[moc] Great Northern M-2 class 2-6-8-0

[SteamSewnEmpire]

These were equipped with like 3 different tenders over the course of their 40-something year careers (with the exclusion of the ones that were cut up to build O-7 and O-8 mikados, one of which I will be building next). 

The might be the oddest looking articulated locomotives in American history (these or the Triplexes, surely). That bare-table top of the boiler, the funny (what I presume to be) water heater on the front deck, and even the overall slightness of their frame (they were built in 1910, so were about Titanic-vintage) are all kind of jarring when taken together. Some were equipped with Vanderbilt tenders later in their careers, but I like the smaller car since it makes the whole package look even stranger.  

[ColletArrow]

As a Brit I quite like that 'bare-table-top' boiler, it looks quite tidy - unlike everything below the running boards... 

Anyway, I think you've done a marvellous job modelling this machine with (digital) LEGO bricks - as far as I can see, every 'untidy' little detail is perfectly presented, and I'm impressed you've even managed to get the LDD flex-tool to behave as well! Good work.

[Sérgio]

Sand green suits  perfectly!

[SteamSewnEmpire]

8 hours ago, ColletArrow said:

As a Brit I quite like that 'bare-table-top' boiler, it looks quite tidy - unlike everything below the running boards... 

Anyway, I think you've done a marvellous job modelling this machine with (digital) LEGO bricks - as far as I can see, every 'untidy' little detail is perfectly presented, and I'm impressed you've even managed to get the LDD flex-tool to behave as well! Good work.

Thanks. One thing you learn about the LDD flex tool as you use it is that the client suffers some kind of minor memory leak the more times you bend tubing on an open project. The best way to get the tubes to cooperate is to bend one however you like, save, and then reopen the model. The longer you go without doing that, the less cooperative the tubes become.

[Pdaitabird]

Looks excellent - I love the sand green for the boiler and all the attention to detail!

[SteamSewnEmpire]

4 hours ago, Sérgio said:

Sand green suits  perfectly!

 

4 minutes ago, Pdaitabird said:

Looks excellent - I love the sand green for the boiler and all the attention to detail!

Thanks. I do think, ultimately, in the era of Pullman Green, that the Sand green is definitely the best choice. It probably is even more important once the cars start getting repainted to look like this:

I really like that scheme, just not on the heavyweight rolling stock. Unlike that particular car, they appear to have painted the rooves dark green rather than black... which, IMO, is just a bit too much.

[BurkusCircus]

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•  The might be the oddest looking articulated locomotives in American history (these or the Triplexes, surely). That bare-table top of the boiler, the funny (what I presume to be) water heater on the front deck, and even the overall slightness of their frame (they were built in 1910, so were about Titanic-vintage) are all kind of jarring when taken together.

How do you list off the oddness without mentioning the fact that the driversets have different numbers of wheels? That's the main reason for my fascination for the prototype.

But yeah, this is an excellent moc! Great job!

[zephyr1934]

My guess is that the thing on the front deck is a sandbox since clearly there is no sand dome for the front engine. As for strange looking locomotives, this one is probably second tier, e.g., cab forwards and articulated tank engines also leap ahead. Still, the unusual wheel arrangement puts it close behind the handful of really strange locomotives. At any rate, the sand green looks good. Since you've built it up it would still be interesting to see how its appearance changes in the other greens and maybe even black (just change the color not the actual parts)