There is nothing more satisfying than watching someone making something from scratch without having to pay with an arm and a leg. Job well done 😁😁

@nanplabwern

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment. I have subscribed to your channel.

@unclefranko2452

10 ай бұрын

Brilliant mate, thanks for sharing your build 👍 it's definitely worth having a go at . Regards uncle Franko 😊

@gerrygeraghty4992

5 ай бұрын

This is so so clever.I love when somebody produces something like this,it's fantastic !!!

I love the way the car does a 3-point turn when you put it back on the magnet at 7:03

You might try asking a local bike shop (or your cyclist friends) for a few old chains, clean them up and link them up (easy with 'quicklinks')- you really could extend quite a bit. Another advantage of old chains is they are more flexible side to side (due to wear and stretching), so may well work over gently rising and falling terrain. Excellent idea, Don.

I am a simple man. I see a genius at work…. I click like…. I click subscribe. Well done mate!

@nanplabwern

Жыл бұрын

Us simple men must stick together

Absolutely ingenious Don. I'm quite sure it's cheaper than the kits that are available. Outstanding idea. Thank for sharing.

Leave it to the British to devise such brilliant miniatures!!!! Absolutely phenomenal work!!!

Fascinating, Don! I can't believe I missed this when you first posted it. This has a lot of potential, not just for model railroad layouts, but for animating other dioramas, as well!

This is an amazing demonstration. And for the cogs, if you want larger radius turns, you can 3D print larger cogs. In fact you could 3D print the chain itself. Really great idea.

This is actually super helpful! I’ve been looking for a solution like this as an alternative to those expensive road methods!

Very interesting, I was thinking of building a San Francisco cable car layout but not sure about the ability of this system to climb. It's ingenious, very clever. And cheap as you say. We all want to budget in this day and age now. 👍

Clever stuff! Thinking of doing this on my OO layout with a suitable motor to drive the chain.

Genius idea Don ! Thank you for sharing your idea. Bicycle spur gears and chain. Genius.

Great idea and contraption! Absolutely genius! İt reminds me of an old toy board, which was made of tin sheet and there were cars that moved by pins that protruded from slots while cranking a wheel !

Nice work on this demonstration. People use tubing as well for home made systems. I wish more scale vehicles had steerable front wheels though. And drivers.

Great idea! I was just thinking about how to add moving parts to my Christmas village. Definitely gonna try it for next project.

Brilliant! It just looks amazing driving around the village there!

This is excellent - I've just looked at the cost of the Magnorail systems and even the starter pack price would put people off. I appreciate that it costs a lot of money to create a product like this from all the testing prototyping etc, but it's likely to turn people away just from the initial outlay alone, so this looks like a great way forward!

This came to my feed and you got yourself a new subscriber! Cheap and functional: that is my Scene! 😁 Cheers!

Brilliant - so simple yet so effective and not costing an arm and a leg.

You've built a very ingenious and cost-effective system. If you want to hand crank the track without the crank being in the way, stack two drive cogs with the top cog driving the track and the bottom cog linked with chain to the crank cog off to the side.

I love how into this you are.

Definitely subscribed! Will browse all your vids now!

What an excellent idea. I'm just a beginner at making dioramas and really, really, enjoy it. This idea gives so many options for layouts.

the chain is working fine , as for weight / mass you could try other types of band or even a rope , but the chain is making sure the magnet stays pointing upwards . super great system and expandable for little more cost

Love it! So many possibilities for something like this.

Fantastic, Don. Despite the same challenge of transport, no doubt the chain is far more durable than the Magnorail chains, which you have to assemble anyway.

that's so so impressive Don....well done and proves these things can be cheaply done with the knowledge of how to do it from experts like yourself sir.

Fantastic idea! What an inspiration you are! Thank you sir. This will help me tremendously :)

Simple but effective, ingenuity at it's finest.

Very odd…I was thinking this exact same process this morning…and even down to the “servo motor”…! Well done sir.🇨🇦🤓

Fantastic Don. I think this will be of use to me and very many others. Thanks for sharing with us.

