Motorising Subway Train from Lego Marvel Spiderman set #76321

[idlemarvel]

The main content of the latest Marvel theme Lego set is the subway train. It uses a standard 6x28 train base and RC train wheels (plastic axle version). You can build it with fixed bogies for pushing along the floor, or with rotating bogies using 2x2 turntable plates. As such it runs on standard Lego track very well. Naturally I wanted to motorise it! 

I could think of a few ways to motorise it, but I decided to try and keep the external appearance as close to the original as possible, and to be controllable from a Remote. Using a bogie design recently featured in this topic, I built this bogie with a vertical drive axle, which could be fitted into a sideways mounted Train Motor.

Inside there is no room for anything except the driver's seat. All the passenger seating was removed, and the rear cab had to be redesigned to fit the motor.

The end result looks like this:

You could improve the appearance by turning all the Technic 1x1 with axle hole through 90 degrees, or replacing them with more light blue grey 1x2 profile bricks.

Here's a short video:

[Shiva]

Nice :)

But I guess the train driver does not like having Spider-Man as a figurehead.

[Darkkostas25]

Nice! Will you add a few more coaches? 

[idlemarvel]

2 minutes ago, Shiva said:

... I guess the train driver does not like having Spider-Man as a figurehead.

Probably not but I had to put him somewhere! 

I just bought a subway car only from eBay from someone who only wanted the Spiderman and associated minifigs so I will have a 2-car unit shortly.

[Shiva]

Nice!

I nowadays, usually do not check eBay for LEGO, maybe I should again, do peeks there.