Hrw-Amen Posted March 7, 2013 Posted March 7, 2013 I have been thinking about one of these for a while now. On my old N Gauge layout that my father and I had when i was a kid we had a couple of these, one in green and one in BR Blue. We used them mainly for pulling freight wagons around the layout as opposed to passenger coaches or shunting duties. I would have liked to make it in dark green, but the bits I needed were not all available. Also I had come into possession of two of those green cab bits with all the windows which seemed ideal. On viewing several photos to work from however maybe they were not the best choice as the cab was more rectangular, but I had no other green windows (Or at least not of the right size and quantity.) to use. Also it had a useful cut out for the wiring to run through. It has taken me a while to construct it, a lot of thought and a lot of versions until I got something that looked like the engines in the photographs. I particularly wanted to get the grey stripe running along the top. Several versions I made were too high to go under my station and it took quite a bit of work to lower the battery box so that the overall engine could be reduced in height. Also i think in doing so it had made it more realistic looking as it does now look like the N-Gauge version only much bigger. I don't think it was the most popular British Rail locomotive as they did not seem to be in service long and I had read that they had reliability issues, but nonetheless I like the look as they do seem to resemble to large extent several continental European engines which I have seen in my travels. I have built it on a 7 wide stud base with the front beam being 8 (As I could not make a 7 stud long section with the brackets I had.) Not to worry as other bits stick out in places like the handrails. I have equipped it with two PF train motors, the direction controller for one of them acting as a back rest for the drivers seat. It also has two sets of lights, white at the front and red at the rear. I have also photographed it with my BR Type 2 shunter in order to compare the relative size, which I think matches the N-Gauge versions as well. I plan to use it to haul freight when running diesels and electrics rather than steam. Quote
Werlu Ulcur Posted March 8, 2013 Posted March 8, 2013 (edited) Man, that looks GREAT! Where is the IR receiver? Edited March 8, 2013 by Werlu Ulcur Quote
Locomotive Annie Posted March 8, 2013 Posted March 8, 2013 Both the Type 17 and the Type 2 are great models, thank you for showing them to us. Quote
Hrw-Amen Posted March 8, 2013 Author Posted March 8, 2013 Thanks for the feedback. Werlu Ulcur The IR unit is placed right at the rear end of the engine, it is practically the last thing there is except the rear wall of the engine that is. It is right behind the rear grill patterned 2x2 round tile. I have covered the grey studs with two black modified tile grills. They are not there on the original engine however but then the IR Unit has to go somewhere. Quote
Werlu Ulcur Posted March 8, 2013 Posted March 8, 2013 (edited) Oh, I see it now! I can even make out the cable. Pretty cool, it's totally out of sight from the outside, almost looks like a non-motorized engine. Edited March 8, 2013 by Werlu Ulcur Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted March 9, 2013 Posted March 9, 2013 Great model ...I like how you have hide the battery box! Good work! Quote
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