@nanplabwern

2 жыл бұрын

Good luck

Absolutely fantastic love it And very simple to implement Brilliant video 👍👍👍💡

This is brilliant!! Amazing idea!

Thank you, very ingenious use of bicycle parts, must try this out someday when I'm happily retired 😂

good idea ! and cheaper than the plastic rail. !! bravo

Simple idea. Thanks for sharing your ideas. Mon from Monsville Railways

Brilliant idea! Thanks a lot !

Wonderful proof of concept Don. Thanks so much for sharing.

Great idea. The larger wheels could be used in different places to increase the radius of the corners, or 3D print other sizes. If the chain was rotated through 90 degrees inclines could be done like in Chicago. Putting kapton tape (not so cheap though) under the cardboard would reduce the wear.

@Mariazellerbahn

11 ай бұрын

To make larger radii, just put more cogs closer together.

Can't beat simple mechanics. :D Nicely done!

Outstanding Don, it's awesome. The actually did a 3 point turn hahaha👍😎✅. Cheers.

Nice ! The durability of a steel chain is so much better than 3d printed plastic, this kind of system can pull mutch heavyer stuff bigger scale vehicles also. In legoland Denmark they have ropes going in the shanels to drive model ships and sutch... outside... this chain system could be used on outdoor railways to...

Great... Inspiring work..! Million thanks for sharing..

Nice job. Works really well.

I think this would be super useful for a backdrop highway. Something that doesn't have to pass over a crossing, nor need to use stoplights/signs

This is fantastic, thanks for the suggestion and great video.

Very clever . Excellent idea.

Great idea!!! Now i need to find more room!

Really great idea well done

Looks great! I might have to try something like that

Great idea! Love it very much. Here you go, a solution to joining card. In the automation industry, for inductive or optic sensors/switches, a device called a "soft nose" can be purchased to allow slight contact with moving parts/products to ensure jamming/damage does not occur. Using a domed cover stuck to the magnets, the ability to glide over card joins and maintain a magnetic connection may be fascilitated. Another idea would be to use a thin but firm acetate strip under the vehicle path that can be accurately glued together under the card to enable smooth traverse. On a final note, garages could hide charging stations for remotely controlled vehicles to run random routes after being fully charged. I love your work. Very good for a first build.

@nanplabwern

11 ай бұрын

Very good ideas. I just used wide scotch tape.

Brilliant repurposing! Simple and effective!

Nice job! Great idea

Great idea. I plan to try it. Thank you.

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing

Absolutely brilliant. Thinking out of the box. May I suggest that you could use plastic bike chain instead of metal ones. I can see this concept becoming a much used system. Magnorail is an amazing product but pretty expensive especially in today's economic climate for most average modellers. Thank you for sharing your great idea.

@ewoodrailway

Жыл бұрын

I used Lego to build mine, please feel free to check it out

That is a great suggestion for us frugal N scalers!

Very good idea, will investigate this, thanks.

This looks so much better than any monorail I’ve seen

Great video and cheap system. Thumbs up!

Excellent job, mate. Superior to the commercial systems that use multiple magnets within the chain

Noice job mate, cheers Graham

Ingenious! Bicycle chain and derailleur sprockets are very cheap. Also geared electric motors. Thank you for this great idea!

Absolutely brilliant!I have been trying to figure out. How to make a car system, And it just so happens I live above a bicycle shop. He also has a three d printer that he makes parts with, So i'm going to be giving him a call in a couple of minutes

Great stuff. Anything to save money. As you say the ones on the market are hugely expensive.

That’s awesome, what a great mind 👏🏻

Brilliant idea

This is so cool!!!

thanks sir for the idea. amazing

This will work for O scale... I love it

Actually, I was thinking about an option other than magnorail. Also, magnorail is noisy. Fantastic idea too!

