Anticyclone Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 Well after much design attempts here it is. An early design of French 2-4-0 steam locomotive from the 1890's for the Chemins de fer de l'ouest (or West Railways). I'm not sure what the particular design or class is called or where they were built (some sources say they were built in Scotland). They're inside cylinder driven with outside frames and outside Gooch valve gear and connecting rods. This site shows more examples of this abundant type of locomotive if you scroll halfway down. http://roland.arzul....l/ouest_x2x.htm Many might recognize this type of locomotive from the famous photo of the 1895 derailment at Gare Montparnasse station in Paris. There were many versions of this class built throughout the years and have different styled footplates, cabs (enclosed and open), smoke boxes, and steam domes. I'm going to try and redesign the wheels to allow a PF motor and see if I can make the engine powered. The front wheels, although aren't meant to swivel like the prototype, are still causing problems on curves so I'll need to make them flangless. More photos here! http://www.flickr.co...s/46711946@N07/ Questions or and constructive comments welcome. Quote
LEGO Guy Bri Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 That is a fantastic representation Anticyclone! Very detailed work, well done Quote
JopieK Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 Well, what can we say other than: very, very nice steam locomotive! Such a rich details and best of all it looks very much like the original. What are the golden rings made of b.t.w.? Quote
Pief Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 Nicely done and very detailed it's very beautiful! Quote
ScotNick Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 Fantastic, I really like how much detail you have put in that engine. Quote
Herky Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 now that is a train! love that look and what a fantastic job, the trains that looked like that were the best, thanks for sharing with us Quote
AyliffeMakit Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 The amount of detail in this is incredible, Anticyclone! Keep up the good work and congratulatons on getting it front-paged! Quote
Dennis Bosman Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 Very nice steam engine! Did you use strings around the drum? Quote
Anticyclone Posted January 21, 2014 Author Posted January 21, 2014 Thank you everyone! I'm honored to be front paged. Well, what can we say other than: very, very nice steam locomotive! Such a rich details and best of all it looks very much like the original. What are the golden rings made of b.t.w.? The rings are custom stickers, the only non-LEGO usage apart from the BBB wheels. Quote
JopieK Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 :) well, they look very nice, of course as a sticker man, I like that solution! Congratulations on your FP! Quote
BEAVeR Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 What a brilliant train! The details are very well done and quite believable. Especially all the valves on top look really good. The strings are superb as well. I even like the exposed studs here and there. They give it quite an authentic feel, both as locomotive as Lego model. Is there a reason that coal tender is a bit flat, because I find that a little distracting next to that beautiful and detailed loc. Congratulations, and do keep building. I see that this isn't your first fantastic train MOC... Quote
Man with a hat Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 What a beauty ! That's some very inventive use of parts. Quote
Asper Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 Wonderful steam engine! Very clever details, my favorite is the long smoke stack. Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 Wow, I love to see new steam engines and I like to found them on the home page! I like this Lego locomotive and the beautiful details: the funnel made using a tire and the boiler are amazing Only one question: do you have broken the lego chain on the front? Quote
Sir E Fullner Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 Blimey, that's a good build! Will you build rolling stock for it? Quote
Jody Meyer Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 I think I like your train over the real thing.... , nice job. Quote
Anticyclone Posted January 22, 2014 Author Posted January 22, 2014 :) well, they look very nice, of course as a sticker man, I like that solution! Congratulations on your FP! What a beauty ! That's some very inventive use of parts. Wonderful steam engine! Very clever details, my favorite is the long smoke stack. I think I like your train over the real thing.... , nice job. Thanks guys :) Blimey, that's a good build! Will you build rolling stock for it? Thank you, and I am in fact working on three carriages for it. Wow, I love to see new steam engines and I like to found them on the home page! I like this Lego locomotive and the beautiful details: the funnel made using a tire and the boiler are amazing Only one question: do you have broken the lego chain on the front? Oh dear, you had to point that out. I'm going to get keelhauled for this but I did cut a chain in half to get the right length. I'm a 98% purist. What a brilliant train! The details are very well done and quite believable. Especially all the valves on top look really good. The strings are superb as well. I even like the exposed studs here and there. They give it quite an authentic feel, both as locomotive as Lego model. Is there a reason that coal tender is a bit flat, because I find that a little distracting next to that beautiful and detailed loc. Congratulations, and do keep building. I see that this isn't your first fantastic train MOC... Thank you very much. I feel the same about the tender, however I think it's also because locomotive tenders tend to be just a box on wheels and not typically visually appealing. I mean apart from some types like the German railway tenders and even the one I built for the Swedish 4-6-0. Quote
HenrikLego Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 (edited) This train is just great! Congratulations with a wonderful moc! Edited January 22, 2014 by HenrikLego Quote
harnbak Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 Good choice of model - absolutely stunning result! Quote
zephyr1934 Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 Wow! You've managed to squeeze a heck of a lot of detailing into a small MOC. Excellent job! Quote
Redhead1982 Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 It looks amazing even without comparison to the real-life model. I like the amount of details on the black body of the engine. Really well done! Quote
Bricktrix Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 I'm going to try and redesign the wheels to allow a PF motor and see if I can make the engine powered. The front wheels, although aren't meant to swivel like the prototype, are still causing problems on curves so I'll need to make them flangless. As I said on Flickr, I think this is lovely. As for your above problem, maybe not ;) Looking at the length of the wheelbase, I think you could get away with keeping the front wheel flanged (thus elminating swivel probs, etc), and then change the 1st set of large drivers to flangless, leaving the rear ones flanged. This would also eliminate stupid overhang on the front, but you would have to test the length first through curves and points....it may just be bordering on being too long on a first quick glance, but it may just be okay. Try it and see, it could save you a lot of issues Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 Oh dear, you had to point that out. I'm going to get keelhauled for this but I did cut a chain in half to get the right length. I'm a 98% purist. Oh this is not a problem, I like your solution and I'm not a 100% purist too! Quote
Selander Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 You have again created a fascinating machine !! But your Swedish engine is still my favorite Quote
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