Captain Nemo Posted December 23, 2018 The Gingerbread Express All Aboard! So this year, my sister told me I was to make her a gingerbread town, ice rink, and train (among other unrelated things she wanted after browsing Lego Reddit, and all its random wonders). After negotiating, I talked her down to just the train--fortunately! While I do own two trains, this is the first time I've ever built my own. It was an experience. I don't intend to make any more anytime soon however, because I'm not about the life of spending four dollars per wheel. Nonetheless, I'm very happy with how it turned out! Gingerbread creations seem to be all the rage this year, but a gingerbread train was something different. I choose to forgo any real lattice work, which is common for the style, and instead utilize a couple fist fulls of tooth plates I picked up years ago from a PAB wall. The frosting technique, while rudimentary, really started to give the train a cool gooey look, so as I built the rest of the four cars I just went all in! Gingerbread Engine This was both the easiest and most difficult car to build, and its still not right. Getting the wheels to work correctly was a challenge (again, having never designed my own train, all the necessary dimensions/techniques were just unknown to me), but the goop just really worked here! I particularly like the strands of frosting that pour at the back. Gingerbread Hot Chocolate Car For the coal car, I went with a big bright cup of hot chocolate. The train is built using the 9V system, so this cup was largely used to somewhat cover the motor box. I suppose it would have made more sense to incorporate the motor in to the engine (since the motor now just pushes the engine itself forward), but I chose to put it here to keep the engine aesthetically pleasing. Any who, the addition of a giant chocolate chip cookie, peppermint sticks, and a chocolate frog was just icing on the cake. Also icing, added that too. Here you can also see the peppermint sticks that are used to attach the cars to one another. Gingerbread Cargo Car While I wasn't necessarily setting out to make a Christmas themed train, I wanted hints of that--specially in the form of a flatbed with presents. But once I had the flatbed, I just knew I needed to add a large flat gingerbread tree cookie! The giant tree cookie is geared into one of the wheels, so it spins when the train is moving. I of course threw in a bunch of presents in there too, from boxes of LEGO to cellphones and teddy-bears. Gingerbread Caboose For the caboose, I wanted a really cute, tiny car. I used the same poor-mans lattice work from the engine here, to tie the train together, but all in all this was a rather simple end car. --- Thanks for checking this out! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aukevin Posted December 23, 2018 This is perfect! I love it! Hot cocoa car is amazing! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redhead1982 Posted December 23, 2018 I love it, too. It's an interesting take on ''gingerbread''. I don't mind the train having less realistic details, and more icing. It's the icing that created the ''gingerbread'' feeling, and you did that great. My favourite is the cocoa mug with chocolate chip cookie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kjm161 Posted December 23, 2018 It is a perfect gingerbread train, right down to the peppermint connectors between the cars. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kristel Posted December 23, 2018 It is gorgeous!! Love the caboose and the cargo car, especially how you did the gingerbread tree. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dr_spock Posted December 23, 2018 It looks edible. Cocoa tender car is clever. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grand Duke Piettington Posted December 23, 2018 Sweet and sugary satisfaction around a tree. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peedeejay Posted December 23, 2018 What a wonderful build! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dragunov2 Posted December 23, 2018 Those one I want to build aswell, if u want to share a lxf file, thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jkris53406 Posted December 24, 2018 This is awesome! Well done! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rustinidiel Posted December 24, 2018 wonderfull creation!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted December 24, 2018 What a sweet train! Nice coupling system and amazing use of colors ...a train to eat! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
carebear Posted December 24, 2018 So Cute!!!! Love this!!! Great Great Woirk!!! Greetings! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Karalora Posted December 24, 2018 There are not enough heart emojis in the entire internet to describe how I feel about this build! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robert8 Posted December 24, 2018 Jesus god... This not a MOC, is a piece of art Better than all the official LEGO products released this year Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dazzzy Posted December 24, 2018 It looks good enough to eat! My favourite carriage has the be the cookie and hot chocolate one. Absolutely awesome! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sander1992 Posted December 24, 2018 Great build and nice photo's. I really like the white, tan, MDF combination and the hot chocolate car is stunning. Thanks for sharing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UnicornFunWithToys Posted December 24, 2018 It looks lovely !! Also awesome pictures :) happy holidays :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunhuntin Posted December 25, 2018 I love it! It looks better than the actual christmas train from a couple of years back. Would buy this in a heartbeat, and would love to buy instructions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cylo Posted December 26, 2018 This looks really good! Happy holidays to everyone! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hollander Posted December 26, 2018 Haven't seen such a funny and well built MOC in a long time! 10/10! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roadmonkeytj Posted December 26, 2018 This is very convincing as a gingerbread train... You make me want to have my own now lol! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
physalis2099 Posted December 26, 2018 Pretty creative train. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
