mdbz Posted September 28, 2019 Posted September 28, 2019 Hello! This is my first design which modelling a real one. (to have some fun: free to guess, what was the original) Width: 7 studs and 1 plate, Length : 50 studs Drive: 2 PF m motor. (3 axle bogies, 2 driven) First step: final version (?) of the base with some details: Quote
knotian Posted September 28, 2019 Posted September 28, 2019 Hey Great! I've always hoped someone wouild model a Great Lakes ore carrier. Quote
CaL Posted September 28, 2019 Posted September 28, 2019 Looks similar to my (yet unfinished) attempt to model the famous DB 103 in 8 wide ;) Quote
mdbz Posted September 29, 2019 Author Posted September 29, 2019 23 hours ago, knotian said: Hey Great! I've always hoped someone wouild model a Great Lakes ore carrier. 21 hours ago, Dav1d said: That's a boat not a loco. :) It's funny, but that is not a boat of course. But I must admit, it's ship shape thing (at first sight). I have to add some details to prove that it's a loco :) Quote
mdbz Posted September 29, 2019 Author Posted September 29, 2019 23 hours ago, CaL said: Looks similar to my (yet unfinished) attempt to model the famous DB 103 in 8 wide ;) Nice guess as the two locos are similar. Have You got a link to your design? Sooo, the bogies are ready (structurally, but I need to add some details later). There was some progress in the building also. Step 2: boat with some strange bogies :) Quote
knotian Posted September 29, 2019 Posted September 29, 2019 I'm glad the humor didn't fall completely flat. I've working on a great lakes / blast furnace diorama and had freighters on my bean. Quote
Bjorn Posted September 30, 2019 Posted September 30, 2019 Love the little boat! But why did you post in train tech? Oh wait, there are bogies! I am going to guess it'll be a DB class 112, or similar... Quote
mdbz Posted October 2, 2019 Author Posted October 2, 2019 An earlier draft. The real built is at this phase...almost. Quote
harnbak Posted October 4, 2019 Posted October 4, 2019 Nice! Looking forward to the final result. Quote
XG BC Posted October 5, 2019 Posted October 5, 2019 (edited) so we all guessed wrong its a nohab loco! thats nice too! Edited October 5, 2019 by XG BC Quote
mdbz Posted October 6, 2019 Author Posted October 6, 2019 Yesss, it's a Nohab di3. These locos used to pull the holiday trains near Lake Balaton in my childhood and became an icon in Hungary. Some of them were renovated, and can be seen at Hungarian Railway Museum. There wasn't much progress (busy weekend), but the bogies are done. 199 parts each. Next step is the assembling, and doing some tests on the track. Quote
Feuer Zug Posted October 7, 2019 Posted October 7, 2019 Looks like significant progress has been made. Really starting to look like the pictured locomotive. Quote
Vilhelm22 Posted October 7, 2019 Posted October 7, 2019 (edited) Really nice design and progress. I recommend the old 9v magnets - those plus brick-built buffers would look more realistic than the all-in-one part that comes with trains from sets today (BL parts 2920, 73092) Edited October 9, 2019 by Vilhelm22 Quote
mdbz Posted October 9, 2019 Author Posted October 9, 2019 On 10/7/2019 at 7:40 PM, Vilhelm22 said: Realice design and progress. I recommend the old 9v magnets - those plus brick-built buffers would look more realistic than the all-in-one part that comes with trains from sets today (BL parts 2920, 73092) Heyy, it's a good idea! I tried to redesign the buffer area, but the brick built buffers seems weird. The problem is the scale. The 2*2 round tile represents about 85 cm diameter, but the real ones are way smaller. I think that brick built buffers are seem good in 9W or bigger models. Quote
mdbz Posted October 13, 2019 Author Posted October 13, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We have done the test runs, and it was succesful. She can handle all the standart geometry tracks, but looks much better on r72 curves and r104 switches. Not a fast one, but there is room for impovement (there is enough room to change the M motors to L, more horsepower might bring higher speed) Waiting for the missing parts... Quote
Selander Posted October 13, 2019 Posted October 13, 2019 (edited) Just swapping to L motors will not increase speed, you must change gearing. L motor has more torque than an M motor, so I would use L motors, paired with higher gearing..... Edited October 13, 2019 by Selander Spelling mistake Quote
Paperinik77pk Posted October 18, 2019 Posted October 18, 2019 Nice nice nice!!! I love those bogies!!! Quote
Ashi Valkoinen Posted December 11, 2019 Posted December 11, 2019 Very nice progress and well documented building. Is this the loco you plan to enter for the Hungarian contest? :D Quote
mdbz Posted December 12, 2019 Author Posted December 12, 2019 Thank You! Yes, it was built for the contest, I just need to take some better pictures to enter. Quote
mdbz Posted December 16, 2019 Author Posted December 16, 2019 I wish everybody Merry Christmas with the final pictures of the loco. Quote
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