Aleksi Perala Posted January 27 Posted January 27 The Hr11 is the first class of line-haul diesel locomotives used by VR (Finnish State Railways). Only five units were built, all delivered by Valmet in 1955. They pulled mainly passenger trains, especially the grey express train 'kiitojuna' introduced in 1954. The Maybach diesel engines used in the locomotives proved highly unreliable, resulting in a complete overhaul of the engine-transmission system in 1956–58, but this did not solve all of the reliability problems. The Hr11 series was withdrawn from service in 1972. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VR_Class_Hr11 Here's my WIP model in 1:42 scale. Quote
zephyr1934 Posted January 29 Posted January 29 Nice work! The prototype is certainly unusual but you did a good job capturing it. Quote
Feuer Zug Posted January 29 Posted January 29 Gorgeous work. Making those curved fronts must have been a royal pain. Your use of the newest pieces really does make it work. Quote
Aleksi Perala Posted January 31 Author Posted January 31 Thank you @zephyr1934. Yeah it’s a weird one, but it paved the way to the next diesel locomotive Hr12 which in turn was highly successful. I wasn’t going to build this one at all, but after doing a few shows and talking to people who remember it in service it became a necessity. I don’t like the bars on the driver’s window — they were required by the health and safety regulations at the time as the top speed was set to 120 km/h and the glass wasn’t considered strong enough. Thank you @Feuer Zug. No pain, it was a fun build : ) If you are referring to the 24599 Brick, Round Corner 5 x 5 without Studs, then yes indeed! I took the easy way and built it in 10 wide. The real thing is 3080 mm wide, so it’s narrower than the Dm4. In 1:42 scale that is 73.3 mm which is closer to 9 wide — now THAT would have been a royal pain… Thank you @Sebeus I. Not a cannon just yet – there is no motor : ) I need to work it out. Quote
zephyr1934 Posted January 31 Posted January 31 Funny that "cannon" and "windows not strong enough" should come up in the same post. It might be an urban legend but I recall hearing about the rail safety administrators building a cannon to shoot dead turkeys to test windshields. Of course the first test shattered the window and embedded the turkey in the back wall of the cab. When the engineers came to inspect the scene they said that next time the technicians need to completely thaw thaw the frozen turkey before testing. Quote
Aleksi Perala Posted February 1 Author Posted February 1 Urban legend or not, the story made me laugh, thanks for that @zephyr1934! Probably not so far-fetched as birds are pretty high up on the list of things that might hit windshields. Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted February 1 Posted February 1 Wonderful locomotive with sinuous round shapes (difficult to recreate in Lego ... but you did it! ) I have a question about the ventilation grills, I can't understand if you used a tile modified 1x2 with grille cut in two or what other piece... Quote
Aleksi Perala Posted February 2 Author Posted February 2 Thank you @LEGO Train 12 Volts. I'm glad you asked. Yes indeed, I cut the Tile, Modified 1 x 2 Grille in two. I had tried different ways of doing the air vents; first I had sets of two 1x2 grille tiles in a row, but that way the air vents were too long. Then I tried Slope 18 2 x 1 x 2/3 with Grille in rows of three in upright position, but it didn't look quite right. I tried different colours — the vents should be black really — but I love shiny metallic things so that's what I went with. I have been a purist most of my life but these days I happily get the tools out as a last resort. Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted February 2 Posted February 2 I did something similar for one of my locomotives, that I will present soon, by cutting a Brick modified 1 x 2 with grille in two, for a similar need. I'm a 95% purist but the result is important! Quote
JopieK Posted February 2 Posted February 2 Very nice @Aleksi Perala! B.t.w. welcome to Eurobricks and Train Tech! Quote
R0Sch Posted February 3 Posted February 3 Wow! What nice looking, curvy locomotive and passenger wagons. Wish LEGO would sell individual train modules and make proper model scale sets again. 10 wide gets really good level of detail on regular tracks. It would also be high time for a 1x3 grille tile. Kinda strange that it doesn't exist yet. We even have a 1x3 Technic Brick nowadays. Quote
rahziel Posted February 14 Posted February 14 What a great model, congratz on that shaping, looks really good. Quote
Man with a hat Posted February 24 Posted February 24 Oh, wow. Amazing work. Great detailing and perfect shaping. Quote
Daiman Posted February 26 Posted February 26 This has so much going for it I don't know where to start... Quote
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