is made from a random assortment of bricks?

That might be most potentially a quite colorful creation and would most potentially not look like any real life prototype.

Most random assortment of bricks would contain to much wheels, Space parts and other "crap" I would not like to pay money for. Just my 2 pence.

Stiegsfeld

[CoolCar96]

Where did you bought the wheels?

[Stiegsfeld]

@CoolCar96

These are made and sold by BBB - search google for "Big Ben Bricks".

Alternatively LEGO has created wheels in same size - used in Set 7597.

[CoolCar96]

@Stiegsfeld Thank you! :)

[robincentral]

can it slower?

[Stiegsfeld]

@robincentral

Sure it can: it is driven by regular 9V motors in the luggage car......

(See for my other vid with the animated virtual engine for slowest speed)

[MIDIacefro]

I'm not exactly familiar with the system here, so I'll ask this:

Are the socket points on the wheels that attach to the side rods in the shape of a plus?

[Stiegsfeld]

@MIDIacefro

No, these wheels come with a round bore for a regular LEGO technic pin.

Try a google search for BIG BEN BRICKS. Ben Fleskes has created these cool wheels and sells them via web.

In the meantime LEGO has reverse engineered some of Bens wheels.....

[randompersondude2]

sweet train i have the same red bbb wheels for my lego general train

[Stiegsfeld]

This is in fact a "MOC" (my own creation).

More information on this model is pulished at brickshelf:

Gallery-No = 143248

A building instruction is under ongoing work and may appear there soon.

Ben

[Pikman01]

Wait, so you can actually BUY it???

[Stiegsfeld]

No exactely: this is a private created model (my own creation = MOC).

But I have created CAD-Files from which you can create your own copy (for private purpose only).

A building instruction (pictures for each building step) is under ongoing development.

[YuGiOhPlanet]

nice...is this a set or your own creation?