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Hi,
Since long ago, I feel the need of flat cars for my train collection.
Flat cars are the simpliest cars and that is part of the challenge when you
decide to have a try in modeling one (LEGOly speaking) : how to make a nice rail
car made only of a base ?
I don’t have the answer, and in fact I think there is not one but many answers.
Another reason to have flat cars are their purpose : to carry loads. Flats cars
can carry vehicles (civil or military), containers, and many other things. So
you can add great variety in your train composition with a single one type of
car.
That’s also why flat cars should remain simple in term of type and number of
parts. You have to build a lot of flat cars to have a nice freight train.
So my try is there :
IE user friendly BS
gallery
As you can see, it is 6-wide. Well, that’s my choice. It could be discuss for
years. I think I’ve heard and read (with a great pleasure as long they were
expressed friendly) all the pros and cons about this choice :-). So, let have
your own try at 8 or 7 or even 2 wide.
I like very much for 6-wide cars the 2 studs wide steering wheel
(30663) as a brake wheel. As
it comes in yellow with the Millenium Falcon 4504, that’s simply perfect.
I also tried to keep the design symmetrical. It ease a bit the building
instruction process but maybe gives the model a monotonous look. Well, again
that’s a personnal choice, I like symmetry.
The base is simply made of three layers of plates with holes and lacks. It may
cause fragility but also lightness. The 1x16 technic bricks are there to add
rigidity.
The load. I have lot of these nice
tricycles. They come in a
lot of colors like blue, yellow, white, red,.. If you’re out of ideas (is this
possible ? :-) ) just build some models from
this gallery, and
imagine a three flat cars train fulled with orange forklifts :-).
Regards,
Didier
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| (...) --snip-- (...) --snip-- (...) Hi Didier, This is a very neat basic flatcar design that looks like something TLG would make. I really love its combination of simple design and all the tidbits and greebles you see in real flatcars. Excellent. (...) (18 years ago, 17-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) I like it a lot Didier, and never appoligize for being a 6 wide fan :-) there are more of us than you think, we are just less vocal about it. -Eric (18 years ago, 17-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) <snip> (...) Bonjour, Didier! I applaud your effort and agree with you that flat cars are a MUST for any train collection. For me, intermodal transport is the best! Flat cars allow the builder to show off fun things that otherwise might not (...) (18 years ago, 17-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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