raised Posted October 19, 2014 It has been some time since I last visited here, but when I visit, I do like to bring something with me. Therefore, I present you my first -completely finished- build in over a year, a Dutch good carriage of the National Railways (NS), type "eanos". Around 1988 200 of them were build for NS, and they were used to haul all kind of goods, from beetroots to coal to wood, and what not. NS eanos #1 by raised, on Flickr NS eanos #2 by raised, on Flickr Nowadays everything on the tracks in the Netherlands is colored red, but back in the days, as you can see, there were still some refreshing ideas about coloring. (The red version IS on it's way though, I'm just waiting for some red 2x2 tiles to get it finished as well). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Man with a hat Posted October 19, 2014 Nice goods wagon. Very clever technique for the sides. And please keep them blue. That looks so much better than red. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted October 19, 2014 Absolutely stunning! The decals are the icing on the cake! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wout Posted October 19, 2014 Very nice. I love the details. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hrw-Amen Posted October 19, 2014 Very nice wagon and I agree that blue will probably look better than red, but we will have to wait and see. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
garethjellis Posted October 20, 2014 Great build, I like that you have put stuff in them! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zephyr1934 Posted October 20, 2014 It is always nice to see the cars get as much attention as the locomotives. Some great detailing in that build. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Holodoc Posted October 20, 2014 Very nice MOC, clever use of SNOT and tiles. I'd like to see a large train with >5 carriages of that type. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dr_spock Posted October 20, 2014 Very nice. Do you have an empty load version? Interested to see what's inside. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baard Posted October 20, 2014 Looks good Saw proposals for your technique on your Flickr, which did you end up using? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raised Posted October 20, 2014 (edited) Thanks all! I really appreciate the comments! Nice goods wagon. Very clever technique for the sides. And please keep them blue. That looks so much better than red. Haha, thanks. To be honest, I'm trying the same thing that Timothy Gould once did with his "ol' Britannia" rake: Every wagon / loco that I build has to have another colour. Its not working as well as planned, cause of the ammount of DB-verkerhsrot on the tracks nowadays. Plus I seem to have huge amounts of red bricks, so thats the reason the red eanos will get finished ;) Great build, I like that you have put stuff in them! Technically, its on top of it :P Nice goods wagon. Very clever technique for the sides. And please keep them blue. That looks so much better than red. Haha, thanks. To be honest, I'm trying the same thing that Timothy Gould once did with his "ol' Britannia" rake: Every wagon / loco that I build has to have another colour. Its not working as well as planned, cause of the ammount of DB-verkerhsrot on the tracks nowadays. Plus I seem to have huge amounts of red bricks, so thats the reason the red eanos will get finished ;) It is always nice to see the cars get as much attention as the locomotives. Some great detailing in that build. Yeah, in my opinion cars are just as important as loco's. Cars are trains too! Very nice MOC, clever use of SNOT and tiles. I'd like to see a large train with >5 carriages of that type. >5 will be horrible, but no3 might get build in grey! With other building techniques though, so not to get bored too much by repetitive actions, hehe Very nice. Do you have an empty load version? Interested to see what's inside. Saw proposals for your technique on your Flickr, which did you end up using? See here: I used the version with lots and lots of headlight bricks. See here from above: Eanos WIP-5 #2 by raised, on Flickr And here is how it looks from the sides, in exploded view: Eanos WIP-5 #3 by raised, on Flickr Edited October 20, 2014 by raised Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dr_spock Posted October 21, 2014 Thank you for the internal pictures. That's a lot of headlight bricks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zephyr1934 Posted October 23, 2014 Wow, that is an intense building structure on the inside. Could you have used door rails instead to do the ribbing? (though I think the blue 1x2's are rather expensive at the moment), e.g., PS, with the newer 1x2x1 brackets you could probably save on headlight bricks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raised Posted October 23, 2014 (edited) Being a student, I didn't want to invest huge sums of money on blue door rails. Also, the moment I saw the 2x4 tiles were released in blue, I knew I wanted to try building with them. Third, this way made it easier to use those headlight bricks as greebles on the sides. Regarding the post scriptum: Agree, those 1x2x1 brackets could have been used as well for sure. Actually didn't even properly think of it. I just had tons of headlight bricks, and in Prague there was a store where I could buy even more of them for dirt cheap (insert the student-argument again), so no reason to invest in huge quantities of those brackets. But I just realized I nowadays have bigger quantities of those brackets, so I will do some measurement regarding which is heavier and more sturdy. I actually think the brackets might be less heavy and more stable than the headlight bricks, even more when using the 2x2x1 brackets. Time to bring out the scale! Edited October 23, 2014 by raised Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zephyr1934 Posted October 24, 2014 Indeed, I wasn't thinking of actually using blue door rails given the current price, I was just wondering if in a different color could they strengthen the design? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raised Posted October 24, 2014 Pickyourownbogie on Flickr has actually made a great Eanos with door rails in LDD. He has not updated his Flickr in almost a year, I still hope he once builds it... https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/88718670@N02/8572986458/ Looks sturdy as well, if you look at the internals: https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/88718670@N02/8570790505/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nik Sentker Posted February 2, 2018 Very nice ! interesting building technic! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paperinik77pk Posted February 2, 2018 Very nice freight car! The side detail is fantastic!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
