Reaper_Designs Posted May 10 Posted May 10 (edited) 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 now officially achived, along with a redesign of the dark red steel beam and front facia. (more on some motorization later) 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 not going to take the L and leave that easy so I made the original control car as well. I again had to make a few compromises but I'm pretty happy with it now. Motorisation: The thing that makes this easy is the fact that these control cars only had 2 axles, so one of them can easily be motorised. The interiors posed a small challenge when it comes to the benches, I wanted them to be easily removed for motorisation. Here's the whole fleet now: 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 May 17 by Reaper_Designs Updated with new images Quote
Daiman Posted May 10 Posted May 10 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. Quote
Reaper_Designs Posted May 10 Author Posted May 10 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. Quote
Reaper_Designs Posted May 10 Author Posted May 10 Thanks for the comment! Means a lot😁 22 minutes ago, Shiva said: It looks nice :) Quote
zephyr1934 Posted May 11 Posted May 11 That car is very well done! On a side note, you might be able to power it using a circuit cube. Quote
Reaper_Designs Posted May 11 Author Posted May 11 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! Quote
Reaper_Designs Posted May 11 Author Posted May 11 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. Quote
Reaper_Designs Posted May 12 Author Posted May 12 Thank you for the feedback! Happy you like it as well😁😁 2 hours ago, LEGO Train 12 Volts said: Beautiful classic design! Very retrò Quote
zephyr1934 Posted May 13 Posted May 13 On 5/11/2026 at 5:48 AM, Reaper_Designs said: Circuit cube? I'm not familiar with motorization options but i'm interested. The Circuit Cubes battery and motor have become popular for powering small trains. The motors are quite powerful for their size and the bluetooth battery+receiver is very compact. Here's the manufacturer's page but if you google the set name you'll likely find it for cheaper shipping near you. https://circuitcubes.com/collections/kits/products/bluetooth-upgrade-kit Quote
Reaper_Designs Posted May 15 Author Posted May 15 Thank you! I looked into it, and for the main car it's a maybe, but i did an additional car and that could easily be motorised with this thing.😁 On 5/13/2026 at 7:36 PM, zephyr1934 said: The Circuit Cubes battery and motor have become popular for powering small trains. The motors are quite powerful for their size and the bluetooth battery+receiver is very compact. Here's the manufacturer's page but if you google the set name you'll likely find it for cheaper shipping near you. https://circuitcubes.com/collections/kits/products/bluetooth-upgrade-kit Quote
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