MOC: Stephenson's Rocket

[TheLET]

This is my first post on eurobricks, and I thought this would be a nice way to introduce myself.

I have recently finished my first real MOC. It is a model of Stephenson's Rocket as it was built in 1829.

The locomtive itself is quite small which made it difficult to get the right shape, and still be able to add the details.

However the biggest challenge was not the locomotive itself but the tender, since I really wanted it to have the

same timbered structure as the prototype.

More phots can be found on Brickshelf: http://www.brickshel...ry.cgi?f=525528

Comments and feedback is most welcome.

[Brick Pirate]

Amazing! You put so many details in such a small train. I like how you build the tank. I wonder how you did it. However I cannot see your pics on brickshelf. It's not open to public yet.

Welcome to Eurobricks!

Brick Pirate

[Asper]

Great engine. It has many nice details and I'm looking forward to see more pictures in brickshelf.

[Locomotive Annie]

Wow that is so cool So many details on such a small model.

Welcome to Eurobricks from me too.

[Spitfire2865]

This is beautiful. Nice use of tubing.

[UrbanErwin]

She looks cool. How did you do that wall on the tender?

[eurotrash]

You've done a super job on the Rocket. The proportions look right and it's obvious that some careful thought has gone into the design.

Well done and thanks for sharing it with us.

[BMW]

Beautiful rendition. You've really captured the essence of this classic.

[Hrw-Amen]

Really good looking Rocket there and the tender as everyone is saying, so detailed. Would love to have a Rocket myself, but I am not sure I could do the same level of detail on something that small.

[kieran]

very nice work, I think the half barrels at the back for the tank ends work really well, will look to make something like this in the future

[lightningtiger]

A delightful design of such a famous train.....the first in the world......Brick On 'TheLET'.......plus welcome to EB too !

[jimmynick]

The boiler is... wow! Great job getting the silver bands and the yellow panels in not too much space. And the pointy chimney - that's really clever to use horns. Excellent job and welcome to Eurobricks!

[Electricsteam]

This is a very nice Moc But I know I have seen this exact same Moc before last year....

[TheLET]

Thanks for all the reactions. I'm glad you liked it.

She looks cool. How did you do that wall on the tender?

The wall of the tender is made sideway placed bricks with and offset tile on it. The wall has an 1x1x1 panel in it in order to generate room to attach the tile.

This is a very nice Moc But I know I have seen this exact same Moc before last year....

This makes me curious, but I'm pretty certain that you are mistaken. I just finished this MOC last week and besides I don't think that some of the parts like these were available last year.

[Steinkopf]

Beautiful work there TheLET, I thought Flickr user and LUGPol member Kris Kelvin model of the Rocket was very impressive and hard to top, but your model surpasses that easily, the detail you have poured into the tender and the motion is superb. Here is a link to Kris Kelvins rendition .

[zephyr1934]

Wow, that is a very delicate build, a very impressive way to say hello. An excellent build! That tender looks like it quite tricky (and a little clippy). It is very hard to get all the detail you want into such a small package like that. A great build.

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

What a magnificent MOC ...the tender is simply unbelievable!

[L@go]

That's a great model! And as others have said, the parts used to make the boiler and that barrel are just perfect for the job. Very well done, and a great way to introduce yourself. Welcome!

I'm guessing it's a static model - because that piston won't move, will it? Still lovely :)

This is a very nice Moc But I know I have seen this exact same Moc before last year....

Yeah, you're probably thinking about this. Which is very similar - but it would be, as it's modeled after a real machine...

Edited March 30, 2013 by L@go

[TheLET]

The piston system works fine however the piston itselves goes slightly up and down when the trains moves.

Yeah, you're probably thinking about this. Which is very similar - but it would be, as it's modeled after a real machine...

That explains it. That is indeed another very good MOC.

[King Aragorn]

This is an historical masterpiece! I love how it looks like the original! :wub:

[Kivi]

This is absolutely amazing. I like how perfectly you managed to create all those round shapes on such a small scale. It must have taken some interesting techniques to create all those details. I hope the creation is still sturdy enough for normal handling.

Having seen a lifesize replica in NRM York some years ago, I must say that this one looks even better than the real one.

[Randolph]

Brilliant model; what is used for the chimney smoke BTW?

[CSW652]

Very nice.  It's to bad that Lego doesn't release something like this as an ideas set.

[Vilhelm22]

On 10/25/2019 at 1:28 AM, CSW652 said:

Very nice.  It's to bad that Lego doesn't release something like this as an ideas set.

I’ve always thought this would be an ideal Expert set.  We’ve had a modern passenger train, a modern cargo train, and a 20th century steam train - but no 19th century trains, and this is the obvious choice. 

[Andy123]

hi, this is amazing and having just seen the real Rocket at the NRM in York my son loves it, Are there any instructions so i could build one for his Christmas present?