dtomsen Posted September 20, 2014 Posted September 20, 2014 (edited) Presenting another Danish shunter... The Danish State Railways (DSB) first radio controllable shunter Litra MK was built in Germany by Siemens from the year 1996 to 1998. 25 were built in all. All but one shunter were transferred to DSB subsidiary Railion in 2001 and DB Schenker Rail in 2007. My LEGO model is my second attempt at the Litra MK and is the DSB Gods version. Scale: 1:54 Lenght: 26 studs Width: 7 studs Bricks: 410 Motortype: PF Model built: 2013-14 The stickers are homemade again. Lots of somewhat fragile greebles. No room for the driver in the cap Only PF can be used to run the model and requires one 9v battery connected by custom adapter to the Power Functions M-Motor. Pull and speed are acceptable. Edited June 7, 2022 by dtomsen Quote
dr_spock Posted September 20, 2014 Posted September 20, 2014 Great build. Very smooth and clean. :thumpup: What do you print your stickers on? Quote
dtomsen Posted September 20, 2014 Author Posted September 20, 2014 (edited) Quality self-adhesive labels printed by a copy shop and then cut by myself to fit Edited September 20, 2014 by dtomsen Quote
Redimus Posted September 20, 2014 Posted September 20, 2014 That's a really smart little build. Quote
Rail Co Posted September 20, 2014 Posted September 20, 2014 Very high quality build! I would love to see how you hooked up that 9v battery to the power functions parts though! Love it! -RailCo Quote
dtomsen Posted September 20, 2014 Author Posted September 20, 2014 (edited) Using this custom adapter Edited September 20, 2014 by dtomsen Quote
Man with a hat Posted September 20, 2014 Posted September 20, 2014 Nice shunter and very clever way to minimise the space needed for PF. Quote
cgarison Posted September 21, 2014 Posted September 21, 2014 The 9 volt battery is something thatI have considered using on a few MOCs that I built but have never thought that it would deliver the power that I need. The details on the shunter are very nice. Great job. Quote
lightningtiger Posted September 21, 2014 Posted September 21, 2014 Excellent shunter and great PF design too......how is it at pulling a load ? Brick On 'dtomsem' ! Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted September 21, 2014 Posted September 21, 2014 Great work ...the details under the main body are gorgeous, I especially love the ladders The 9 volt battery is something thatI have considered using on a few MOCs that I built but have never thought that it would deliver the power that I need. The 9 volt battery is ok for little shunter where the battery life is not the most important thing: Quote
Selander Posted September 22, 2014 Posted September 22, 2014 I love these compact shunters. Great work on chassis and integration of PF. If I dare to suggest an improvement I'd prefer cab windows one plate lower and with stickers to look like TLG's train windscreens. Quote
*thomas* Posted September 22, 2014 Posted September 22, 2014 This shunter looks realy good! 7 wide is such a nice scale for lego trains :). Quote
ScotNick Posted September 22, 2014 Posted September 22, 2014 I really like that much detail in such a small space, as well as that you can operate it! Quote
baard Posted September 22, 2014 Posted September 22, 2014 Nice build! I know how hard it is to incorporate Lego electronics into small builds. In my current project I am building my version of the Norwegian shunter SK 223 trying to incorporate 2 M motors, a decoupling mechanism as well as PF receiver and battery in a train that has a 4 wide body and 20 stud length. Will post pictures soon, hopefully I will finish it before LFW in Skaerbaek, Denmark this coming weekend. Brick on! Quote
dtomsen Posted September 22, 2014 Author Posted September 22, 2014 (edited) Nice build! I know how hard it is to incorporate Lego electronics into small builds. In my current project I am building my version of the Norwegian shunter SK 223 trying to incorporate 2 M motors, a decoupling mechanism as well as PF receiver and battery in a train that has a 4 wide body and 20 stud length. Will post pictures soon, hopefully I will finish it before LFW in Skaerbaek, Denmark this coming weekend. Brick on! Thanks! I'm going there too as an exhibitor and taking the shunter with me, so find me and I will let you have a close look at it if you want Edited September 23, 2014 by dtomsen Quote
Ashi Valkoinen Posted September 23, 2014 Posted September 23, 2014 Very clever build, fit all PF elements into that small place. Maybe if you use a simple PF train motor, putting wheels only to one axle holder (creating a 1A axle arrangement) you can save some place for LEGO battery box. Quote
dtomsen Posted September 23, 2014 Author Posted September 23, 2014 (edited) On 9/23/2014 at 11:57 AM, Ashi Valkoinen said: Very clever build, fit all PF elements into that small place. Maybe if you use a simple PF train motor, putting wheels only to one axle holder (creating a 1A axle arrangement) you can save some place for LEGO battery box. Thanks! Even with a PF Train motor there would still not be room inside the shunter for a four studs wide Battery Box...in addition to the lower chassis only being one to two plates high. Edited June 7, 2022 by dtomsen Quote
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