Stefaneris Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 Hello This creation isn't that new anymore, however after publishing pictures on brickshelf and flickr, I think it's time to present this train here in this forum. The prototype was the RAe TEE II 1053 which is today a historic train and was used on the TEE-Network some decades ago. The train consists of 6 cars: two cab cars, two coach cars, a dining car and a motor car. This train only had first class seats and was (or maybe still is) one of the most luxurious trains of the swiss federal railway SBB. The four passenger cars in my model have each 13 seats, in the dining car there is enough place for eight passengers. The passenger cars have gender seperated toilets, the women toilet even featured a make-up table. I tried to make it look like theres a mirror in this toilet room, since there is very limited space on creating something like that. Well, now let's continue with the pictures. Cab car by StefanEris, on Flickr Cab car front by StefanEris, on Flickr Toilet by StefanEris, on Flickr Dining car interior by StefanEris, on Flickr The whole train by StefanEris, on Flickr And here is a picture of the real train: RAe TEE II in Zurich by StefanEris, on Flickr The front of the train was quite a challenge to build and I still want to make some improvements, however the parts I need don't exist (yet) in dark red. There are more pictures on flickr if you are intersted. I also have a video there:https://www.flickr.c...157633185923370 Thanks for looking and reading, critics and comments are welcome! Regards Stefan Quote
MusicaRibelle Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 Holy smokes, that's a long train, with detailed and long cars. It must have kept you buys for a while :) Looks very good, it is hard to capture the curvy front of the locomotive. It's that 60's train look that is not quite going for the pointy aerodynamic nose like nowadays. Good job! Quote
Srbandrews Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 I don't usually get excited by non-steam trains but this is fantastic! Amazing work. Thanks for sharing. Quote
bjorkan Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 excellent, very very nice I had the same problem with some parts missing in specific color, it made me angry... but still you trains looks perfect :) Quote
Stefaneris Posted February 28, 2015 Author Posted February 28, 2015 Thanks for your kind words, MusicaRibelle, Srbandrews and bjorkan. @MusicaRibelle: All of those streamliner trains (most famous probably the EMD F7) have their issues while building them. And sometimes even normal trains of today as we see with the single front piece of the new high speed train, but thats another topic Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 As usual your ability to domesticate the curves of the front of your lego models is impressive .... great job! Quote
Rijkvv Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 I agree, at first I thought this would be a display model, not able to negotiate curves. Very impressive! I really like TEE trains, in all shapes, and the looks are impressive as well. Well done! Quote
ummester Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 The detailing inside the cars and on the electrical contacts on the roof is awesome. Quote
dr_spock Posted March 2, 2015 Posted March 2, 2015 Very impressive going around the curve. How do you couple the cars? Quote
Stefaneris Posted March 2, 2015 Author Posted March 2, 2015 Very impressive going around the curve. How do you couple the cars? I used some thin technic liftarms between the two boogies. Quote
zephyr1934 Posted March 3, 2015 Posted March 3, 2015 Excellent work, a great looking prototype met with an equally impressive lego build... man those curves are tricky and you did an amazing job capturing them in lego Quote
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