Brickstone_City Posted September 10 Posted September 10 Hi, As I was a little sick last weekend, I could once more take care of the indoors hobby... ;-) Next to my MOCs, the rebuilding of some commercial sets to 8w is now completed. First, the "Schlieren" coaches and class 2043 diesel of Verein Gailtalbahn / Bluebrixx: https://www.gailtalbahn.at/show_content.php?sid=92 Comparison before/after (the stylized ÖBB logo is my design ;-)) Two 8w Schlieren MODs were made from 3 6w sets, the "Langer Schlieren"/"Inlandsreisezugwagen" MOC behind the class 1042 MOC contains parts of an additional two 6w Schlieren sets. 8w version of class 2043: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ÖBB_2043 I tried to keep the spirit of the original designs - however, with 8w, the structure of the model has to be completely newly built. More space allows the hub to be moved inside the engine - before, it hung down below attached only by a few studs which loosened over time (as the top of the engine narrowed to less than 4 studs wide). From Lesdiy, I purchased an ÖBB class 1044 electric, two red-gray ÖBB Eurofima cars and an Italian FS class 656. I won't order from then again, because I think it is ecologically not viable to order with a German company only to get single packets by airmail from China. Also, the parts are of low quality compared to the price. Most alternative companies have improved massively over the past years, these are parts like you got them around the year 2020. So, many parts that could be replaced have been replaced. Some were not available otherwise. I fitted two train motors to the class 1x44. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ÖBB_1044/1144 I came up with the "1" design last Sunday :0) The roof parts were taken from several Bluebrixx "Mitteleinstiegswagen" sets, some other parts of those were used for my Chinese passenger car MOCs (could be seen shortly in the last video, will of course present them later). The 2nd class coach. The most grueling job with the colour red is finding matching pieces. It's like having a dozen different colour tones available. That's how it had looked like in 6w, back then I already had changed the locomotive front design. Quote
idlemarvel Posted September 10 Posted September 10 What a wonderful collection of Austrian trains. You have a lot of skill, time and patience. Quote
GoHabsGo Posted September 10 Posted September 10 What an amazing build ! I'd love to build the same Quote
JopieK Posted September 11 Posted September 11 Really nice @Brickstone_City. (I only realized after reading the text it was not LEGO bricks). Quote
Feuer Zug Posted September 11 Posted September 11 Fantastic work. The details are amazing across everything. Brick on! Quote
Brickstone_City Posted September 13 Author Posted September 13 Hi, Thanks, guys! :-) 23 hours ago, GoHabsGo said: Do you think we could have the instructions? As mentioned in my introduction, I fully build manually and spontaneously, as I want to get away from the PC in my free time. However, I am happy to show anything in detail and help along :-) Quote
Brickstone_City Posted September 18 Author Posted September 18 On 9/11/2025 at 4:35 PM, JopieK said: Really nice @Brickstone_City. (I only realized after reading the text it was not LEGO bricks). There are some LEGO bricks, some others, as I almost completely rebuilt most of it... especially with Red it is quite difficult to match colors as different batches feature different shades of red... Quote
JopieK Posted September 18 Posted September 18 3 hours ago, Brickstone_City said: There are some LEGO bricks, some others, as I almost completely rebuilt most of it... especially with Red it is quite difficult to match colors as different batches feature different shades of red... Yup I totally understand. It is sometimes frustrating. It does not take anything away from the fact that you did a splendid job! Quote
LL1982 Posted September 18 Posted September 18 Looks great, really like the ideas in this. Even at 6w I think you already did a great job! Quote
Brickstone_City Posted September 19 Author Posted September 19 23 hours ago, LL1982 said: Looks great, really like the ideas in this. Even at 6w I think you already did a great job! As mentioned, the 6w models were commercially bought (apart from the modded front of the 1044), so these are MODs not MOCs :-) Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted October 4 Posted October 4 Beautiful trains, I like the detail of the windows with the glass and grates in the background. The two locomotives are easily recognizable and harmonious despite their different power systems! The power catenary is also beautiful, making for some stunning photos! Quote
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