[MOC] [Instructions] Flying Scotsman 6-wide

[sebulba56]

Hey !

I’m not used to posting in this part of the forum, as I’m originally more of a Technic and Star Wars MOC builder. However, I’ve recently rekindled my love for trains.

So here’s a MOC I first built a few years ago and recently updated using some of the new parts that have been released. It’s the LNER A1 in green livery, better known as the Flying Scotsman.

You can find instructions here : https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-242693/Sebulba56/flying-scotsman/#details

The MOC I’m presenting here is built in 6-wide. I chose this scale back then because I wanted it to run smoothly on the classic LEGO tracks I had. The locomotive is powered by a Powered-Up L motor, with the hub placed in the tender. There’s a gear train with a 20t-to-12t multiplication to give the loco some extra punch. For reference, the Flying Scotsman was once the fastest train in the world.

Here are some pictures:

 

After revisiting this old MOC, I’m now working on 8-wide trains, which are much more interesting and detailed (I have a GWR Small Prairie and a Shinkansen in the pipeline). Let me know if you’d like me to keep this thread updated with WIP shots of my trains.

Looking forward to your feedback!

Edited December 4, 2025 by sebulba56

[Murdoch17]

Nice work on this MOC! I just might get a copy of your instructions - I would need to build one in green like you have, and the other in blue with a different style tender. (You can guess what engine that is!)

Keep up the good work!

[sebulba56]

Thanks for your comment, are you trying to build Gordon ?

Edited December 4, 2025 by sebulba56

[Murdoch17]

27 minutes ago, sebulba56 said:

Thanks for your comment, are you trying to build Gordon ?

Yep! I've already got one, but it's a very poor version. If I decide to upgrade, I'll be using your instructions.

[idlemarvel]

Fabulous. There's a lot of green1x2 slopes in that build! I like the brick built lettering.

[Feuer Zug]

Good LNER A3 model. The brick built letter are a nice touch.

[TeddytheSpoon]

Funnily enough I was just looking the other day at a 5-wide A1/A3. It would likely have ended up with some similar solutions to yours. Very nice model, and I agree that the brick-built lettering is great!

[Darkkostas25]

Great!

[L-Gauger]

Excellent model @sebulba56! I especially like the brick-built LNER lettering, I might have to copy it for a future upgrade of my modified Emerald Night. 

This would be a perfect base to MOD into a representation of Gordon, because the way you've modeled the footplate matches Gordon's appearance as opposed to the A1 (the A1 has an additional dip in the footplate between the cylinders and the first drive wheel.) 

I have to say, there are some 8-wide models of the A1 I've seen that didn't pack in as much detail as you have here. I look forward to seeing your other train MOCs! 

[sebulba56]

18 hours ago, idlemarvel said:

Fabulous. There's a lot of green1x2 slopes in that build! I like the brick built lettering.

Ahah yes, that is indeed a good ways of making a boiler a this scale.

17 hours ago, TeddytheSpoon said:

Funnily enough I was just looking the other day at a 5-wide A1/A3. It would likely have ended up with some similar solutions to yours. Very nice model, and I agree that the brick-built lettering is great!

Thanks for your comment, are you trying to build one or did you see one on the internet ?

10 hours ago, L-Gauger said:

Excellent model @sebulba56! I especially like the brick-built LNER lettering, I might have to copy it for a future upgrade of my modified Emerald Night. 

This would be a perfect base to MOD into a representation of Gordon, because the way you've modeled the footplate matches Gordon's appearance as opposed to the A1 (the A1 has an additional dip in the footplate between the cylinders and the first drive wheel.) 

I have to say, there are some 8-wide models of the A1 I've seen that didn't pack in as much detail as you have here. I look forward to seeing your other train MOCs! 

Thanks for your comment ! About the lettering, if you want to reproduce it, i might warn you that during the making of the instructions i changed the letter "R" for a more efficient technic. The one you see on the pictures is pretty lose. I might try to take a screenshot of my stud.io model to show you all.

That's quite funny how the vision about a moc can be completly different depending of the people seing it. I would never have taught about making a Gordon moc but it seems that I almost made one by accident. I checked some reference pictures and if you remove the tender and paint it blue, my moc is indeed definitly Gordon.

[TeddytheSpoon]

10 minutes ago, sebulba56 said:

Thanks for your comment, are you trying to build one or did you see one on the internet ?

I was thinking to do one myself as the Flying Scotsman has been my favourite train since I was a kid. I only got as far as checking dimensions, which would have ended up with a four-wide boiler (which appears to be what you have here). But there are many more ideas to finish first! 

