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Subject: 
Copenhagen Metro elevated railway station and train
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.announce.moc
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Sun, 18 Mar 2007 20:09:21 GMT
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Hi,

Some years ago I built a subway station based on the new Copenhagen metro (Lugnet post, Brickshelf: station, train, reference pictures). Looking back now, I’m not quite satisfied with the result, especially the train could use a make-over.

Here is the new model, only this time I chose to model the elevated railway station “DR Byen” (lots of reference pictures in this folder):



Station Brickshelf folder

The station has a very ligth weight design and is built around 10 nearly identical steel bays between the tracks. The platform is almost completely detached from the elevated tracks and I’ve used the same principle when building the station (construction pic). The entire structure is very stable, though. It features a lift (not working) and two symmetrical staircases. I’ve tried to include as many details as possible in minifig scale such as ticket machines, newspaper stands, ads etc. and it took quite a while to produce all the stickers. But it was worth it, the stickers add the final touch to make the station look very much like the real thing.

My favorite pics: this, this and this.

Train Brickshelf folder Reference pics

The train has three cars connected with closed coupling and the engine placed in the middle. I’ve used small train wheels to lower the train floor and reduce the total size of the metro train. The train aligns perfectly with the platform with only half a stud of space in between (pic). In fact, the red collector shoe on the boogie fits under the platform!



The closed coupling mechanism is hidden underneath the cars. It’s very simple using rubber bands and it ressembles the mechanism I used for my S-train. See more pictures of the design in the brickshelf folder



So, what do you think of the station and train? I’ve been eager to present this model so all comments are welcome.

Esben



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Copenhagen Metro elevated railway station and train
 
(...) --snip-- (...) Hi Esben, I think you've captured the look quite perfectly for the most part. Both the train and station are very attractive MOCs. I can understand your eagerness :) The little details on the station are excellent. I love how (...) (18 years ago, 19-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
  Re: Copenhagen Metro elevated railway station and train
 
(...) Very nice station. I like how thin the overall structure looks. You have certainly captured that "made of steel beams" look. Well done! Lawrence (18 years ago, 21-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)

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