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EMD F7 Mt. Newman Mining Company
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Hello Train Fans
Some of you might know me as a builder of heavy equipment like cranes or mining
shovels.
Here I would like to present my first train MOC, an EMD F7 of the Australian Mt.
Newman Mining Company.
The real loco has been hauling iron ore cars for several years and is now
retired and on display at the Pilbara Railways Museum:
Although there are already lots of LEGO-built F7s, I still like the design of
that specific type. Therefore I searched for a color scheme that has not yet
been copied with LEGO bricks and that was possible to recreate with the parts in
my collection.
The model is fully capable of negotiating curves and switches. A new feature are
the step ladders on the locomotive frame in the region of the trucks using old
style windows. They swing away in curves and therefore make room for the trucks
to swing out.
More pictures can be found on my brickshelf gallery after moderation:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=140916
Website (currently without trains):
http://www.engineeringwithabs.ch
Greetings from Switzerland
Beat, a newbie in trains
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 | | Re: EMD F7 Mt. Newman Mining Company
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| (...) Welcome to trains, Beat! That's quite a nice F7, the colour scheme is nicely done. I like the bogies, and those windows look great for ladders. The only downside I can see is the coupler attached to the frame, which tends to cause problems (...) (19 years ago, 13-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
| | | Re: EMD F7 Mt. Newman Mining Company
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| SNIP wowowowowowow.... Amazing work. Lots of great little details, and unique usage of parts. I like the way you did the numbers with the hinge rods and as ~ROSCO said, the windows look excellent as ladders. I WILL be stealing that one. And the 1x2 (...) (19 years ago, 14-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | Re: EMD F7 Mt. Newman Mining Company
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| Hi Beat, Very nice work! I love the SNOTtery for the windows (and everywhere else for that matter). I wonder how many of your tricks I can adapt for six wide. BTW, congratulations for making it two Australian trains in the sidebar. That has to be a (...) (19 years ago, 14-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | Re: EMD F7 Mt. Newman Mining Company
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| As, everyone else has said, you have fitted in an amazing amount of new tricks with bricks in one model, ans that model looks really good as a whole too. I'm definatly going to have to steal some ideas from it, and i look foward to the next one. Tim (19 years ago, 14-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | Re: EMD F7 Mt. Newman Mining Company
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| (...) Beat, great work, you entered "trains" with a splash. You also picked an engine I really like, the F3/F7s. I'm reworking the design for the Super Cheif, and hope to post it soon. Adding detail and a recolor as well. Mat (19 years ago, 18-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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