MODding train 7938

[Ivan Furlanis]

Hi!

My second LEGO train, bought about two years ago, was the red passenger train 7938. I liked it from the first sight, but, after building it, I complained that the model lacks doors and the three cars are a little too short. So, I started to modify it in stages to achieve a better result.

First stage, in November 2014, was adding (real) sliding doors:

MODding LEGO 7938 Passenger Train by Ivan Furlanis, su Flickr

MODding LEGO 7938 Passenger Train by Ivan Furlanis, su Flickr

The idea seems nice, but in fact those doors weren't too much steady and sometimes they opened or falled down when the train was running, so I blocked them and kept just for display.

To resolve the problem of the length of the three section I replaced the four central bogies with two placed under the articulation: in this way the short sections are justified and the proportion of the train is more realistic. I changed the livery, too, adding a yellow band at window heigth:

MODding LEGO 7938 Passenger Train by Ivan Furlanis, su Flickr

Finally, last changes (February 2016). New rotating doors, new roof (allowing higher size than those bad sliding doors) and completed new livery, with dark bluish gray frame and underbody:

MODding LEGO 7938 Passenger Train by Ivan Furlanis, su Flickr

MODding LEGO 7938 Passenger Train by Ivan Furlanis, su Flickr

The new roof can be open, although not completely like the LEGO version:

MODding LEGO 7938 Passenger Train by Ivan Furlanis, su Flickr

Door opening system is copied from the Horizon Express, very easy to do.

MODding LEGO 7938 Passenger Train by Ivan Furlanis, su Flickr

MODding LEGO 7938 Passenger Train by Ivan Furlanis, su Flickr

That's all!

Edited July 11, 2016 by Ivan Furlanis

[Man with a hat]

Nice,. The Jacobs bogies look really good. Good MOD.

I like the sliding door better than the HE door though.

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Nice livery ...now you need just a wagon more!