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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: LooVille on August 01, 2017, 07:44:19 AM

Title: NanoBlock Steam Train
Post by: LooVille on August 01, 2017, 07:44:19 AM
Good Morning All,

Something interesting..... Very Cool.
It was my birthday on the 30th and my wife bought me this.....
nanoblock STEAM LOCOMOTIVE - so very awesome  :biggrin:

Here you can find all the info on nanoblocks: http://nanoblockus.com/

Here is my build so far.... not easy at all.
Title: Re: NanoBlock Steam Train
Post by: capeklr on August 01, 2017, 08:31:36 AM
Happy belated Birthday,
have fun build that.
Title: Re: NanoBlock Steam Train
Post by: BigEd on August 01, 2017, 11:15:49 AM
I'm clever - I had my boys build it for me... >:D
Title: Re: NanoBlock Steam Train
Post by: Georgecape on August 01, 2017, 12:44:11 PM
Another happy belated b'day Ed!
How does this compare with Lego? Size wise or maybe the nano means it's even smaller than Duplo?
Some wonderfull videos on Youtube re Lego train layouts. I seem to realise my grandson at 3 and a half is more attracted to Duplo/Lego rather than the O scale trainset we have. On the other hand they grow out of kiddies stuff so quickly (he has already annexed his mother's Ipad ;D). And he loves to remote control the train. I may compromise by spraying the Lima trains in Disney world colours for now only to respray to more formal covering when he starts to recognise the grown-up world. Ok I need to start building a station for his Duplo passengers which measures up well with the O scale coaches.
Title: Re: NanoBlock Steam Train
Post by: BigEd on August 01, 2017, 02:19:54 PM
Another happy belated b'day Ed!
...

Nope George, it's Evert / Looville's birthday, not mine. I'm on 28 March...
Title: Re: NanoBlock Steam Train
Post by: Georgecape on August 01, 2017, 05:57:08 PM
eish old age and scan reading don't go together anymore :)
Title: Re: NanoBlock Steam Train
Post by: LooVille on August 01, 2017, 06:49:57 PM
Hey George,

Blocks are extremely small. A 1x1 block is 4mm square and 5mm in height.
Quite difficult to build.

Cheers,
Evert.
Title: Re: NanoBlock Steam Train
Post by: LooVille on August 02, 2017, 07:19:28 AM
Good Morning All,

So, last night I finished the build. Very cool and I enjoyed it  :thumb:

Cheers,
Evert

Title: Re: NanoBlock Steam Train
Post by: Georgecape on August 03, 2017, 04:18:10 PM
Now to motorize it!!??