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Making some progress at last...
The frame is as realistic as possible, with all the prototypical cutouts. The leaf springs are connected by realistically pivoted compensating levers (a bit crazy, I know).
Luggage and parcels are conveyed in this 'brake gangwayed' coach on my LEGO branch line railway layout!
This took a bit longer to build than I thought, as I spent all of last week with the bricks ready to go, but I was at the Spa Valley Railway prepping for the diesel gala we've just had.
I'm super duper happy with this, a few things to improve as always but there was so little things that I had to change building it from stud.io that I'm more confident now with building my digital models. I've a slight problem with the coupling rods but that'll be fixed soon and then I'll get a video of it running! And once I've tidied my tables back up I'll get some proper photos of it too.
The most frequent form of traffic on my LEGO branch line is people!
These 4 wheel coaches comprise one of the trains that can be seen shuttling passengers up and down the line.
**FOR SALE**
When the Reno was in made 1878 it had red paint, in 1910 it was changed to an oil burner and an oil tank was added in the tender (where the powered up battery box sits), in 1945 a few more smaller transitions were made to her. I am selling the middle one, the 1910 version. It has a battery box, train motor and is capable of rounding the R40 lego tracks.
Interested? Message me on flicker or via email: kingdomsquest04@gmail.com
New year, new update. Ive rebuilt the locomotive from the wheelbase up, with a motor inside of the boiler along with the speaker in front of the cab. It still has some work to do, like the tender decals, but I feel it’s a good step forward.
My first time displaying at the National Space Centre "Brickish " show so took a small selection of "planes, trains and automobiles" along with me. A thoroughly enjoyable event, with apparently the highest ever attendance figures this year. I will certainly be returning in years to come.
The coal bunker is detachable and gives access to the electronics (BuWizz 2.0 RC/battery pack; Brickstuff PF Power Source v1.5 with PowerSpijk-S controller).
"When the Vine powers up, a city powers down." - Warrant Officer Olive
For the land logistics category of the ongoing military war game: Decisive Action 4. www.flickr.com/groups/14677828@N25/ Marking this image a favorite powers up this faction in the game.
Enjoy some music: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtUH9z_Oey8
The Vine is the train that carries the advanced long range missile system, JAM (Justifiable Apocalypse Missile). A single JAM can launch fiery death to a city from a range of 250km. The payload of 20 missiles on this train is enough to bring an entire region under siege, or destroy it utterly.
The Vine is seen here rolling through one of the many berry patches of the Nation, where the castrated Blueberry men toil picking the modified strawberries that produce JUICE. An enemy plane hopes to attack but is quickly dispatched before the Vine passes the tunnel indicator light.
Engine: Aberryca's standard electric diesel. This military variant is equipped with additional armor and a mounted machine gun. Detail shot here: www.flickr.com/photos/188464565@N06/49971346682/in/datepo...
Tanker Car: A car carrying a large supply of the JUICE. This liquid does everything from enhance berry crops, to heal women soldiers, to melt the faces of male enemy combatants. Detail shot here: www.flickr.com/photos/188464565@N06/49970564533/in/datepo...
Missile Car: The ammo car for carrying JAM. It has an autonomous loading arm for reloading the pod. Detail shot here: www.flickr.com/photos/188464565@N06/49971078426/in/datepo...
JAM Missile Pod: The launcher for JAM missiles, the primary rail weapon of the Vine. Detail shot here: www.flickr.com/photos/188464565@N06/49971078516/in/datepo...
Produce Car: Because you gotta move the goods somehow. Detail shot here: www.flickr.com/photos/188464565@N06/49971078626/in/datepo...
Crew Car: The armored crew car rides rear in this short train. A high caliber anti-aircraft gun is womanned from the top of the car. Detail shot here: www.flickr.com/photos/188464565@N06/49970564928/in/datepo...
See the ride by video and additional commentary here: www.flickr.com/photos/188464565@N06/49971348232/in/datepo...
This Narita Express was built last year for an event organized by Hong Kong Brick Rail. This year (26 Nov 2018) they once again put together lots of city elements to let the train enthusiasts run through building blocks, bridges and stations. We had an enjoyable afternoon inside a laboratory of a school!
My new Lego Ideas project - The Polar Express! ideas.lego.com/projects/d8f0433c-efdb-454d-9a7d-981df8d55ead
This train set would make a perfect Christmas decoration and it is so much fun to build and play with as there are some extra play features in there!
Please vote with the link above, make sure the yellow support button turned black and share with your friends as we need 10.000 votes to turn it into a real Lego set!
This LEGO MOC is mostly done. Just need to add a few more changes before taking pics, but I did want to share my first time running it. Wicked excited about how it looks :)
The Afternoon Tea Train runs weekdays and Saturdays to Much Bricking on the Marsh. The buffet car, seen here, is made from salvaged parts of the old storm-damaged Studford Bay Tea Rooms.
Next up in my series of LEGO models based on The Railway Series is Mavis!
I'm very pleased with how she turned out. Not enough room to spell out all of "The Ffarquhar Quarry Co." but I think it gives the right impression all the same :)
I decided to tackle my first rebuild and get it knocked off before I move onto other projects. This rebuild was mainly for functioning purposes, such as having it handle r56 corners.
This rebuild also includes
-rollerbearings in the front and trailing axles
-detail beneath the cab, such as tubing
-improvement of the conical expansion
-new piston design
I still need to add some valve gear to either side, but overall, it looks good. I'm planning on doing the tender later, as I need to do research on powered truck designs and battery options.
An essential element on many railways, brake vans can be seen tailing trains and transporting guards on my LEGO branch line layout!
