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On the occasion of the Maker Faire 2023 in Hanover and the dpunkt.verlag's e-book campaign, Corina Pahrmann from dpunkt.verlag spoke to me about my early passion for the LEGO trains, the gray era, the search for building ideas and the passion for collecting LEGO sets.
In autumn 2022, my second book entitled LEGO®-Eisenbahnwelt: Die 80er Jahre: Modelle – Landschaften – Sets (LEGO® Train World: The 80s: Models – Landscapes – Sets) was published by dpunkt.verlag.
About the book:
You played with a LEGO trains in the 80s? In this book you will meet your set from back then again! I describe all LEGO train sets of that time and take you into the world of trains and minifigures with large-format panoramic views of LEGO train dioramas.
Building instructions for your own new models in the style of the "Grey Era" inspire you to build them yourself; among them are models that integrate LEGO's latest powered-up motors with Bluetooth control. By the way, such models also run on the current tracks - driving fun for young and old is guaranteed.
Collectors of the sets of the legendary "Grey Era", named after the colour of the tracks, will refer to the book with its detailed list of all sets of the time and lots of background information as a reference.
The book is published in German, but contains many pictures and photos and is easy to read. And maybe there will be another English translation soon?
My entry for Brick Train Awards 2022 in the "Best Group or Individual Display" category.
An inland river port with container and bulkload cranes, a chemical plant and old and new buildings in the classic style of the "Grey Era". The small locomotives are driven by mini motors and a Bluetooth hub from circuitcubes.com. The stationary decoupling unit and the mini turntable are powered by old 12 Volt Technic motors which are hidden underneath the platform.
As part of the OcTRAINber 2021 "Critters" competition, I have created a remote-controlled LEGO model of the Vollert Robot DER 100 "Leonhard Weiss" robot locomotive.
A building instruction is available for free.
The Empire State Building shines in a new light with lights from www.lightailing.com.
Adding MR52-2Z / MR52-ZZ ball bearings to LEGO train wheels to reduce rolling resistance of my LEGO MOC trains.
The small electric locomotive now in orange. The orange train door came in set #60195 or #60258 and here it doesn't matter that the door is only available as 'left door'.
Huw from brickset.com publishs inside stories of LEGO rooms and sorting concepts of various LEGO fans. On Mai, 18th 2020 my LEGO room was featured.
Enrico Lussi encouraged me to help with an article about our VT 11.5 TEE MOCs on BrickModelRailroader.
As little extra I made a building instruction for the complex nose of my VT 11.5 TEE.
The 2nd edition of my book „LEGO® Eisenbahn – Konzepte and Techniken für realistische Modelle“ was published.
Expanded and updated content:
Track and switches by third party suppliers – an (incomplete) overview
The famous diesel multiple unit VT 11.5 Trans Europ Express (TEE) as LEGO train MOC.
The US-based publishher No Starch Press released THE LEGO® TRAINS BOOK as translation of my book LEGO® Eisenbahn – Konzepte and Techniken für realistische Modelle in October 2017.
Based on the English version futher translations showed up on various markets, e.g. Spain, Italy and Russia. Also, a Chinese version is available as direct translation from the German original version.
New version of my favorite BR 10 steam locomotive. The building instruction is available as PDF download.
Now available: Building instruction and parts list for my BR 80 steam locomotive as PDF download.
A Siemens Vectron electric locomotive and three Bombardier doubledeck carriages make my model of Deutsche Bahn's Regional Express.
Model trains built with LEGO.
Architectural models built with LEGO.
From Bucket Wheel Excavator to Police's Water Cannon.
Classic LEGO sets from the Classic Space playtheme re-built in XL scale.
My „License to play“ … my old driver's license from LEGOLAND Billand (DK).