Brick Model Railroader | Michael Pianta | Activity https://brickmodelrailroader.com/members/scruffulous/activity/ Activity feed for Michael Pianta. Fri, 08 May 2026 09:56:50 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 5c630a4526aae07294c32fad50e8d069 Michael Pianta posted a new activity comment https://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/2021/01/25/octrainber-2020-the-results/#comment-26561 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 09:45:09 -0500 It’s such an honor to win the Large Diorama category, and even more of an honor to win the Grand Prize (by a whisker, on a technicality). Congratulations to all the other entrants and winners. Many thanks to the organizers for providing me with the motivation to get my act together at least once a year, and thanks to my local LEGO train e…[Read more]

In reply to - raised wrote a new post In 2017 we published the results on November 17th, in 2018 on December 9th, and in 2019 on January 6th of 2020. This year it is January 24th. Partly this is due to ever more busy lifes of […] ]]> 3acc7d5b092ad9f0d7ffc581d082b709 Michael Pianta commented on the post, Are we real model railroaders? http://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/2017/01/25/are-we-real-model-railroaders/#comment-84 Wed, 25 Jan 2017 19:31:26 -0500 Cale, I couldn’t agree more. I don’t recall seeing your original post, but it’s as relevant today as it was then. Really well written, too. Give it time and this blog play a big part in dragging the world “kicking […]

]]> 5031d96cee3f07f7a80b960a66b07d14 Michael Pianta commented on the post, Carriages matter http://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/2017/01/16/carriages-matter/#comment-82 Wed, 25 Jan 2017 00:43:22 -0500 I love my little label maker! You can see some early results here:

Using a label maker to create stickers

]]> 1ca6a0f9ec1ea753de85b04833bf7bcc Michael Pianta commented on the post, Carriages matter http://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/2017/01/16/carriages-matter/#comment-77 Sun, 22 Jan 2017 12:33:03 -0500 This is a lovely carriage, but I’m excited about the stickers. The resolution is not great, but it’s good enough to outweigh the hassle of trying to match colours, which is what I currently have do do with paper […]

]]> 1aa2e81b75505cca93bf489c6c7d64a6 Michael Pianta commented on the post, Matson's Landing in L-Gauge – A Question of Scale http://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/2017/01/17/matsons-landing-in-l-gauge-a-question-of-scale/#comment-76 Sun, 22 Jan 2017 12:20:42 -0500 I’m interested in how you came up with 2.5 studs as the train wheel diameter. From memory (I don’t have a wheel handy to measure right now) I thought the tread diameter was a little greater than 2 studs, and the […]

]]> b3e36c8317e7537dbed97c053c194577 Michael Pianta commented on the post, Keeping it Rolling (Smoothly) http://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/2017/01/21/keeping-it-rolling-smoothly/#comment-75 Sun, 22 Jan 2017 12:02:16 -0500 Coincidentally, I put in an order for 100 of the bearings a few days ago. Can’t wait to try them out. Any tips for inserting them into the Technic hole?

]]> a89c01c45fb0e2be34095b20db74ad0c Michael Pianta commented on the post, Matson's Landing in L-Gauge – Choosing Motive Power http://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/2017/01/10/matsons-landing-in-l-gauge-choosing-motive-power/#comment-46 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 05:04:06 -0500 If you build the Clishay 8-wide, what scale will that make it?

]]> 6ea5fb01247b2766776689e5ec672c22 Michael Pianta commented on the post, 3D-Printed Steam Driver Wheels from Nate Brill http://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/2017/01/11/3d-printed-drive-wheels-from-nate-brill/#comment-45 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 05:00:58 -0500 I really want to try the medium train wheels but the shipping cost of $20 to Aus (the same as the cost of 4 wheels) is hard to justify πŸ™ Might see if I can talk some friends into a group order.

]]> 76fc1333ed623cb71f291dad53cbea3c Michael Pianta commented on the post, The PennLUG Lines: Planning a LEGO Train, Club Layout http://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/2017/01/12/the-pennlug-lines-planning-a-lego-train-club-layout/#comment-44 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 04:48:36 -0500 Great post Cale. It’s not surprising the PennLUG layout is one of the best in the world given the club’s commitment to quality and your level of organisation/forward planning.

]]> d2722256e3178b876f1925fde977f43d Michael Pianta commented on the post, A Topic of Epic Proportion(ing) http://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/2016/12/30/a-topic-of-epic-proportioning/#comment-8 Fri, 30 Dec 2016 19:42:36 -0500 I use a partially transparent checkerboard in Powerpoint to help with scaling. You can see an example here:

A tool like this means you don’t have to recalculate every stud dimension. You do the calculation once […]

NA Class comparison

]]> eab39db5e6d3da3618c03249288aa02a Michael Pianta commented on the post, A Topic of Epic Proportion(ing) http://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/2016/12/30/a-topic-of-epic-proportioning/#comment-7 Fri, 30 Dec 2016 19:25:30 -0500 8 studs to 10 feet is approximately 1:47. This is close to USA O Scale (or O gauge), which is 1:48. In the Victorian Railways L Gauge Modellers (Melbourne, Australia), we build in European O scale, which is 1:45. […]

]]> 479005f43bcbf38e47d4a8419db8d745 Michael Pianta commented on the post, "Set Up Running" Welcome to Brick Model Railroader http://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/2016/12/30/set-up-running-welcome-to-brick-model-railroader/#comment-6 Fri, 30 Dec 2016 19:05:29 -0500 Great idea guys – your motivation is spot-on, and you have a great team. This might just be the next big thing for the LEGO train community. I certainly hope so. Good luck!

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