I was contemplating something similar on the river on my layout for boats, but have 6mm MDF and 4mm resin so I will need to get really strong magnets, only issue is the magnet rubbing the road surface, maybe try a small airgap which would sole the join in the card too.

very very clever - fantastic

very cool I plan to add this idea to my future build

@nanplabwern

Жыл бұрын

Good luck

hi Dan, LOVED THIS... i just seen it this morning.... i think if you motorized this idea, just too let people see it working...then people can use cheaper forms of motorising their ones and if you can suggest cheaper ways of doing it..i think your subscribers would be in thousands as this idea is getting more seen on you tube everyday...P.S. you should have shown when you made the V2 rocket scene making the rocket also....just suggestions...keep up the brilliant work...good luck john

Thanks for Sharing!

Great and easy to set up...

Ingenious 👍

great work!

Cool system nonetheless, but I think this, and something like Faller has absolutely different target audiences. This woudl also work wike 2 wheelers, so motorcycles or bicycles, but from the nature is a static track with all vehicles moving at the same speed, etc. On the Faller, which I woudln't consider because of the price and just build it myself, each car is a standalone and detached from every other carm, and can therefore do much different things, like taking over, have a crossing, not even mentioning that each car can have hundreds of lights, indicators/hazard lights, etc. But for a small town like the one you showed, where little bicycles would fit perfectly, your system is more than enough, and probably far cheaper than magnorail. Hats off for that! :)

I constructed a 3 lane motorway diorama in 1:50 scale using this exact principal! The turnarounds at each end were the worst parts to design 😒(each lane moves at a different speed and avoiding them hitting each other at each end was a nightmare) different sized drive sprockets achieved the 3 different lane speeds, and the vehicles just cycle round in an endless loop (up one carriageway then down the other side). I powered it off an old windscreen wiper motor (because it was free) however I'm sure there are better geared motor options available that have a lower amp draw. I toyed with the Idea of making a video on it, but decided against it 😒 Well done for posting this , It's a very sound principle and 5 years later mine still works fine, the downside (when you have a lot of chains and cars/trucks) is that it's very very noisy!! Ps: the one thing to add is a chain tensioner on each run of chain, otherwise they throw the chain 😉. Oh and New subscriber here 👍

@nanplabwern

Жыл бұрын

i commend your persistence. Until all problems are solved its not worth replacing the top road system, I was forever having to dismantle the system because of chains falling off. Better to share the idea and let others have the headaches.

Well done mate. Brilliant video

Nice sir...thank you for sharing

Sir you are doing extremely well do you know why ? You are creating fresh oxygen and this converts in to happiness as a matter of fact those who love this will divert there mind from the filth of this world to something holy ......that's my way of concluding the message. I respect your thoughts and I must say we still have good souls in this world even the world is changing so fast. Keep it up and introduce more unique techniques. ❤❤❤

@nanplabwern

Жыл бұрын

I do my best

Thanks for the good idea. I am building a Swiss winterlandscape,besides moving trains. I want to buildt moving sleds. Greetings from Switzerland.

I think it's great, but if I may give a piece of advice I'm sure you have already done this but a simple way of making your road way visible is once you've laid the sheet over your chain would be once the car was attached one could tape a pencil to the car and it would draw out the roadway as it goes around

Thanks for the idea. I'll subscribe just because of it

Thankyou for sharing your idea,, 😁👍🏻

Thanks for the help

Great job!

Brilliant! Thankyou you clever soul.

@nanplabwern

Жыл бұрын

Well i've never been called a clever soul before but I'll take that.

That's a pretty good idea

That is genius 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Well done👍

Really good 👍

Great Idea

I know it's way too soon. But this is a plan for down the future. I'm looking to build a 4x8 train set with moving cars. My granddaughter. As years go by it'll be something that she'll always remember.

Thats brilliant. I do wonder whether bigger cogs underneath would be better so the car does turn so sharply.

Two thoughts. Instead of building up to the chain and gears, use a router to create channels for the chain and gears. Second thought, many die cast vehicles come with true steering mechanism in the front end. Which would create more realistic turns. That’s my 2 cents worth. Thanks for sharing.

@nanplabwern

11 ай бұрын

Two good ideas worth considering thank you

Nice job