[MOC] Traction Ctiy London (Mortal Engines)

[royalspud]

Imagine giant moving cities hunting each other to compete for food and resources. This is the world of Mortal Engines. Only the largest, fastest cities remain to roam the remains of a scarred and barren Europe. Traction City London has grown to an immense size with 7 tiers of factories, growling land engines, airship harbours and proudly wearing the mighty St. Paul’s Cathedral as a crown on its Top Tier. 

With London’s massive size however comes an even greater appetite. Will it be the last Traction City still rolling?

Below I've uploaded overview renders, some complete renders and a per tier breakdown. Enjoy!

 

Overview renders

Front left

 

Rear right

 

Open jaws

 

Closed jaws

 

Breakdown per tier (top to bottom)

Top Tier - St. Paul’s Cathedral, Circle Park, Guild hall

 

Tier 1 - Government offices, luxury apartment buildings

 

Tier 2 - Upper-middle class apartment buildings

 

Tier 3 - Middle class apartment buildings, airship quays

 

Tier 4 - Lower middle-class housing blocks, airship quays

 

Tier 5 - Lower-class housing blocks, airship quays, Navigator’s Guild headquarters

 

Tier 6 - Factories, warehouses, worker’s housing, temple, airship quays

 

Tier 7 - Engine district workers housing, factories, warehouses

 

Base Tier - Engine district, jaws, fuel refinery, warehouses, worker housing, exhaust stacks, main engines, flywheel, auxiliary engines, capacitor banks.

 

 

Additional builds

Passenger liner airship

 

Freighter airship

 

Personal airship

 

Dirigible taxi

 

 

Specifications

• Piece count: 2998
• Dimensions (metric): 50,6 x 24,8 x 19,2 cm
• Dimensions (imperial): 19,9 x 9,8 x 7,5 inches

If you've made it to the end of this post I can assume you like my build! If you do please consider supporting the midi scale version I made of this model on Ideas! Link below: 

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/6b667b9e-d150-4ecd-a73d-a2c7cb587cf8

 

Edited June 3, 2020 by royalspud

[steele]

Do you have any plans to make one of the smaller cities for it to eat?

First thing I looked for was the Union Jack that covers the "mouth".  :)

[royalspud]

On 6/4/2020 at 6:58 AM, steele said:

Do you have any plans to make one of the smaller cities for it to eat?

First thing I looked for was the Union Jack that covers the "mouth".  :)

I did! I made a micro scale Salthook (the mining town that gets eaten in the beginning of the movie/first book). Here it is:

[Fenghuang0296]

I love Mortal Engines and this is awesome! Amazing work!

For a second when I saw it I thought it was minifig-scale. Pity but understandable, I can only imagine how impossibly huge London as a Traction City would be at minifigure scale . . 

[royalspud]

On 6/6/2020 at 9:49 AM, Fenghuang0296 said:

I love Mortal Engines and this is awesome! Amazing work!

For a second when I saw it I thought it was minifig-scale. Pity but understandable, I can only imagine how impossibly huge London as a Traction City would be at minifigure scale . . 

Thanks! I did the napkin math and a minifig scale model would be 52 x 17 x 31 metres. Really puts the mind-bending size of the "real" thing into perspective!

 

[PxChris]

Very cool build!

[Redroe]

Your build reminds me that I haven't watched this film and I really want to.

[royalspud]

On 6/9/2020 at 5:17 PM, PxChris said:

Very cool build!

Thanks!

On 6/9/2020 at 6:30 PM, Redroe said:

Your build reminds me that I haven't watched this film and I really want to.

It's worth a watch for the visuals alone! For the story I prefer (and recommend) the excellent book series!

[Jerry McGlade]

That is soo rad! Amazing job!

[royalspud]

On 6/15/2020 at 7:46 PM, Jerry McGlade said:

That is soo rad! Amazing job!

Thank you!

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Very cool idea ...fantastic (large) mini-scale city

[Pazival]

where can buy?

[razerblade4981]

Awesome build.

Do you have the blueprints and parts list for it?