After nearly finishing the complete renewing (decorating is not the right
word here ;-)) of my dining room I found some time for modelling a new MOC.
This BR 232 from the german railway (Deutsche Bahn) was formerly used in the
GDR. It was build in russia.
And in the mid of the 70ies it was sold to the easter part of germany.
After the reunion many of these engines got new diesel engines and they are
still in use. I really like this typical ugly 70ies design.
And I had a try to make a train MOC 10 wide! It is about 62 bricks long!
There are still some parts missing. The wheels will get some stuff around
for modelling the springs and brakes. Not finished yet ;-)
I noticed the pictures on brickshelf a few days ago and recoqnised it immidiately; you have got the (special) design of it very well. I think that this one is hardly possible to build 8 (or less) wide, so this makes it reasonable to make it 10 wide, (...) (21 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
While I can't say I like those particular diesels, you definitely got the look of them down. The SNOT work on the model as well is awesome and the way you modeled the roof especially is really sweet. I look forward to seeing pics of it with the (...) (21 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
In lugnet.trains, Dirk Meier writes: Hi Dirk! Thanks for sharing the pictures and some info on the prototype here and at 1000steine.de! To be honest, I do not like this creation of yours that much as I did with past designs.... That is basically (...) (21 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
