(moc) CPR 4-4-4 Jubilee

[SteamSewnEmpire]

Locomotive:

MOC:

[zephyr1934]

That is a crazy looking prototype, but a good rendition of it in brick. I like the streamlined stack in the last of the inspiration photos, of 2926.

[SteamSewnEmpire]

1 hour ago, zephyr1934 said:

That is a crazy looking prototype, but a good rendition of it in brick. I like the streamlined stack in the last of the inspiration photos, of 2926.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the stack could lift out of the shrouding, similar to with ATSF and the stack extensions. Later in the engines' lives, when they were relegated to branchline freight work, I'm pretty sure CP maintenance staff pulled that part of the streamlining off and ditched the lifter because it was one less headache. 

*Edit* It's not that difficult to do:

Here's the loco actually in freight service... like seeing a Hudson pull boxcars:

 

Edited January 28, 2020 by SteamSewnEmpire

[ScotNick]

Interesting prototype and nice rendition of it!

Any chances we'll see it in real bricks someday?

[Phil B]

What is the piece you used as a smokestack? Looks like the piece i’ve been looking for to finish my Hogwarts Express chimney ... do you have the part number or BL description?

[Roadmonkeytj]

1 hour ago, Phil B said:

What is the piece you used as a smokestack? Looks like the piece i’ve been looking for to finish my Hogwarts Express chimney ... do you have the part number or BL description?

It looks to be this piece but OP can confirm

@SteamSewnEmpire I like this render.  You have captured it well.  

I would suggest leaving the rear most window panes off to give the illusion the window is open.  If you have the frame you can stick them on both sides of that would work too.

[Pdaitabird]

Very nice render and true to the original! I've always thought it was interesting how Canadian locomotives combined elements of American and British aesthetics.

[ALCO]

This looks really nice! I too would live to see this in real brick. You have some talent there!

[Phil B]

2 hours ago, Roadmonkeytj said:

It looks to be this piece but OP can confirm

 

If that's true, it will require a paint-job as this bucket doesn't come in Black.

[SteamSewnEmpire]

1 hour ago, Phil B said:

If that's true, it will require a paint-job as this bucket doesn't come in Black.

It is that part. However, at least when it comes to black, you can use this stuff to achieve almost perfect results.

[ColletArrow]

Just as everyone else has said, a very good replication of an... unusual prototype. I think the wheel formation lends itself to being built in LEGO quite nicely, as you've proved!

[SteamSewnEmpire]

57 minutes ago, ColletArrow said:

Just as everyone else has said, a very good replication of an... unusual prototype. I think the wheel formation lends itself to being built in LEGO quite nicely, as you've proved!

Here's the million dollar question: would it be better to go one flanged and one flangeless driver (which will allow for closer spacing), or two flanged drivers? I modeled versions with both, but incorporating two flanged drivers widens her stance a bit much for my eyes.

The other nice thing about this loco is that it's only 1600 parts.

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Very interesting project!

Nice solution for the front lights on the boiler!

[zephyr1934]

23 hours ago, SteamSewnEmpire said:

Here's the loco actually in freight service... like seeing a Hudson pull boxcars:

How sad to see such a regal locomotive demoted like that, but I guess a few more years of operation life is better than the alternatives

 

16 hours ago, Phil B said:

What is the piece you used as a smokestack? Looks like the piece i’ve been looking for to finish my Hogwarts Express chimney ... do you have the part number or BL description?

It might be this other bucket that only came in a collectable minifig set

But there is this part that is the same shape, a little smaller radius, and it is available in black

 

[SteamSewnEmpire]

1 hour ago, zephyr1934 said:

How sad to see such a regal locomotive demoted like that, but I guess a few more years of operation life is better than the alternatives

 

It might be this other bucket that only came in a collectable minifig set

But there is this part that is the same shape, a little smaller radius, and it is available in black

 

2929 still exists in large part because she was a survivor. Sadly, Steamtown ruined her. 

She looked like this under U.S. "care" in the 1970s:

And this today:

Canada needs to demand her return before the elements destroy her entirely.

[ColletArrow]

On 1/28/2020 at 8:24 PM, SteamSewnEmpire said:

Here's the million dollar question: would it be better to go one flanged and one flangeless driver (which will allow for closer spacing), or two flanged drivers? I modeled versions with both, but incorporating two flanged drivers widens her stance a bit much for my eyes.

The other nice thing about this loco is that it's only 1600 parts

That's easy; just replicate the original precisely! All wheels flanged, with the front and rear trucks on double-pivots (see Emerald Night, and every two-axle LEGO truck ever) in order to make LEGO curves. This is possibly one of the few LEGO steam locos that doesn't need any mucking about with strange pivot systems or blind drivers, so why not take it!

[MrMeme260]

On 1/28/2020 at 9:43 AM, ScotNick said:

Interesting prototype and nice rendition of it!

Any chances we'll see it in real bricks someday?

ScotNick,could you please pm me your ivatt class 2mt please.I have some troubles opening it

 

Edited September 19, 2020 by MrMeme260