Hogwarts Express, Need Motor and Track

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• TheLoneTensor Member Posts: 3,937

  July 2013 edited July 2013

  Unfortunately this one doesn't run on normal Lego track, unless you swap out the wheels (which is possible by changing the technic pins and wheels).
  
  If you want track, you can get power-function (non wired) track from pick a brick at $3 a piece (ugh - way too expensive), but you're better off getting it in a set like the Lone Ranger Constitution #79111. If you want to actually power it, you could get a set with power functions like #7938 (which has the #88002 motor in it). That way you need to only get a battery box #88000 (or the superior #8878 & #8887) and IR controller #8884 to make it go. Of course, fitting it into the engine is another matter. You will likely need to scratchbuild an engine tender to house the battery and IR receiver.

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• MsLegoLeader Member Posts: 2

  July 2013

  Thanks a lot for this advice, I think I can do this. The building of the tender might be tricky but I could use the parts from the 7938 to try to make it. Thanks!

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• Furrysaurus Member Posts: 156

  July 2013

  the most recent issue of brickjournal has a how-to on wiring up the constitution if you want pictures.

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• TheLoneTensor Member Posts: 3,937

  July 2013

  MsLegoLeader said:

  Thanks a lot for this advice, I think I can do this. The building of the tender might be tricky but I could use the parts from the 7938 to try to make it. Thanks!

  I forgot to mention, if you are planning on gutting #7398 then you don't need anything new really because that has all the necessary make-train-go parts (but you will have a leftover motor). And yeah, the Passenger Train is red, so you could use those parts for a Hogwarts express tender pretty easy I'd imagine.

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