peterab Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 (edited) I've always meant to post some more of my Mocs but I don't have access to a decent camera. Ours is 3Mp so worse than a lot of camera phones these days. I decided I'd post and be damned ... so sorry about the image quality. I recently built this for a trip to BrickExpo 2011 in Canberra, it has since been tweaked to upgrade it to two XL motors, so some small details have changed. More images can be seen on my Flickr account. I'm pretty sure there are no features that are uniquely mine; I've stolen been inspired by features of many BR 103s on the web. Particularly influential were this, this and this one. Finally I'd like to thank SergioBatista, I looked very carefully at some of his recent electric engines to work out how to build my pantographs. Edited September 4, 2011 by peterab Quote
Legostein Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 Hello! A great representation of this popular and legendary engine! I remember the design very well from former days where I spent hours at station watching trains coming in and leaving again. Cheers, ~ Christopher Quote
Selander Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 Nice build Peterab. Br103 is one of my favorite locos and you have made a great job with your version. Let uss see some pictures showing how you powered it. Quote
peterab Posted September 4, 2011 Author Posted September 4, 2011 I'll try and show the internal workings soon, but its basically the 3 axle bogie design from Railbricks 6 stretched a couple of studs, connected directly to an XL motor at each end. Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 what a beauty! I love the pantograph; it's a masterpiece of engineering! Clever SNOT technique all around! Quote
lightningtiger Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 Beautiful engine 'peterab', just beautiful....the pantograph is fantastic. Rolling stock to go with it ? Brick On 'peterab' ! Quote
Toastie Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 Ours is 3Mp so worse than a lot of camera phones these days. Hi Perterab, oh come on. 3MP is more than adequate to capture the beauty of LEGO MOCs. You know, with 15MP all what happens is that Brickster is going nuts and tells us to reduce to 800x600 max. Which is absolutely reasonable ... See, it's not the resolution of cameras, it's the MOC. Regardless of camera resolution, a brilliant MOC remains a brilliant MOC. The BR103 sure is one of the most beautiful German E-engines. Along with matching coaches it becomes a dream. You have captured it very, very nicely. 3 axle bogies, the coloring scheme, the exhaust "grids" (very important feature!), SNOTing all over the place, the wonderful electrical stuff on top, and: Nice curves. A BR103 is curvy and your model is showing just that. Congratulations, and don't worry at all: 3MP is perfect. Regards, Thorsten Quote
peterab Posted September 5, 2011 Author Posted September 5, 2011 Beautiful engine 'peterab', just beautiful....the pantograph is fantastic. Rolling stock to go with it ? Brick On 'peterab' ! I've built a couple of carriages (2 compartment cars and a buffet) but want to build the observation car from the Rheingold, and get some printed TEE bricks made before I show them. My sister gave me some money as a present so I made a Bricklink order for some tan windows and dark red bricks :-) I have a couple of other engines, another passenger train and some freight cars that I could photograph at the moment, so I'll try and do a little every now and then, since it appears people are happy to see them despite the poor photos. I'm trying to hatch a plan to get some better photos too but that might take a bit longer. Quote
peterab Posted September 5, 2011 Author Posted September 5, 2011 I love the pantograph; it's a masterpiece of engineering! It was nice to be able to find a good design I could copy Hi Perterab, oh come on. 3MP is more than adequate to capture the beauty of LEGO MOCs. You know, with 15MP all what happens is that Brickster is going nuts and tells us to reduce to 800x600 max. Which is absolutely reasonable ... While I quite agree on the resolution, the optics on 3Mb cameras tends not to be very good, and since they tend either to be cheaper or older (mine is both) they are not very fast, so result in blurry images. I'd love mine to be sharper, and I hope to improve my lighting to help that a bit, and pull my tripod out, but a better lens and electronics would help a lot too. Thanks both of you for the positive comments. Quote
peterab Posted September 5, 2011 Author Posted September 5, 2011 (edited) I've added a few photos with the roof off, and a close up of the pantograph and the bogie to my Flickr set As you can see it's a slider bogie design to reduce friction around curves. The previous version ran quite well for a few hours at BrickExpo and AMRA Caulfield train show. This version is two studs longer to allow a larger gear, but is essentially the same, so I think it will also be reliable. Edited September 5, 2011 by peterab Quote
AussieJimbo Posted September 6, 2011 Posted September 6, 2011 (edited) Nice one, peterab. I enjoyed seeing this at BrickExpo, top job. :classic: Edited September 6, 2011 by AussieJimbo Quote
LEGO Guy Bri Posted September 6, 2011 Posted September 6, 2011 Great MOC 'peterab'. I love the look of this engine. A very nice job on the design of the pantographs. This looks very detailed Quote
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