MOC: Hobby Train Meets 7898 R/C

[Badsneaker]

I picked up the Hobby Train almost a year ago when it was on sale at SAH. I built the Croc train the day I got it. It was never powered since I have no 9V tracks. I decided to combine my R/C 7898 Cargo train with one of the other models you can build with the Hobby Train.

My favorite was one of the Locos in red and black. I built it off LDD but used the R/C base from the 7898. Here's how it came out:

Its pretty basic but it was fun to build and looks way better than the green freight train from 7898. The color matches the other cars in that set better too.

Here are a few train workers.

It turns great on the tracks and doesn't bind with other cars in turns.

I think I will have enough leftover pieces to make one of the cabooses from Hobby Train.

[Asuka]

A fine work indeed. Locomotion on!

[Captain Zuloo]

Great! I think this is very good even though I hate the RC and PF. 9v for life!

And yes it does look better than the green crap that LEGO produced. Really, where outside of Europe do most freight lines have overhead power?

[legotrainfan]

Very good work, Badsneaker! Your locomotive looks great! I somehow don't like the colour scheme though. I don't like it when a dark colour like black is used abundantly in combination with a bright colour like red, which is also abundandently used. There is no colour harmony. With the waggons and engine of set 4565 I find this matter dealt with well though they are also made of black plus red bricks, but in a certain black/red piece ratio. But this is no real criticism since you tried to use pieces from the Hobby Train Set 10183; the majority of the bricks of that set are either red or black.

Great! I think this is very good even though I hate the RC and PF. 9v for life!

And yes it does look better than the green crap that LEGO produced. Really, where outside of Europe do most freight lines have overhead power?

I also dislike battery powered trains, because the battery unit takes away so much space and you cannot alter it. But I must disagree with your opinion on the locomotive in set 7898: I think it looks great. If I had it, I'd use it with a 9V motor, of course. Apart from that, freight trains that use electricity are better for our environment!

Edited November 9, 2008 by legotrainfan

[Gouns]

Nice train !

[WesternOutlaw]

Nice job . I haven't seen too many diesel locos with this color combination. This one looks really good. I esp. like the front and back end designs. The Hobby Train kit is a great set for creating your own engines/rolling stock.

[brickzone]

Nice work on that locomotive. The Hobby Train is a fantastic parts set, despite the colour limitation of red/black.

I would like to fit RC gear to my own one. However, I worked it out, and bricklinking I would be spending about €50 minimum to get all the gear I need (controller, battery baseplate, motor bogie, wire, etc.)

I hope I can get the Cargo Train RC set sometime at a cheaper price than it is already, and after I've had it intact for a while, then I can play around with using the RC gear for a custom locomotive.

[Badsneaker]

Nice work on that locomotive. The Hobby Train is a fantastic parts set, despite the colour limitation of red/black.

I would like to fit RC gear to my own one. However, I worked it out, and bricklinking I would be spending about €50 minimum to get all the gear I need (controller, battery baseplate, motor bogie, wire, etc.)

I hope I can get the Cargo Train RC set sometime at a cheaper price than it is already, and after I've had it intact for a while, then I can play around with using the RC gear for a custom locomotive.

Thanks for all the comments the Cargo Train is a great set even if it is RC. The 1st thing I did with the Cargo train was to modify the freighter. I picked up a my own train in green and made another "dummy" loco to ride at the end backwards. Most freight trains around here in New England seem to run that way.

I would like to pick up the Santa Fe or BSNF and turn one of those to R/C.