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Borsig BEUTH, a 4-wide experiment
What started as a doodle somewhen in late 2015 quickly became addictive, and I spent hours and hours getting the max out of the 70+ parts. Yeah, I even used custom painted LEGOs for the first time - the purists may forgive me :-)
On the prototype: the BEUTH was built by August Borsig in 1844; it was the first locomotive not only manufactured, but also entirely designed in Germany (until then, the steam market was dominated by British and American designs). It was an instant technical success, fast and reliable. It became the blueprint for generations of steam locomotives to follow, and just thirty years later, the Borsig Works had become the World's second largest manufacturer of locomotives behind Baldwin.
Here's a picture of a replica of the BEUTH, on display at the Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin.
CREDITS: many thanks to my brother for doing the painting. He's the real scale modeler in our family; I'm just the guy playing with little plastic bricks ;-)
Borsig BEUTH, a 4-wide experiment
What started as a doodle somewhen in late 2015 quickly became addictive, and I spent hours and hours getting the max out of the 70+ parts. Yeah, I even used custom painted LEGOs for the first time - the purists may forgive me :-)
On the prototype: the BEUTH was built by August Borsig in 1844; it was the first locomotive not only manufactured, but also entirely designed in Germany (until then, the steam market was dominated by British and American designs). It was an instant technical success, fast and reliable. It became the blueprint for generations of steam locomotives to follow, and just thirty years later, the Borsig Works had become the World's second largest manufacturer of locomotives behind Baldwin.
Here's a picture of a replica of the BEUTH, on display at the Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin.
CREDITS: many thanks to my brother for doing the painting. He's the real scale modeler in our family; I'm just the guy playing with little plastic bricks ;-)