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Hi everyone,

waiting to release the my next locomotive I've taken a break to make a replica of this fascinating wagon found on Lego Ideas (Torpedo Wagon by Stephanix): the torpedo wagon.

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A torpedo wagon is one of the largest and heaviest cargo wagons in the world (andĀ  It is definitely my longest car :laugh:); it is used to transport hot liquid iron to the foundry where the liquid iron is poured in to molds.

The torpedo wagon has a load capacity of 160 ton ...and I simply love this lego model! :wub:

Inside the cabin I've inserted a mechanism with a worm gear to tilt the torpedo

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See you soon... :wink:

Edited by LEGO Train 12 Volts

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Excellent, I love that! You have already made two models I want to do, before the triplex and now this!

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When I saw the first pic, which was from a distance, it looked very blah. But up close, I then noticed the great details put into the wheel bases and I was like "WOW!". And that pic of it going around the curves? Crazy! I'd love to see a video of it running! Four thumbs up. (My big toes helped out.)

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4 hours ago, Brickwolf said:

Interesting prototype!

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4 hours ago, LegoMonorailFan said:

I then noticed the great details put into the wheel bases and I was like "WOW!"

The wheels are so many ...and it's amazing see all of them turning around on the train switches! :classic:

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Very nice model, well detailed, as usual in your realizations.Ā 

The Lego track geometry proves, once more, to be very poor for modeling.

Sergio and Eros

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2 hours ago, monai said:

The Lego track geometry proves, once more, to be very poor for modeling.

Well maybe it doesn't operate on the track like the real thing, but I'm sure its a fun and very rewarding challenge once accomplished

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Nice work. The torpedo car seems built on the same idea as the Schnabel car. And the yard locomotive is cute too.

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11 hours ago, monai said:

Very nice model, well detailed, as usual in your realizations.Ā 

The Lego track geometry proves, once more, to be very poor for modeling.

Thanks Sergio & Elos, the lego geometry is just a standard to respect but in my large layout I'll prefer large radius curves to avoid this hilarious situation! :wink:

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8 hours ago, LegoMonorailFan said:

I'm sure its a fun and very rewarding challenge once accomplished

You're right, every my locomotives and wagons must pass this test ...this is the real challenge! :thumbup:

1 hour ago, Feuer Zug said:

The yard locomotive is cute too.

The yard locomotive is sold by blokbricks ...and I agree: it's a great model :wub:

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Nice model.Ā  It's always fun to see long cars with many wheels try to get around LEGO R40 curves.Ā  Does your torpedo make it through switches?Ā  :classic:

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That's gorgeous! :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
The undercarriage, the handrails - such carefully elaborated details. But the icing on the cake is the tilting mechanism - stunning!

Would love to have a wagon like this for my industrial locomotives...
:wub::wub:

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On 15/5/2017 at 10:02 PM, Tenderlok said:

Would love to have a wagon like this for my industrial locomotives...

You're always too kind Tenderlok but I know that you play in a different league :blush: ...when you talk about elaborate details I just think to your locomotives :wub:

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Very impressive...Ā  I love how you build to go round standard geometry...Ā  The tilt is great as well!Ā 

I will have to look up that yard switcher it's sharp!Ā 

Now you must build the smelter and the foundry!Ā 

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Well, it's already been bumped so I guess we can comment.Ā :wink:

This wagon really has it all - massive size, realistic tilting function, and serves to illustrate just how ridiculously tightĀ the standard Lego curves are.Ā :thumbup:

Someone should build a train MOCĀ with bogies 80 studs apart that couldĀ just rotate around the center of a track circle!

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5 hours ago, Roadmonkeytj said:

Very impressive...Ā  I love how you build to go round standard geometry...Ā  The tilt is great as well!Ā 

I will have to look up that yard switcher it's sharp!Ā 

Now you must build the smelter and the foundry!Ā 

Already done ...soon I'll post new picture of my industrial districtĀ :wink:

5 hours ago, Pdaitabird said:

Well, it's already been bumped so I guess we can comment.Ā :wink:

This wagon really has it all - massive size, realistic tilting function, and serves to illustrate just how ridiculously tightĀ the standard Lego curves are.Ā :thumbup:

Someone should build a train MOCĀ with bogies 80 studs apart that couldĀ just rotate around the center of a track circle!

Correct ...to run this wagon in a serious way you need curves with more than 40Ā° radius

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that is really cool! i like it how it snakes trough the really tight lego curves.

XG BC

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On 5/7/2017 at 11:17 AM, LEGO Train 12 Volts said:

Inside the cabin I've inserted a mechanism with a worm gear to tilt the torpedo

Could you give me some details, please? How did you do it in such a small space?

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3 hours ago, LEGO Train 12 Volts said:

Are you Stephanix? I've used a worm gear on a 12 tooth gearĀ 

Stephanix is Dutch so I don't think he is ;)

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