wtorbeyns Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 ENTERED I hope this will be considered original enough to be entered into the contest. It's my first 'official' MOC an I don't want to hide that it has been inspired by some of the great MOC's that can be found on Brickshelf (here and here or here and there was another MOC I stole the idea of the use of the vertical grilled bricks from, but I can't find it right now). It's different from these MOC's in that it is 6 studs wide. I think that this width fits well with the rest of my rolling stock (untill now only official LEGO train sets). Also, any design I tried in seven studs wide used many more parts and was a lot more expensive. My Lego collection is rather modest and contains hardly any green, so I tested the construction with whatever bricks I had, but designed it in LDD and ordered the parts from the LEGO factory. You might find it in the gallery in a couple of days. My username there is also 'wtorbeyns'. I received the parts today and put it together. It was mostly as I expected. I removed one layer of plates from the original design (something I considered before ordering the parts, but I thought it better to order the parts anyway). The two sets of wheels can pivot slightly on a pin and they are connected to eachother by a rubber band. This way the coach moves easily trough all the normal curves and switches. I had to replace the couplings with the classic variant, as the newer couplings have a pin sticking out at the bottom that kept hitting a crossing on my track. Regards, Wim Quote
gcarstensen Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 (edited) very cute, i really like the fins as gates on the porches Edited August 24, 2009 by gcarstensen Quote
aawsum Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 Interesting creation. Indeed cool how you used the fins. I am not to sure about the size of the windows and the snot technique you used. They look a bit small to me and therefore the coach is a bit out of proportion. But for your first MOC I would say Keep up the good work. If this is the first thing you have created on your own, then there is a lot more Quote
Captain Zuloo Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 Great work! The SNOT is brilliant. The only suggestion I have is this: there is no limit to length of your entry, so use that to your advantage! Quote
WesternOutlaw Posted September 7, 2009 Posted September 7, 2009 Highlighted/blogged on RailBricks. Nice job! I have a thing for green passenger wagons. Quote
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