MOD: Passenger Train

[Pet-Lego]

Hello,

I wanted to give the 7938 passenger train a more mature look, it seems to be a bit to simple.

After seeing what others did to achieve this, I've come up with my own redesign and am presenting it here.

I've lengthened the cars by 8 studs (length of a complete roof part) and added doors.

The bogeys are 4 studs longer each and 1 plate higher so the original baseplates can be used, the buffers are at

the normal height to keep it compatible with the other trains.

Here are some LDD shots of the design, I've started on the actual build

(using 2x 7938 and some extra parts) still missing some parts but using substitute colors at the moment to see

how or if it runs well on track.

Let me know what do you guys think?

[roamingstop]

Increased length does look better - the white base plates are a little bit too short... although making the bogeys a bit higher may not work so well for the motorised section (unless you plate a technic plate underneath). It was the same dilema I had with making the LRZ Fire Train (also on EB) - make it longer, but then have the bogey's foul the plate.

However as with most models, I feel that either keep to Lego proportions (6 wide, 28 / 32 long) or upscale to the next logical... 7 or 8 wide and 44 long. These can look fantastic!