[MOC] [WIP] 4564 engine redesign

[nwbricks]

Hey, me again! 

The 60197 engine redesign seemed to go down well so thought I'd have a crack over the weekend at reimagining my favourite childhood set, the 4564 freight rail runner. It was a bit of a challenge given the original was 9v with zero internals, but pretty pleased with how it's looking so far. Here's the original (I cant build them both together as I only have one set of the big 1x5x4 doors!)

And here's me looking thrilled about having my photo taken on my 6th birthday...

... and here is my updated, Powered-Up version. 

It's still very much a work in progress but I'm pretty pleased with it so far. The chassis is brick built, and works out around 7x32(ish) studs. I wanted to use the original yellow prism bricks for the headlights but the new PF2 lights shine blue, and blue+yellow=green, with no way to filter the light. The lights on the model go through a trans-orange brick and then a trans-yellow on on top to make them yellow. I've been using the Brick Controller 2 app on an old iphone to let me control the thing with a PS4 controller which is very satisfying! 

Cheers :)

Edited March 16, 2020 by electropie

[Driver Brandon Grumman]

I suck at doing MOC vehicles. That locomotive looks amazing. 

[CSW652]

Curious why this one and the other one are in the town forum instead of the train, but a nice looking loco all the same.  Guessing it is a bit taller than the original 4564.

Edited March 16, 2020 by CSW652

[nwbricks]

8 hours ago, Brandon Pea said:

I suck at doing MOC vehicles. That locomotive looks amazing. 

Cheers dude!

2 hours ago, CSW652 said:

Curious why this one and the other one are in the town forum instead of the train, but a nice looking loco all the same.  Guessing it is a bit taller than the original 4564.

Thanks :) and well, the trains are released under the City banner, but you're probably right!