<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Dan Efran wrote:</div>
You ride a little car past various chocolate-making machinesHow would the ride move?
I haven’t figured that out yet…monorail track might be the most authentic. Or maybe just a factory without the ride part? It’s a pretty sketchy idea at this stage.
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Dan Efran wrote:</div>
Also, I’m planning to definitely build a magnetic ice-skating pond.Deborah Higdon-Leblond is one person who did this. From what I remember there is very small tolerance between the upper and lower magnets, you have to balance friction with the attractive strength determined by the distance between the two magnets. From what I’ve seen, the hidden magnet rides on a chain underneath the surface.
It would be nice if the magnet attached to the minifig did not encounter “seems” of adjoining tiles. Perhaps an inverted 16 x 16 clear baseplate would be a got surface for the skater to slide on. However, if you want to use tiles on top, the LEGO store PaB’s currently have lots and lots of 1×2 trans light blue tiles.
Yeah, the inverted 16×16 clear baseplate was my first thought too. I’ve got one, so I’ll probably try it. My second thought was a few of the new huge tiles, 8×16 I think they are? We’ll see.
I saw that chain mechanism, but I’ll probably try a windmill-style mechanism instead. Simpler. My biggest concern is magnet strength…I have no experience with LEGO magnets yet. I know there are the train coupler ones, and I just realized there are fridge magnet bricks, that might be worth a try. I’m not sure what other magnetic parts there might be, or how strong they are. But I’m sure I can get it working one way or another. Eventually.