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Offline kpnuts

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Ugears express train
« on: December 30, 2020, 07:03:43 PM »
Hi all bought this with my Christmas money.



Its a really complex kit (far more complex than I thought)












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Re: Ugears express train
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2020, 07:11:07 PM »
I think the name "U-Gears" may have given away the game a bit on the complexity. ;)

However, good luck with that lot! :o

I have faith in you, young 'nuts! :smiley: ;)
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Re: Ugears express train
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2021, 05:08:22 AM »
Hi all more work on this.







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Re: Ugears express train
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2021, 05:00:56 AM »
Hi all bit more done not ready to add the gears yet but I wanted to figure out how it all worked 









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Re: Ugears express train
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2021, 08:25:58 AM »
This looks wild!  :icon_surprised: LEGO Technic meets animal-skeleton-kits-from-balsa-wood.  :smiley:
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Re: Ugears express train
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2021, 01:57:37 AM »
Hi all getting there now.





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Re: Ugears express train
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2021, 06:31:36 AM »
That's impressive! Is it all press-fit or did you have to glue some of the parts?

For some reason, I'm thinking of the Rick & Morty quote "Well, the thing about the gear wars, is that it was never actually about the gears at all."

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Re: Ugears express train
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2021, 02:28:20 PM »
No glue anywhere.

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Re: Ugears express train
« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2021, 04:50:32 AM »
More work on the express train.







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Re: Ugears express train
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2021, 04:46:33 AM »
More done to this.








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Re: Ugears express train
« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2021, 08:38:22 AM »
Quite an impressive kit & feat of construction. :smiley:
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Re: Ugears express train
« Reply #11 on: January 09, 2021, 03:05:06 AM »
That the train done, just the tender and track to do.








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Re: Ugears express train
« Reply #12 on: January 09, 2021, 11:59:40 AM »
Beautiful!!  I'm curious, do they say what series of locomotive served as a pattern for this kit?

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Re: Ugears express train
« Reply #13 on: July 08, 2022, 02:11:36 AM »
With lessons learned on the fire engine I decided to revisit this.
No mention of what it's based on.