[sebulba56]

42 minutes ago, TeddytheSpoon said:

I was thinking to do one myself as the Flying Scotsman has been my favourite train since I was a kid. I only got as far as checking dimensions, which would have ended up with a four-wide boiler (which appears to be what you have here). But there are many more ideas to finish first! 

My boiler is actually closer to 4,5 studs wide. If you really want a 4 studs wide boiler, i think using 4x4 round bricks would be a better option.

[zephyr1934]

That looks really good, you packed a lot of detail into the 6 wide body.

[L-Gauger]

12 hours ago, sebulba56 said:

Thanks for your comment ! About the lettering, if you want to reproduce it, i might warn you that during the making of the instructions i changed the letter "R" for a more efficient technic. The one you see on the pictures is pretty lose. I might try to take a screenshot of my stud.io model to show you all.

By all means do! 

I'm working on how to make numbers in the same approximate size you have made your letters in. So far the number 4 is proving the hardest. 

 

12 hours ago, sebulba56 said:

That's quite funny how the vision about a moc can be completly different depending of the people seing it. I would never have taught about making a Gordon moc but it seems that I almost made one by accident. I checked some reference pictures and if you remove the tender and paint it blue, my moc is indeed definitly Gordon.

I think you could even say you kinda did make a model of Gordon by accident... after all, the official Railway Series lore is that Gordon came from the GNR/LNER so he would have been green at one point... and probably would have had the corridor tender, too. 

[LL1982]

Nice to see how you managed this in 6 wide. Love that lamettering but also the boiler in sloped 1x2? 

[sebulba56]

On 12/5/2025 at 11:18 PM, L-Gauger said:

By all means do! 

I'm working on how to make numbers in the same approximate size you have made your letters in. So far the number 4 is proving the hardest. 

 

I think you could even say you kinda did make a model of Gordon by accident... after all, the official Railway Series lore is that Gordon came from the GNR/LNER so he would have been green at one point... and probably would have had the corridor tender, too. 

To follow up on the subject, here is the reworked "R" letter. Like I said it is way more solid this way. I agree the number 4 is not an easy. I tried my best to give think about a solution to submit to you but nothing satisfying came out.

 

On 12/6/2025 at 9:24 PM, LL1982 said:

Nice to see how you managed this in 6 wide. Love that lamettering but also the boiler in sloped 1x2? 

Thanks for your support !

[Stereo]

Yeah 4's a tricky one huh.  I end up with studs in all directions except up, to make something look nice.  Surprisingly the neck bracket's available in Green.  But not Blue or Yellow.  Maybe the design could be reworked for 79389/73825 bracket, they just cause an extra stud.

Edited December 21, 2025 by Stereo

[Ts__]

For 6w, I think it's very well done, and I especially like the font. Anyone can make stickers...

Thomas

[L-Gauger]

On 12/21/2025 at 7:04 AM, sebulba56 said:

To follow up on the subject, here is the reworked "R" letter. Like I said it is way more solid this way. I agree the number 4 is not an easy. I tried my best to give think about a solution to submit to you but nothing satisfying came out.

Nice work! This thought just came to me... could you use a 1x1 Technic brick in the top of the "R" as a substitute for the sideways-stacked plates? 

On 12/21/2025 at 9:52 AM, Stereo said:

Yeah 4's a tricky one huh.  I end up with studs in all directions except up, to make something look nice.  Surprisingly the neck bracket's available in Green.  But not Blue or Yellow.  Maybe the design could be reworked for 79389/73825 bracket, they just cause an extra stud.

Wow, I never would have figured out that design. It looks really good, too! 

[sebulba56]

On 1/8/2026 at 10:34 PM, L-Gauger said:

Nice work! This thought just came to me... could you use a 1x1 Technic brick in the top of the "R" as a substitute for the sideways-stacked plates? 

I also had this part-usage idea a long ago but did not use it for two pretty subjective reasons :

- The circle inside the technic brick does not fit with the font of the other letters wich are pretty squarish.

- It creates a hole that I don't find satisfying.

Altough, technically, it fits.

[L-Gauger]

@sebulba56That makes perfect sense! I don't think I'd care much for the hole, either. 

[Phil B]

On 1/12/2026 at 3:43 AM, sebulba56 said:

I also had this part-usage idea a long ago but did not use it for two pretty subjective reasons :

- The circle inside the technic brick does not fit with the font of the other letters wich are pretty squarish.

- It creates a hole that I don't find satisfying.

Altough, technically, it fits.

How about using a yellow plate with clip, and embedding it in the build so the clip part is where the 1x1 plate is right now? The shadow might be just enough to create the impression of a hole ...
 

 

[Plumber]

Back of a headlight brick? Still a hole but at least maintains squarish font style.

Edited January 18 by Plumber
missed a bit