0
The Emerald Night is one of my favorite LEGO sets, and in my opinion one of the most beautiful engines TLG's released. However, even though it's a larger engine it was starting to look a bit small in comparison to my 8-wide MOCs; and that had to change. Looking around the internet, I was unable to find any 8-wide Emerald Nights, so although it's a MOD I figured I would share it anyways.
My goal with this model was to keep the spirit and design as in-tact as I could, same amount of wheels, same piston design, I wanted it to be easily identifiable as an Emerald Night. So the things on the my modification/construction agenda were as follows: The boiler needed to be as close to fully "round" as I could manage (The original was a bit off-shape), I wanted to add a more prominent running board over the wheels AND I wanted it to sit a plate lower, plus I wanted there to be an accurate light gap between the boiler and the floor below. And last, but not least, that teeny tender needed to be expanded.
Gallery, once moderated.
For the most part I was able to build it by combining two engines, although I did need a couple extras. It took me probably 5 or 6 iterations before i settled on a design I really liked. Just looking at the 8-wide may not show many appreciable differences, although my 8-wide EN dwarfs an unmodified one with the extra bulk. There were plenty of extra parts leftover, enough for me to construct another engine which I shall also post shortly.
I hope you all like the engine! Any comments or criticisms are welcome!
them....even more realistic now !
