Basiliscus, on May 25 2008, 10:17 AM, said:
Nice to see the WW theme continuing with some great MOCs, especially this one (I like all the Grave Stone creations). Immaculately presented, as always!
Thanks Basiliscus. I've got some more creations up my sleave.
Cardinal Brick, on May 25 2008, 12:56 PM, said:
I don’t think it’s as good as the previous train carriages – please don’t be offended they were a leap about superb, this is just very good. To me it feels like there is something missing from it, it seems a little squared and regular, maybe a platform at then end of the carriage or something to break it up a little and that’d catapult it into the superb category.
No offense taken Cardinal. I appreciate your honesty. I rebuilt this little box car a number of times trying to capture an otherwise plain wagon. I think the final result came out much better than the other builds. Building it in just black (which I had originally done), was just too plain - although somewhat more mysterious. I had to add the brown log pieces and the grey roof just to add some color and detail. I had seen a clever idea that I might incorporate in a future MOC. I like the final picture too much to rework this one.
WhiteFang, on May 25 2008, 06:27 PM, said:
Brickster, thanks for pointing out that very classic review of yours. I truly enjoyed reading this classic review. I did not know there is such wonderful classic train set around. It looks simply fanastic. I can't believed that was actually 10 years ago, and I can missed it.
Your welcome WF. If I did see this set in stores (in the US), I don't remember, or I passed it up during my dark-age era. I picked this up a number of years later on E-Bay, and I'm glad I did. It did not include track, which makes the set incomplete from a stand-alone set perspective. Now with the issue of different track colors, I would have loved a set like the Classic Train.
WhiteFang, on May 25 2008, 06:27 PM, said:
You have done well to complement it with your Wild West town. I love it so much. This set certainly retains the classic looks! And, for the question that I asked, I totally understand the yellow concept for your sets. Great job, Brickster!
Thanks. The Euro-Freight #4563 Train provided some inspiration as well. Brickset is down at the moment, otherwise I'd post a picture.
Norro, on May 25 2008, 06:47 PM, said:
definately more to come.
sdpirate, on May 25 2008, 06:58 PM, said:
Something I really like about your rail car is that worked down, beaten-up look of a ghost town you have going.
Thanks. I could still use a lesson from some of the post-apoc creators though, to create a more beat-down look. I never really build a creation as old - this is definately something I need to keep in mind when I'm building these.
Batbrick, on May 26 2008, 03:18 AM, said:
I'm a big fan of log bricks so this is great to me, you never cease ot amaze how you can squeeze so many awesome mocs from a single idea (train). Nice mystery too, I'd hate to get that mail, I like the skeleton hand, nice touch there.
Do all these add ons connect to the whole train?
Thanks BB. Yes, they do. I'm starting to run out of space on the old bookshelf though. Here's a pic of the train (without the recent addition though (the Freight Wagon)):
What I'm enjoying most about this is that each train car is completely different, and building them reminds me of buying the My Own Train collection and building each car as an addition to my first WW town. It's been fun, but the photo-editing tedious. I'm learning new tricks every day though, and how to make the images look better. Thanks for all the great feedback!
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