[MOC] Sorefame 60's/70's passenger coach

[Sérgio]

Sorefame (an abbreviation of Sociedades Reunidas de Fabricações Metálicas) was a Portuguese manufacturer of railway rolling stock and industrial equipment, such as dam gates equipment. The company was established in 1943.
From the 1960s the company specialised in the manufacture of stainless steel carriages, principally for the Portuguese Railways (CP). The stainless steel carriages were built at the company's factory in Amadora under licence from the Budd Company of the US.
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In a perfect world, this should be built in Metallic Silver, But I'm not rich, so I use several shades of grey (LBG. old grey, burned by UV grey, vanish by age grey, etc.) to give an old aesthetics.

Initially, I had planned to make interior details, but this coach has already 1 KG and will be part of a train with 6 coaches. so no more bricks on it

I'm using bricktracks train wheels with bearings and neodymium magnets

fun fact, most of the build is an upsidedown building :P

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Edited August 4, 2023 by Sérgio

[ivanlan9]

Zounds!  As usual, a marvelous interpretation!

[GrandPixelMan]

Love the exploded view! Really shows some of the clever building techniques you've got going there!

[JopieK]

Nice carriage you have there! Reminds me of the Santa Fe! Very well done.

[zephyr1934]

Very nice! Can't wait to see the entire train.

[Sérgio]

On 8/5/2023 at 6:40 PM, zephyr1934 said:

Very nice! Can't wait to see the entire train.

Thank you!
 It's the bottom one plus the blue coach with white doors (3,50 meters/

 

11ft long)

 

On 8/4/2023 at 9:37 PM, JopieK said:

Nice carriage you have there! Reminds me of the Santa Fe! Very well done.

Thank you, yes it's kinda "American" because of the Budd patent  :)

On 8/4/2023 at 8:55 PM, GrandPixelMan said:

Love the exploded view! Really shows some of the clever building techniques you've got going there!

Thank you!

On 8/4/2023 at 7:14 PM, ivanlan9 said:

Zounds!  As usual, a marvelous interpretation!

Thank you!

[zephyr1934]

2 hours ago, Sérgio said:

You've got some really tight curves on your layout (grin). Seriously though, that looks fantastic and it is in great company. Nice display!

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Masterpiece as always!

...for you, however, making a wagon like this is all too simple ...I've seen you do impossible things!

 

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I like the photo of your room, could you post a closer photo of the gondola cars used to transport the rail tracks?

[Sérgio]

On 8/8/2023 at 3:33 PM, zephyr1934 said:

You've got some really tight curves on your layout (grin). Seriously though, that looks fantastic and it is in great company. Nice display!

Yes, they are R16 curves 

On 8/9/2023 at 7:10 AM, LEGO Train 12 Volts said:

Masterpiece as always!

...for you, however, making a wagon like this is all too simple ...I've seen you do impossible things!

 

Note

I like the photo of your room, could you post a closer photo of the gondola cars used to transport the rail tracks?

Thank you!

I didn't take a proper photo yet, but they are just plain boring flat wagons