[moc] Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México class PR-8 4-8-0

[SteamSewnEmpire]

It's been forever since I did anything, and it shows - this took way longer than I expected it to, and I honestly felt really, really out of sorts for the first hour or two.

These were the largest, heaviest, and most powerful 4-8-0s ever built - and one of just two mastodons I know of built for passenger service in the western hemisphere (the other being Argentina's candidate for world's weirdest steam engine). They were also ordered really late for a 4-8-0, being constructed in 1935 by Baldwin to be shipped south of the border. The Class PR-8 burned oil, had enormous (compared to other engines of this wheel arrangement, at least) 67" drivers, and their fireboxes were actually built with notches in them to accommodate the last set of wheels. As far as I know, none survive (though N de M was pretty good about preserving a decent number of other steam locomotives). 

There's no piping on the render because Stud.io "forgets" the bends on all the pipe pieces, and I find that program so indescribably frustrating that I just don't bother resetting them. 

[Murdoch17]

Looks awesome, love the front-end appliances.

Edited November 30, 2020 by Murdoch17

[SteamSewnEmpire]

9 hours ago, Murdoch17 said:

Looks awesome, love the front-end appliances.

In the render? I actually think that's Stud.io throwing one of the motors through the front of the smoke box :/. I really hate that program.

[ColletArrow]

Render issues aside, I love the detailing you've put all over this model - especially that excellent parts usage under the cab. The side-on comparison with the prototype shows just how well you've done here. Good work!

Edited December 1, 2020 by ColletArrow
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[zephyr1934]

Looking really good... but what is up with the smoke box door? Are the visor (1x1 pate with tooth) and number board (1x2 tile) just floating there in space?

 

As for that crazy Argentine locomotive, isn't that one of the precursors to the ACE 3000 concept engine?

[SteamSewnEmpire]

53 minutes ago, zephyr1934 said:

Looking really good... but what is up with the smoke box door? Are the visor (1x1 pate with tooth) and number board (1x2 tile) just floating there in space?

1x1 bracket pieces. They're newer than LDD's final update. I have "reminder" pieces set aside next to the model to buy them, and everything would work fine IRL, but I couldn't model them digitally. 

Edited December 1, 2020 by SteamSewnEmpire

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Very nice render!

[Pdaitabird]

Nice work! I like the cowcatcher and tender bogies. And the LDD flex-tube manipulation is impressive, as always! 

Edited December 1, 2020 by Pdaitabird
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[SteamSewnEmpire]

8 hours ago, Pdaitabird said:

Nice work! I like the cowcatcher and tender bogies. And the LDD flex-tube manipulation is impressive, as always! 

Thanks. My favorite part is actually the frame under the cab. I was glad I was able to fit those old pieces in, because they match the prototype really well, and are pretty distinct.

[Paperinik77pk]

Great model, very very nice and detailed!

[zephyr1934]

23 hours ago, SteamSewnEmpire said:

1x1 bracket pieces. They're newer than LDD's final update. I have "reminder" pieces set aside next to the model to buy them, and everything would work fine IRL, but I couldn't model them digitally. 

Ah, that makes sense. I'd say "port into stud.io to do the renders" but I still use MLCad so I should not throw glass houses

[SteamSewnEmpire]

1 hour ago, zephyr1934 said:

Ah, that makes sense. I'd say "port into stud.io to do the renders" but I still use MLCad so I should not throw glass houses

I did. That's why the hoses are gone. When you load LDD stuff into Stud.io, all the work with the bending tool gets forgotten. And... I find the controls in that program to be nigh-unusable. So I just removed them and then did the render :/

[kelso2998]

Aún en México se pueden ver esas locomotoras, ya no están en funcionamiento pero funcionan como museos de ferrocarril, en Acámbaro, Guanajuato, México se puede encontrar esa locomotora escondida en el patio de maquinas de dicha estación, al igual que en Tlaxcala se pueden observar.