LDD MOC: LNER D Class 4-4-0

[Sir E Fullner]

It sure has been a while since I posted in this forum. I was very busy with the Pirate MOC's , and now I have a new MOD to show all of the LEGO Train lovers out there.

London & Northeastern Railway 4-4-0

I got the inspiration after playing around with some of the large drive wheels on LDD, and then I started in on making a locomotive, sort of close to Edward from Thomas the Tank Engine. I added some dark orange coaches, and then I saw the spirit of the LNER. I re-colored the engine to LNER Apple Green, and there you have it.

More pictures:

A view of the coaches:

For the coaches, I remembered a design I did for my Caledonian Bell MOD. Inside is the basic 3rd-1st-3rd class design I usually use.

Thank you for looking, and please rate and comment. Thanks!

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[tbroyd]

Especially like the coaches . Really have the right character

[twenty6twelve]

Interesting MOC. The coaches look quite nice, especially the doors and roofs.

If I may offer some constructive criticism - from your description it seems that you were building a model based on the television character and then altered the color scheme to match that of the LNER locomotive. In this respect it does not really resemble a D class, save for color and wheel arrangement.. as a D class has outside cylinders, green splashers, a shorter dome and funnel, different side cab window arrangements, etc. However, I realize that your intention may not have been to model said locomotive closely rather than to aim for a 'ballpark' resemblance.

Another thing I noticed are the seemingly contrasting building styles present; while the coaches use colors, parts and techniques that mesh well with recently released sets, the locomotive is presented in a more subdued, simplistic style using 'plainer' bricks reminiscent of 12v era locomotives. While nice individually I find their combination slightly visually jarring..

..please note that I mean no disrespect or discouragement in my comments; I merely mean to provide helpful suggestions.

Leg godt

[Chromeknight]

Those coaches are nice.

It's a shame those windows aren't commonly available in that colour.

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Great cad project!

The wagons are beautiful!

[Sir E Fullner]

Interesting MOC. The coaches look quite nice, especially the doors and roofs.

If I may offer some constructive criticism - from your description it seems that you were building a model based on the television character and then altered the color scheme to match that of the LNER locomotive. In this respect it does not really resemble a D class, save for color and wheel arrangement.. as a D class has outside cylinders, green splashers, a shorter dome and funnel, different side cab window arrangements, etc. However, I realize that your intention may not have been to model said locomotive closely rather than to aim for a 'ballpark' resemblance.

Another thing I noticed are the seemingly contrasting building styles present; while the coaches use colors, parts and techniques that mesh well with recently released sets, the locomotive is presented in a more subdued, simplistic style using 'plainer' bricks reminiscent of 12v era locomotives. While nice individually I find their combination slightly visually jarring..

..please note that I mean no disrespect or discouragement in my comments; I merely mean to provide helpful suggestions.

Leg godt

No disrespect taken. I can see your idea, and I think that I'll remember that on my next locomotive. In the mean time, thanks.