(Work in Progress) EMD F7A in 8-Wide

[SavaTheAggie]

This design is heavily based on Nathaniel Brill's 20th Century Limited EMD E7 locomotive.  I've built it here in the Santa Fe Warbonnet livery, but I'll most likely be building it in another.

 

Santa Fe Super Chief EMD F7A by Tony Sava, on Flickr

 

But why build it in the Warbonnet livery if you don't compare it to #10020?

10020 vs MOC by Tony Sava, on Flickr

 

Hopefully I can start putting bricks together soon so I can iron out the unknowns.

 

--Tony

[icemorons]

Looks great!!

[supertruper1988]

Images was is large

[zephyr1934]

Great job with the tough angles (and excellent inspiration from Nate). Would look good as a black widow.

[rahziel]

Excellent work, as always, those front windows got to be a pain to build, but gave the cabin the real look, well done!

[Stash2Sixx]

Looks awesome Tony.  Excited to see how it works out for you in real bricks!  Dependent on color options, lot of possibilities for this bad boy!!!!

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Amazing work (as always Tony) ...are you planning to make also the B unit?

[Paperinik77pk]

Great locomotive, the front view is impressive...it has a realistic impact at first look. Thumbs up  ?

[kieran]

Looks amazing, I have one in 6 wide, this will be fantastic when complete and pulling a heavy load 

[SavaTheAggie]

Thanks all, I appreciate it.

On 2/23/2018 at 4:10 PM, LEGO Train 12 Volts said:

Amazing work (as always Tony) ...are you planning to make also the B unit?

Not for a Super Chief, but definitely for the Texas & Pacific version I have designed.  I may build a Super Chief version, but it may be just to do it. 

On 2/25/2018 at 3:42 PM, Blk69 said:

Are you going to have a front coupler? Does look cleaner without (as you designed).  Looks forward to seeing some pictures when you have built

My original design had a front coupler, but then I recalculated my scale and noticed my engine was one plate too short.  Adding the extra plate changed how the nose worked with itself and I had to change it up - the shortcut being to remove the coupler.  However, I've come up with an idea that may allow a coupler after all, but will require working with real bricks to see if it works.

--Tony

[SavaTheAggie]

Real world progress.

Santa Fe F7A WiP#4 by Tony Sava, on Flickr

--Tony

[Pdaitabird]

Very nice locomotive, and a great improvement on the official model. Your train MOCs are always inspiring  and are what first drew me back into the world of LEGO trains.

[pirzyk]

Nice! 

[sed6]

Fantastic! It's very rewarding to see ones digital creation come to life. You really nailed this one!

[zephyr1934]

Very nice! I Trust your report card for this term will have two A's and two B's?

[ecmo47]

Great job capturing the essence of the F7! Especially the "sad eyes" front windows. Hope to see some plans made available so that it can be "kit-bashed" into other road color schemes which are endless!

[jrathfon]

Love it!! It's funny how the nose has to be built different in each livery due to brick availability! More dark blue curved bricks have come out since I built my L&N E7's. I also drew on Nathaniel's design, and Shupp even helped me with the window glass bit. We should have a gather of the E/F 7/8's in all their various livery's! 8 wide of course. I might rework mine with a different nose and also rescale it. This was my first big MOC so I believe I actually scaled to 1/40. I might shrink them a bit and go with 1/48. Cheers!

My L&N E7's:

 

[SavaTheAggie]

I couldn't decide if I should start a new topic, but since I don't have a large number of pics, I concluded here was best.

I have finished my EMD F7A, complete with stickers by Okbrickworks.

EMD F7A Santa Fe Warbonnet by Tony Sava, on Flickr

EMD F7A Santa Fe Warbonnet by Tony Sava, on Flickr

I currently have no plans to make a matching B unit for this locomotive, this was more of a proof of concept.  However I am planning A+B locomotives and a full passenger consist in the Texas & Pacific "Texas Eagle" livery.

--Tony

[zephyr1934]

4 hours ago, SavaTheAggie said:

I currently have no plans to make a matching B unit for this locomotive, this was more of a proof of concept.  However I am planning A+B locomotives and a full passenger consist in the Texas & Pacific "Texas Eagle" livery.

--Tony

Looking good (I like how you got the number boards in there and all the tricky curves on the nose/cab/windshield), and I'm looking forward to seeing the Eagle

[Roadmonkeytj]

On 7/10/2018 at 2:28 PM, SavaTheAggie said:

Real world progress.

Santa Fe F7A WiP#4 by Tony Sava, on Flickr

--Tony

Very convincing model indeed ... Would love to see this with a secondary unit

[Man with a hat]

Ooh what a beauty. You always manage to make perfect trains.

[baard]

Love the execution of this MOC. thanks for sharing!

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