[MOC] [WIP] Renfe 7631

[Imanol]

I present to all of you my new project. This is an almost perfect recreation of the Renfe class 7631 preserved by APPFI. I want to finish this project before the 20th of October to be able to present it the same day as APPFI celebrates the "Festa del Tren". As you can see the locomotive is almost finished but I have a major problem that I have been neglecting for a long time. I don´t know how to detail the bogies and in this project is a major issue. Can anyone help me to learn to detail them?

Here is the locomotive in it´s current state

LEGO Renfe 276 Prot 3 [MOC] [WIP] by Imanol, en Flickr

And here it´s the bogie. As you can see the front of the locomotive is connected to the bogie in order to allow the locomotive to take R40 turns if I ever want to build it:

LEGO Renfe 276 Prot Bogies [MOC] [WIP] by Imanol, en Flickr

I also attached a link to a photo of the real locomotive in which you can see the bogie

 

7631 30-01-2022 Móra la Nova by Ramon Jordi Caganer emprenyat, en Flickr

Well, this is all I have to show now.

Thanks, Imanol

Edited October 3, 2023 by Imanol

[Feuer Zug]

Nice work on this locomotive. Those corner pieces at the top of the windscreen are perfect for capturing the rounded corners.

[Imanol]

2 hours ago, Feuer Zug said:

Nice work on this locomotive. Those corner pieces at the top of the windscreen are perfect for capturing the rounded corners.

Thanks, even though medium azure is a very rare color with no so many pieces available it had the perfect pieces for this project. I don´t know if it would look the same without the rounded corners

[zephyr1934]

Looking good!

 

On 10/3/2023 at 4:27 PM, Imanol said:

I don´t know how to detail the bogies and in this project is a major issue. Can anyone help me to learn to detail them?

Perhaps build a few clips into the existing bogie that hold a bar out beyond the wheels and then use 1x1 plates with clips to get the right level of grebling?

[Imanol]

6 hours ago, zephyr1934 said:

Looking good!

 

Perhaps build a few clips into the existing bogie that hold a bar out beyond the wheels and then use 1x1 plates with clips to get the right level of grebling?

Thanks, I´m trying to understand what you mean. When I did my previous train I added this bars to the bogie. Is this what you mean?

LEGO Renfe 7702 Perspectiva 1 [MOC] by Imanol, en Flickr

Unfortunately there is no bar piece in Medium Azure, the closest one is Dark Turquoise.

Edited October 5, 2023 by Imanol
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[zephyr1934]

On 10/5/2023 at 1:40 PM, Imanol said:

Unfortunately there is no bar piece in Medium Azure, the closest one is Dark Turquoise.

Ah, I wasn't thinking about color match, but light gray for the bar might also work. It isn't prototypical with the original but it also would not attract undue attention. If you want something like a bar in Medium Azure, there are often minifig utensils or weapons that might work. In this case it looks like there's a ski pole, a staff (only for non-purists since it would need cutting down), or sword

[Imanol]

24 minutes ago, zephyr1934 said:

Ah, I wasn't thinking about color match, but light gray for the bar might also work. It isn't prototypical with the original but it also would not attract undue attention. If you want something like a bar in Medium Azure, there are often minifig utensils or weapons that might work. In this case it looks like there's a ski pole, a staff (only for non-purists since it would need cutting down), or sword

Thanks for the suggestions, unfortunately I have to discard the ski pole as i can´t cut it in Stud.io. I ´ve been looking at the telephone as it may pass as the leaf spring but I will need to redesign several elements in order to be able to attach it. Currently there is very few attachment points in the bogie and to make it more difficult there are only inverted brackets in medium azure

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Very nice model and beautiful color!

[Imanol]

57 minutes ago, LEGO Train 12 Volts said:

Very nice model and beautiful color!

Thanks. It has been a challenge to build in Medium Azure but I think is worth it