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Re: Best of Steam - Brickworld 2007
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Fri, 29 Jun 2007 02:40:55 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Tim David wrote:
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Posted on behalf of Brian Williams
If you couldn’t attend Brickworld 2007, then here are pictures of some of the
finest Lego steam locomotives found running there this past weekend. Each
shows the clever use of parts and is a labor of love for the builders. Take a
look and get inspired for Detroit. Thanks to a John and Ross Neal, Cale
Leiphart and Joe Ellenbecker (I missed anyone else showing please contact me).
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It was great to meat every one and see all the wonderful approaches to modeling
steam in LEGO.
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Folder Link: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=262393
Union Pacific Big Boy 4003 - Joe Ellenbecker
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2592125
Joe recently rebuilt parts of the frame using dark grey which provides color
contrast and highlights the wheels. The boiler uses quarter rounds only on
the sides using plates on top and open underneath. Joe runs this lok every
month at shows so its proven itself a solid runner.
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An engine as big as a Big Boy can be difficult to get running. This one ran very
well around the track and had good detail.
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Harry Potter Hogwarts Express - John & Ross Neal
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2592107
John and Ross have such a great feel for proportions and details. The puffers
an running gear are amazing to see in action. And the lead trucks don’t turn;
they just swing out over the curves. Note the use of a single strip of black
tape on the tender to provide the yellow/black/yellow striping. The front of
the boiler is just a tad out of alignment as this lok was involved in a bad
accident at the show that took out several trains and part of the enginehouse.
But with several expert train AFOLs on hand all were rebuilt in minutes.
The Polar Express 1225 - John & Ross Neal
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2592119
Another of John and Ross’s gems. The running gear details are so intricate.
It features plenty of hoses and three train motors for plenty of traction. The
passenger cars just out of shot are equally amazing.
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Every thing about TCLTC’s layout was impressive. The Polar Express and Hogwarts
Express were outstanding.
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Frisco 1630 - Brian Williams
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2592102
I built this lok for the NILTC’s Thomas 2003 event at the Illinois Railway
Museum (where the prototype runs). Its actually 9wide and features an
articulated frame, wrenches for siderods, a rubber ray gun “bell”, and a Brio
sound mechanism built in complete with whistle and a cam on one axle to give
the exhaust “chuff.” To get the prototypical proportions on the tender I
located the motor in the center with faux 1/2 trucks that swivel around each
end. The journal boxes on the trucks are the 1x1 slopes held in place with TAT
construction (TAT = Tape & Tube, i.e. the use of 3M double stick tape and
Plastruct ABS tube to attach bricks in reverse). Note the American flags which
IRM run each Fourth of July.
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The attention to detail on this engine is amazing. The sound mechanism is a
great idea.
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The Royal Train “Kathryn” - Brian Williams
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2592121
Yes, you old timers may remember my old 6wide Kathryn Lok out of retirement
after 8 years for a Brickfest appearance. This Era I German Tea Kettle uses a
9v train motor with the motor removed in the peat tender to power the 12v
train motor in the engine. Both engine and tender are covered in hand cut
stickers. The striping was done in 1995 before ALPs so each straight and curve
stipe had to be hand cut and applied to both engine and the three cars
(although an Alps was used later to add the “KWSTe”). Working lights are
fitted into each of the three headlight brick lamps, firebox, marker light,
and to illuminate each of the cars.
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There is an credible amount of work that has gone into the “Kathryn” and it
shows. This is a great MOC.
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Pennsylvania 460 - Cale Leiphart
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2592110
I met Cale for the first time at Brickworld and was impressed by the good
proportions and striking use of color for his Pennsy prototypes. The 460 pulls
a train based on an actual train which was used to develop the film of Charles
Lindburg for a news organization en route to the theater to scoop the
competition. The Lego model lok uses 2x plates supported from a central
technic rod for the boiler and lots of SNOT. .
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I posted the 460 previously. Pennsylvania Railroad in Lego The passenger cars are new however and still a
work in progress. I don’t have pics of them on Brickshelf yet but will in the
near future. And thank you to John and Ross Neal for allowing me to run the
“Lindbergh Special” on TCLTC’s layout. The full story on this train can be found
on the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania web site.
“The Lindbergh Engine”
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Pennsylvania 4483 - Cale Leiphart
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2592113
The 4483 SNOTs out the boiler in order to achieve the subtle stepped look of
the walkways above the running gear. Note the airtakes present both on top
the pilot and below the cab.
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I haven’t posted this loco to LUGNET or Brickshelf yet but will soon. This
engine is preserved at The Western New York
Railway Historical Society and is the last remaining PRR Decapod out of nearly
600.#4483
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Goth Train - Roger Snow
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2592299
This train is incredible. While not a proto steam lok per se, it is a fantasy
train with all sorts of dark, organic looking details. The pilot looks like
claws and the goth details carry through all the cars too. The smokebox is
clear with technic fibre optics pulsing with red light. I think this is one
of the very best lego trains ever made because its an example of something
very creative that Lego permits which would probably not get built if one had
to scratchbuild it in O or HO scale.
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Great outside of the box design.
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Big Steam Locomotive - Ken Nagel
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2592344
This is an older pic of this lok which ran at Brickworld. It uses tires for
drivers and is one of the few lok models to represent the actual valve gear
linkage in the running gear.
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This is a great model with exceptional detail.
Cale
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| (...) You are most certainly welcome, Cale! Your train is not only beautiful to behold, but it runs like a champ as well! And we know how hard it is to get exceptionally looking MOCs to run exceptionally well. You have succeeded nicely! And the (...) (17 years ago, 29-Jun-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| Posted on behalf of Brian Williams If you couldn't attend Brickworld 2007, then here are pictures of some of the finest Lego steam locomotives found running there this past weekend. Each shows the clever use of parts and is a labor of love for the (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jun-07, to lugnet.trains) !!
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