Emerald Night options

[CBFasi]

Ok here goes...

Emerald Night, a rather nice looking train (ok understatement)

Now its tender looks narrow, (in fact it is, only 6 wide compared to cab of 7 wide)

Its carriage again looks narrow

(seen someone else seen this.. http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?...l=emerald+night )

Now which may look better with Emerald Night, doing 7 wide to fit with that cab.

Doing 6 wide, standard LEGO sizing..

Or actually going to 9 wide (since Emerald night is actually 9 wide in total!!!)

Now I dont want to start the 'famous' debate of which is better, but I am looking for an honest assessment such to make best visual use of the Emerald Night Engine.

If this means adjusting the tender and rolling stick to 7 wide then so be it

If this looks even better as 8 wide then again, so be it...

Worth noting the layout board is only 4ft(1.2m) deep so I am using 2 full turns with 3 straight gap between the 90deg turns, I cant do it any wider also is only 8ft(2.4m) long.

(I am thinking 7 wide as the 'special' loads can still be 8 wide without major overhang)

Edited February 3, 2010 by CBFasi

[Captain Green Hair]

You should see my 8 wide mod.

But seriously, the set is a good base to build a MOD/MOC off, all the best with it!

[MightySlickPancake]

I think you will probably need to change the whole thing to a seven wide model just to fit in with the curves.

all the best with this project.

thanks, cb

[roamingstop]

Your doing exactly what I plan to do - once the other half agrees... so I would also be grateful on some tips. For me, Green Emerald is the most spectacular easily available model train produced outside of Santa Fe / BSNF and all those excellent MOC's.

[Cooper]

FWIW, I started off with the same thoughts. 6 wide seemed a little too narrow and looked too toy like. I loved seven wide, built a couple of moc-ups and then fell off the deep end. After some liberal use of bricklink I have a full train's worth of 7 wide 44 stud long passenger cars

EDIT: sometimes I spell like a 3rd grader

Edited February 4, 2010 by Cooper

[CBFasi]

Yours is one of the sets of pictures that set me off thinking about 7 wide, along with the link I already provided.

The more I think about it, 7 wide is likely the way I will go, with the odd 8 wide for oversized loads, at least 8 wide vs 7 wide wont look to bad as 8 vs 6..

Time to start planning and working out what comes first when it comes to purchasing parts.. (already havea reasonable number of wheels etc, just need to build bases and bodies)

Edited February 4, 2010 by CBFasi