AE Passenger Car
These passenger cars were found mainly on longer distance intrastate passes. AE 51 was air conditioned in 1935, was recoded to BE 51, and then in 1983 was recoded back to AE.
This model was built for Octrainber. It's built in O-scale (1:45), which ends up being 8 studs wide and 63 studs long (coupler to coupler).
The model contains 120 yellow flags. I have a love-hate relationship with flags - I love the thin line they produce and the building challenges they introduce (getting them into the doors was particularly challenging), but I hate the extra weight due to the extra parts needed to incorporate them in a build. Same goes for the modified plate with handles (there are 60 of those in rare dark blue).
I actually had two other carriages planned for Octrainber. One, a dark red AE passenger car with wood panelling, was relying on the arrival of my LUGBULK order. It's now over six months since I placed my order and it still hasn't arrived. My contingency car, an Overland passenger car, was relying on the arrival of a few BrickLink orders made three weeks ago. I received one order last week, one today, and I'm still waiting on the last one (including black phone handsets). Apparently, if you live in Australia, you need to start planning for Octrainber in SHIPtember, which kind of defeats the purpose.
EDIT 3/11/17 (given the recent purity discussion ;-)
Purity Declaration: This is a pure LEGO build apart from the use of bearings for the wheels, vinyl for the yellow lettering and printed labels for the white lettering. The integrity of the model does not rely on any of these non-LEGO elements.
AE Passenger Car
These passenger cars were found mainly on longer distance intrastate passes. AE 51 was air conditioned in 1935, was recoded to BE 51, and then in 1983 was recoded back to AE.
This model was built for Octrainber. It's built in O-scale (1:45), which ends up being 8 studs wide and 63 studs long (coupler to coupler).
The model contains 120 yellow flags. I have a love-hate relationship with flags - I love the thin line they produce and the building challenges they introduce (getting them into the doors was particularly challenging), but I hate the extra weight due to the extra parts needed to incorporate them in a build. Same goes for the modified plate with handles (there are 60 of those in rare dark blue).
I actually had two other carriages planned for Octrainber. One, a dark red AE passenger car with wood panelling, was relying on the arrival of my LUGBULK order. It's now over six months since I placed my order and it still hasn't arrived. My contingency car, an Overland passenger car, was relying on the arrival of a few BrickLink orders made three weeks ago. I received one order last week, one today, and I'm still waiting on the last one (including black phone handsets). Apparently, if you live in Australia, you need to start planning for Octrainber in SHIPtember, which kind of defeats the purpose.
EDIT 3/11/17 (given the recent purity discussion ;-)
Purity Declaration: This is a pure LEGO build apart from the use of bearings for the wheels, vinyl for the yellow lettering and printed labels for the white lettering. The integrity of the model does not rely on any of these non-LEGO elements.