Santa Fe FP-45 MOC

[Walter Kovacs]

Back in May, my In-Laws treated my family to a trip to Chicago. While one of the days was spent visiting Legoland (which was awesome), another of the days was set aside to visit a train museum. You see, my father-in-law is a train nut.

While we were there, we saw this engine, a Santa Fe FP-45 (my father-in-law and son are the two people with their backs to the camera). On the drive back to St Louis, I came up with the idea of building this specific engine in LEGO for my father-in-law as a Christmas gift. I showed the MLCad model a few months back, and used the feedback from that topic to generate a second revision, which is what I ended up building. Here is the final result:

3/4 View

Top View

Front View

Back View

This model is meant for display only, so I created a display stand as well. There is even an engineer as well, but because the model is for display only, there is no easy way to access the minifig.

All of the stickers used are custom, drawn by me. It would have been easier, perhaps, to order a sticker sheet from set 10020 (Santa Fe Super Chief), but the going rate is exorbatant. Besides, it meant a little more to me to do them myself.

As always, Comments and Criticisms are more than welcome, but will be used more for a learning experience than any real improvements to the model, at least at this time. It's probably a little late to get any changes done, except perhaps to the stickers.

I took lots of pictures, which can be found in the Gallery, when it becomes moderated. Also, I can upload the instructions I used for construction to Brickshelf, if there is any interest. Just let me know. They are mostly correct, though I did notice one or two errors that are easily fixed, but you have to be aware that they are there.

[SavaTheAggie]

Nicely done, especially for your first effort, and looks like it'd fit right in with other LEGO train sets. It will make a fine gift.

--Tony