Hoexbroe Posted December 9, 2014 (edited) Hi All, Swiss-Inspired Trans Europe Express (TEE) Train. A quick build for a mini-expo at a local Christmas market. The style is deliberatly held completely and utterly CHIBI, in order to go well with standard Lego City sets, and maintain that quaint look-and-feel oficial Lego sets have. The locomotove is a free fantasy build, inspired by swiss epoc III electrics. The construction is 6-wide, and the snot build 2x3 windows are of course inspired by a build by Valgarise. Standard Power Functions. The rake consists of 4 coaches. The livery is of course more-than inspired by classic Trans Europe Express coulor scheme. Grossraumwagen, Aussichtswagen, Speisewagen and Abteilwagen. I´d even claim that it is a totally realistic consist. Construction is deliberatly kept simple. All the waggons are 100% standard SOT-build. A close-up of one of the waggons; The curious Aussichtswagen; I think the glass-dome came out particulary well. It should be easy decorating it with minifigs, and I think the solution is also easily adaptable to 7- and 8-wide models! The whole consist doing some test-rounds on my floor. It negotiates curves and turnouts perfectly well. Seasons Greetings! Ciao Edited December 9, 2014 by Hoexbroe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aura Posted December 9, 2014 Beautiful, I love the colour and detail! A really lovely train :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dr_spock Posted December 10, 2014 Nice. I think it would make a good official LEGO set. Do you have a pic of the other side of the engine? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
James Mathis Posted December 10, 2014 Nice looking "simple" build. That's not so simple to achieve! A great build that looks the part. I like it. James Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dread Pirate Rob Posted December 10, 2014 Awesome build. An updated 7740:) Love it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cgarison Posted December 10, 2014 Very nice, clean build. The cars and the engine fit very nicely together. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hoexbroe Posted December 10, 2014 Nice. I think it would make a good official LEGO set. Do you have a pic of the other side of the engine? Thanks for your comment. No, I didnt take a photo of the other side. As the locomotive is completely symmetrical, such a photo wouldnt bring much new information. Only the roof-details are not-symmetrical. (There are less, when seen from the other side) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redimus Posted December 10, 2014 Really nice build! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skystorm87 Posted December 10, 2014 Great build! I love your train! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bjorkan Posted December 10, 2014 Great. Very nice, would like to see in real it on some expo! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lightningtiger Posted December 10, 2014 Excellent engine design and I those colours on the engine and rolling stock......awesome work 'Hoexbroe' and Brick On ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pizzareno Posted December 11, 2014 (edited) This is truly super and I love how it is built in a classic style. Ah very well done. Excellent job. By the way that is a lot of tan train windows. Pricey? I find anything slightly rare in tan seems to cost heaps. Edited December 11, 2014 by Pizzareno Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hoexbroe Posted December 11, 2014 (edited) This is truly super and I love how it is built in a classic style. Ah very well done. Excellent job. By the way that is a lot of tan train windows. Pricey? I find anything slightly rare in tan seems to Lugbulk! Both the 4x3 and 2x3 windows are from Lugbulks some years ago. -And the 4x3 glass too! And now that I think of it; The 1x3 dark grey curved slope too. Thinking more; Yellow 4L bars... Train wheels... Straight PF track sections... All in all there are pieces from 4 years worth of LugBulks!!! It is finally coming together to something usefull. (Getting only a handfull of train-oriented references every year does make it take a long time. This year there wont even BE a train-group in our LUG ) Edited December 11, 2014 by Hoexbroe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pizzareno Posted December 11, 2014 Ah yes Lugbulks are great. I myself struggle to think what pieces may be useful in large quantities and then always wish I had gotten something else Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dr_spock Posted December 12, 2014 LUGBULK is great. Really helps with building MOCs for public events. You just have to plan accordingly what to get and when you can build it. Thanks for your comment. No, I didnt take a photo of the other side. As the locomotive is completely symmetrical, such a photo wouldnt bring much new information. Only the roof-details are not-symmetrical. (There are less, when seen from the other side) That's ok. I was wondering what the asymetrical roof cooling vent(?) looked like on the other side. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zephyr1934 Posted December 18, 2014 Oh wow oh wow oh wow. Oh, and did I mention that that is a great train? Indeed, a fantastic revisit and update to the topic of 7740. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redimus Posted December 18, 2014 Anyone else feel that if this was the next Creator set, no one would complain? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
*thomas* Posted December 18, 2014 Anyone else feel that if this was the next Creator set, no one would complain? I was thinking the exact same thing. Nice, compact build (esp. the loco) with some nice buidling techniques, love it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
