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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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In lugnet.trains, Beat Felber wrote:
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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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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 when cornering, if the couplers on your rolling stock are
attached to the bogies.
ROSCO
(Adding .loc.au cos they might be interested too)
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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 handles
OMG....
I feel so inferior.
Legoswami
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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 record. We need more people building Aussie stock.
Tim
PS. Spotlighted
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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
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Hi ROSCO
Thanks!
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That’s quite a nice F7, the colour scheme is nicely done. I like the bogies,
and those windows look great for ladders.
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Well, the idea with the windows is what I am most proud of on my model. I had
that idea about a year ago but haven’t used it in a model since then.
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The only downside I can see is the coupler attached to the frame, which tends
to cause problems when cornering, if the couplers on your rolling stock are
attached to the bogies.
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I agree, you’re right about problems when attaching the couplings to the frame.
But here on my F7 both couplings are attached to the bogies. On the rear one it
works like on the official LEGO train sets while the front coupling is attached
to a five studs long Technic liftarm which itself is mounted to the bogie. The
downside here is that the opening in the front apron is too narrow to allow for
a sufficient travel of the coupling. Therefore at the front it is not possible
to haul cars. And while pushing, there’s the problem that there is a joint too
much as there are two of them. One between bogie and liftarm and the other one
between the liftarm and the coupling itself. Here I have to think about a better
solution. But I don’t want to attach the front apron to the bogie - I like it to
be on the frame.
Beat
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Hi Samarth
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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
handles OMG....
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Thanks for the compliments. And yes, please feel free and use my ideas on your
models as well. I even think of creating a building instruction with MLCad, as
the respond to my creation is this overwhelming. But this certainly won’t take
place in the next few weeks.
Please don’t. To be considered as someone superior doesn’t make me feel very
comfortable :-)
Beat
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Hi Timothy
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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.
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Thanks for the compliments. I think quite a lot of the details can be adapted to
six wide as I am not using all the space between the two side walls to realize
the different shapes. What will be more difficult or impossible to adapt are the
decorations on the bogies as they are wider than six studs.
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BTW, congratulations for making it two Australian trains in the sidebar. That
has to be a record. We need more people building Aussie stock.
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Congratulations to you for your nice rendition of the Ghan! What is missing to
both of our creations are the cars.
Do you or anybody else of the Australian train fans have pictures of ore cars as
they have been used in the seventies? I could only find pictures of more recent
cars with remote controlled dump mechanisms.
Thanks.
Beat
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Hi Tim
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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.
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Thanks for the compliments. Except for the windows as ladders, basically every
snot trick applies the simple 2x5 rule. Means that two studs in width are the
same as a stack of five plates.
About the next creation I can’t tell right now. I still have one train motor
left but currently not much time for building further trains.
Beat
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In lugnet.trains, Beat Felber wrote:
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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.
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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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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
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In lugnet.trains, Beat Felber wrote:
> Hi Timothy
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> > 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.
>
> Thanks for the compliments. I think quite a lot of the details can be adapted
> to six wide as I am not using all the space between the two side walls to
> realize the different shapes. What will be more difficult or impossible to
> adapt are the decorations on the bogies as they are wider than six studs.
>
> > BTW, congratulations for making it two Australian trains in the sidebar.
> > That has to be a record. We need more people building Aussie stock.
>
> Congratulations to you for your nice rendition of the Ghan! What is missing
> to both of our creations are the cars.
>
> Do you or anybody else of the Australian train fans have pictures of ore cars
> as they have been used in the seventies? I could only find pictures of more
> recent cars with remote controlled dump mechanisms.
>
> > PS. Spotlighted
>
> Thanks.
>
> Beat
Hi Beat,
While I don't have any pictures if you search for Peter Parsons in .loc.au you
might ask him. He actually works for the Qld state railway and has a great deal
of knowledge.
And I agree that the Ghan needs cars. They may yet come... keep your eyes on
this spot for further developments.
Tim
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