[MOC] Millennium Underground Railway

[Reaper_Designs]

I've been working on the recreation of the old Budapest M1 metro cars (or trams really) in 8 studs wide. I tried to be as accurate as possible with the proportions, but had to make some small compromises unfortunately. The main goal was for it to run on R40 Lego tracks which is almost achieved.

The original line opened in 1896 and was the first electrified metro on the european continent, made for the millenial anniversary of Hungary. It runs under Andrássy Avenue to this day and is now part of the UNESCO world heritage.

 

Technical side:

1179 pieces without track, 8 studs wide and roughly 45 studs long, I designed it for display presence and it has 3 removable roof sections.

 

The bogie design doesn't allow for motorization due to it being small, but i'm very happy with the detail I managed to capture with it.

I used a whole lot of SNOT techniques but had to make some compromises due to stability and strength.

The interior posed a small challenge when it comes to the benches, but it was resolved quickly.

 

Due to the lack of attachment size, the full gallery can be found here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/204570226@N02/

Feedback is welcome from all! I'm always tweaking and improving my MOCs so it helps a lot! Hope you like it!

If you like the model you can also show support for it on bricklink:

https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-11/4894/Millennium-Underground-Railway

Edited Monday at 08:42 PM by Reaper_Designs
Updated with new link

[Daiman]

I am a big fan of single carriage rail cars having spent some time using them in my youth. This is a great MOC, I really enjoyeed browsing your Flickr posts.

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[Reaper_Designs]

Thanks for the feedback!

I'll try and edit the post😁

14 minutes ago, Daiman said:

I am a big fan of single carriage rail cars having spent some time using them in my youth. This is a great MOC, I really enjoyeed browsing your Flickr posts.

Tip: if you click on a photo in Flicker and use the share button (the little arrow facing right)

the link it gives can be pasted in here to embed the photo into this post.

 

 

[Shiva]

It looks nice :)

[Reaper_Designs]

Thanks for the comment! Means a lot😁

22 minutes ago, Shiva said:

It looks nice :)

 

 

[zephyr1934]

That car is very well done! On a side note, you might be able to power it using a circuit cube.

[Darkkostas25]

Neat build. Nice well-detailed bogies and interior! 

[Reaper_Designs]

Circuit cube? I'm not familiar with motorization options but i'm interested.

3 hours ago, zephyr1934 said:

That car is very well done! On a side note, you might be able to power it using a circuit cube.

 

Thank you for the feedback!😁

2 hours ago, Darkkostas25 said:

Neat build. Nice well-detailed bogies and interior! 

 

[rjr]

Nice build, great colors and I like the detailed bogies!

[Feuer Zug]

Wonderful work. It looks fully detailed and period.

[Reaper_Designs]

Thank you for the kind feedback!!

I just love how positive this site is😁

8 hours ago, rjr said:

Nice build, great colors and I like the detailed bogies!

 

8 hours ago, Feuer Zug said:

Wonderful work. It looks fully detailed and period.

 

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Beautiful classic design!

Very retrò

[Reaper_Designs]

Thank you for the feedback!

Happy you like it as well😁😁

2 hours ago, LEGO Train 12 Volts said:

Beautiful classic design!

Very retrò