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Custom loco MOC
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Thu, 24 May 2001 00:54:26 GMT
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All,
After many hours and several versions, I have just posted the final
prototype (read: still in the works) of a locomotive MOC on brickshelf:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=4611
It is still in design phase (thus the flat gray color scheme, and wrong
color windows), so go easy on me! I would love to get some feedback on the
design. I have only recently started building trains, although I have been
interested for a long time. For this model, I borrowed some of the coolest
design elements from many real life locos, so it isn't a direct model of any
one real world loco.
A couple of interesting notes:
- As this loco goes down the track the ducts on the top actually spin. (You
can see the gearing in some of the shots)
- I actually pulled off several uses of the "half stud" concept, as well as
changes in stud direction (Thanks James Mathis!)
- The bottom of the front and back ends misses the power connector to the
track by millimeters!
- The ends swing out really far over the track in curves, so I have to add a
coupler extender if I want to connect cars.
Let me know what you think! Once I do a couple more tweaks, I am going to
rebuild it in color.
Thanks!
Jake
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Jake McKee
AFOL
LUGNET Member #211
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Message has 5 Replies:
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| Jake, I like it. Nice use of the 1x2 windows on the front, it's hard to get the front windows right with only six studs, but those little windows seem to do a nice job of it. I like the gray color scheme also. jt -- James J. Trobaugh North Georgia (...) (23 years ago, 24-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Custom loco MOC
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| I'd like to note one thing first, I LOVE the buldged out windows on the side, but any real locomotive would only have it on one side, the engineer's side (passenger side if it were a car...). The bulged window is usually left white also... But (...) (23 years ago, 24-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| Jake, Hey, that looks great. A few comments... I think that there should only be one blower housing. You have two bulges just behind the cab, one on each side. I think that there should only be a bulge on one side (the "driver's" side if it was a (...) (23 years ago, 24-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Custom loco MOC
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| (...) Thanks for the credit, Jake, but I should like to pass these "half stud" applications and "changes in stud direction" compliments on to everybody out there who uses LEGO bricks. We all use them to one degree or an other. And all of us posting (...) (23 years ago, 24-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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