S100 'USA' Tank [by BritishBricks]

[Redimus]

BritishBricks shows exactly why he's an award winning loco designer with this fantastic new loco!

The USRA S100 were a 382 strong class of tank locomotives imported to Britain in 1943 to aid in the invasion of Europe during the last years of the second world war.
In 1946, the Southern Railway needed locomotives with a short wheelbase to replace life expired locos for dock working, and purchased 13 of the S100s.
The loco modelled is number 30064 in British Railways Green as she existed during her time as Eastleigh Locomotive Depot’s shunter, and as she has appeared during some of her life in preservation.

Contains Instructions for powered and unpowered versions, Bricklink xml Partlist for each set of Instructions and quick guide on how to use the Partlists.

*Please Note* This design uses third party parts that cannot be purchased via Bricklink. The Instructions and Readme provide the information on where to buy the required parts. This design also requires the cutting of a part for the powered version (technic axle from the Circuit Cubes set).
 

https://blockjunction.co.uk/downloads/s100-usa-tank-lego-instructions/

The livery ideas are not included in the instructions and are provided only for inspiration. They depict SR/BR Black, War Department Grey and 30072 as she existed in the early days of preservation on the Worth Valley Railway.

[Shiva]

That is a good looking locomotive.

Atleast the rods are non original LEGO. Power unit too, for the powered, but what else?

[Amoreternum]

Great looking! Just a quick question, what is this 'fine scale'? Does that just refer to 7w? Never read that term anywhere before.

And regarding the cutting, I guess with the current Circuit Cube motors that cannot be helped.

[zephyr1934]

That looks like a stout and strong prototype and excellently captured (clever use of wedge plates, I like how you did the ladder to the cab, and just general styling around the boiler). Just one thought, didn't the USRA 0-6-0's also see service in other countries? If so, perhaps the black variant would be prototypical to other countries too (though even without knowing the history, it is a nice little tank engine that could fit in just about anywhere).

[Shiva]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USATC_S100_Class They are, or have been a bit everywhere.

[Redimus]

On 5/24/2021 at 10:28 AM, Shiva said:

That is a good looking locomotive.

Atleast the rods are non original LEGO. Power unit too, for the powered, but what else?

We do two 'scales' at Block Junction, City Scale (generally 6 wide, normally uses the prebuilt buffer/couplers, generally simpler and less detailed) and Fine Scale (closer to 0 guage in terms of size and detail, which means normally closer to 7 wide, more technically complex and (generally) more expensive to build).

On 5/24/2021 at 10:39 AM, Amoreternum said:

Great looking! Just a quick question, what is this 'fine scale'? Does that just refer to 7w? Never read that term anywhere before.

And regarding the cutting, I guess with the current Circuit Cube motors that cannot be helped.

Aye, it uses Trained Bricsk Rods, Circuit Cubes Bluetooth Upgrage Kit for the power/control and Big Ben Wheels medium drivers for the wheels.

 

On 5/24/2021 at 3:57 PM, zephyr1934 said:

That looks like a stout and strong prototype and excellently captured (clever use of wedge plates, I like how you did the ladder to the cab, and just general styling around the boiler). Just one thought, didn't the USRA 0-6-0's also see service in other countries? If so, perhaps the black variant would be prototypical to other countries too (though even without knowing the history, it is a nice little tank engine that could fit in just about anywhere).

Aye, I think they ended up all over Europe. I try to avoid releasing *too* many instructions of the same design, and as the black version can be built by just colour swapping the parts for the released version, there's no real need for a seperate set of instructions.

And as someone who sees himself as reasonably good at building mocs, looking at BritishBricks' work is always a little humbling,  his ideas are something else!

Edited June 16, 2021 by Redimus

[zephyr1934]

On 6/16/2021 at 2:25 AM, Redimus said:

Aye, I think they ended up all over Europe. I try to avoid releasing *too* many instructions of the same design, and as the black version can be built by just colour swapping the parts for the released version, there's no real need for a seperate set of instructions.

Definitely, my point was simply that in the description it could mention that the locomotive model saw widespread use around Europe and possibly other parts of the world.

[Redimus]

On 6/17/2021 at 3:21 PM, zephyr1934 said:

Definitely, my point was simply that in the description it could mention that the locomotive model saw widespread use around Europe and possibly other parts of the world.

Not a bad call. :)