Please support my Lego Ideas Home Alone project here: ideas.lego.com/projects/7fed15ef-44bb-43f7-9fd4-6633cf57ddda
Special thanks to David Cooper david-cooper.fotopic.net for this fabulous photograph.
Huge thanks to Pete Waterman ( www.justliketherealthing.co.uk/ ) again for the use of his fantastic layout as a backdrop for these pictures.
A full gallery with break down component pictures of how this was built will be up in my Brickshelf folder in the next few days. www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=432359
Red vinyl has been used to replicate current parts that I did not have and also extremely old rare parts that were just too expensive too purchase ( such as the old style macaroni bricks www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=x1042a at $7.00 each!) These would give the smooth clean lines of the sloped boiler that is seen here. The gap between the sloped sections is generally covered by the hand rail, but me being me covered it all in vinyl as I dislike even the smallest gaps ;)
I have often seen comments that the HE should be dark red, this is incorrect, the engine (Olton Hall) that was used for the film is red. The carriages are crimson. The dark red vinyl I have is too dark for the carriages, thus these got built in red as the window shape was important to me. LEGO dark red would be the perfect colour for these carriages, but the windows are not made in this colour :| Hello TLG ;)
Just about happy enough to call this finished now. Using a Loksound V4 chip, sounds blown by Legomanbiffo.
Features full sounds, front and rear directional lighting and cab interior lights, which switch depending on direction of travel.
1970s Malayan Railway Mixed Freight coming along nicely. Still a WIP as I'm waiting for the studly couplers and greeble parts to arrive.
An essential element on many railways, brake vans can be seen tailing trains and transporting guards on my LEGO branch line layout!
My LEGO branch line passes the seaside town of Studsea. Summer brings more passengers, so a GWR autocoach is used to run extra services!
I've shortened it from its basis to suit the limited space and tight curves on my layout, whilst retaining the right 'look'.
It had to be a fast addition to the train station but suprisingly a lot od dark bluish gray bricks were used to finish it. I wanted it to have very "official" colors and I believe it fits pretty well to the role: police depot and post office by the train station.
Inspired by a few designs out there, and the addition of some newer pieces available, I figured I was ready to design a proper looking Thomas
I don't build in 8 wide, but this is an interpretation in 8-W L-Gauge
An old steam era style station footbridge to span between the 2 platforms of my Corfe Castle build.
If green fence pannels werent so expensive it would have ideally been built all green :|
A quick close up pic of the principal technique used on my Class 37 bogie. This one is for a new Class 27 currently being built :)
A productive Saturday tinkering and fiddling with tiny wires and metal prongs just to make it all fit in the body.
Engine sound is of BR Class 31 since they both share the same engine - EE12SVT. Turn up volume to hear growling and chugging of the locomotive.
Got to admit, it was a pain to edit and produce so many different sound clips for idling, acceleration and deceleration.. but in the end it was definitely worth it. Massive thanks to Maciej for teaching me how to build my own Train Profile.
Also added headlights that turns on depending on the direction.
Am left with decals now..
A 1/22.5 scale LEGO® model of the Kitson-Meyer 0-6-6-0T of the "Ferrocarril de Taltal" (FCT) in Chile.
Ten of these locomotives were delivered to the FCT by Kitson & Co. (Leeds, UK) between 1904 and 1907, and further eight engines later acquired second-hand.
Over the years, several modifications were carried out: For example, all engines were converted to burn oil soon. Water and fuel capacity of some locomotives (including No. 50, the prototype for my model) were increased by adding welded enlargements on top of the side and rear tanks.
More detailed information can be found in the books "The Taltal Railway" and "Kitson Meyer Articulated Locomotives", both by Donald Binns, which were my two principal sources. In general, very few technical information about the FCT locomotives can be traced. Despite searching for months, I wasn't able to find a detailed drawing. So I had to largely rely on taking measures from photos and on one single, distorted sketch on a data sheet describing the near-identical engines from the "Ferrocarril Tocopilla al Toco".
(While there are numerous photos of the sole surviving FCT Kitson-Meyer, no. 59, nearly all of them were taken during the engine's last years in service, when it was already in a very poor state of maintenance, or since it has been on display as a monument. Because of that, it's difficult to conclude how it looked in better days. Nevertheless, I hope - and believe - that the model's overall impression comes close enough to the real locomotive's appearance.)
The model is held in accurate 1/22.5 scale. It consists of quite exactly 3,000 parts and weighs in at 2.4 kg. The engine is powered by two L-motors (one mounted vertically in each bogie); each motor has its own BuWizz as a power supply and R/C unit (technically, one BuWizz would suffice, but this configuration allows for longer running times).
The wheels come from BBB and the lighting equipment was purchased from Brickstuff, as usual, while the rods are 3D-printed parts of my own design.
Youtube link showing the light functions:
YouTube Link to Train Showcase: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftdrFNRxjs0&t=23s
The MR 20 Class is the first main line diesel-electric locomotive which made its debut in Malaya in 1957. A total of twenty-six locomotives were manufactured by English Electric Co at Vulcan Foundry, United Kingdom. In its roughly thirty years of service, the 20 Class hauled both the passenger express and freight between Singapore and Malaysia. All twenty-six 20 Class locomotives were named after flowers. The last 20 Class was decommissioned in the early 1990s.
This MR 20 Class model is controlled by a PFx Brick, powered by 1x PF L-motor, fitted with lights (2x main headlights and 4x side lights) and accurate engine sound profile (EE12SVT).
The toughest part hands down was the decals.. more specifically the lettering on the side which stands for 'Malayan Railways' in Bahasa Melayu. My decal shop had each letter made separately which means I had to meticulously place them along the body. The nose stripes were finicky to handle but sticks on perfectly.
Realised I haven't posted a cover photo of the MOC here. So this is it! ;D