Paperinik77pk Posted October 4, 2021 Hi all, after seeing the beautiful V60 created by @Asper, I realized that I've never tried to represent it (I started with the V80 and V100). Being the iconic 7760 historically identified a s a V60, I did not pay too much attention to that specific group of locomotives. But it's a nice shunter and has a pretty complex shape, so I wondered if it could be possible to replicate it in 12v-style. The result is pretty similar to the 7760 and to the red little locomotive shown near the car-loader in 7777 book. The front hood starts in 4 wide, then becomes 5-wide to return again to 4-wide. The rear part of the cabin is 5-wide and features low doors (standard train doors were too big). 2x1x2 blue windows are going all around the cabin (no absurdly expensive 3x1x2 windows needed!) I did not mean to make it too complicated, but at least representing the enlarging/restricting body was mandatory to make it different from the 7760. Paint scheme and the headlights were made to elaborate a bit the front and rear parts. Some handrails made with bars could have been nice, but were not existing as parts at the time. I made also the red version with yellow stripes - just to see how it was like. The more I look at it the more I think also the V100 needs some restyling, now! That's all for the moment! Ciao! Davide Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Selander Posted October 4, 2021 Nice designs 👍 I love V60:s 😉 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sven J Posted October 4, 2021 (edited) A very nice new interpretation of a 12V classic! Brings back sweet childhood memories... What program did you use to render the pictures? Doesn't look like Stud.io. Edited October 4, 2021 by Tenderlok Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paperinik77pk Posted October 5, 2021 (edited) 14 hours ago, Selander said: Nice designs 👍 I love V60:s 😉 Thank you very much!!! They are nice locomotives indeed and deserve to be reproduced in any scale! 14 hours ago, Tenderlok said: A very nice new interpretation of a 12V classic! Brings back sweet childhood memories... What program did you use to render the pictures? Doesn't look like Stud.io. Ciao Sven!!! Thanks as usual - the CAD is always Stud.Io, but in the rendering panel I chose "POV-RAY" instead of "Photorealistic". My poor spare computer (a barebone with a Celeron fanless and Intel Graphic card, even if souped up with a lot of memory and fast SSDs), has no power to generate high level renderings, but it seems times and quality is acceptable with this POV-RAY method. It has a more "playful" feeling I hope to get back to a more powerful rig, but for the moment prices are way too high due to "chip crisis". Edited October 5, 2021 by Paperinik77pk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sven J Posted October 5, 2021 (edited) Hi Davide, thanks for the information! On 10/5/2021 at 10:54 AM, Paperinik77pk said: It has a more "playful" feeling That's exactly what I thought. The pictures almost look as if they were from an advertising campaign of the '80s. I like that nostalgic appeal very much! Edited October 6, 2021 by Tenderlok Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zephyr1934 Posted October 5, 2021 The build is amazing given the limitation of mid 80's parts and the renders are great. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paperinik77pk Posted October 6, 2021 18 hours ago, zephyr1934 said: The build is amazing given the limitation of mid 80's parts and the renders are great. Thank you very much Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reker1000000 Posted October 6, 2021 I love this! Keep 12v alive. I may try to build this at some point... Davide, your MOC's are amazing! I especially love your large steam engines. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asper Posted October 6, 2021 Wonderful - I like the parts used for the headlights. Great idea! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paperinik77pk Posted October 6, 2021 7 hours ago, Reker1000000 said: I love this! Keep 12v alive. I may try to build this at some point... Davide, your MOC's are amazing! I especially love your large steam engines. Thanks!!! It's a very appreaciated compliment, sincerely! 4 hours ago, Asper said: Wonderful - I like the parts used for the headlights. Great idea! Thank you sir!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
XG BC Posted October 9, 2021 awesome model really nice bulding style it for shure is difficult to make the model look like the prototype but not going to fancy and ruining the 12v astetic Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paperinik77pk Posted October 9, 2021 3 hours ago, XG BC said: awesome model really nice bulding style it for shure is difficult to make the model look like the prototype but not going to fancy and ruining the 12v astetic Thanks!!! It's not so difficult, mainly a matter of exercise! Just pick a prototype, try to keep the overall shape, find the main details and try to understand how to reproduce them with parts and colors of the time. In some cases I go beyond the 4,5v and 12v style, not including the big doors for example, and in some cases using SNOT tecniques - applying the rule "piece was existing at the time and I can use it as I like". I'm more restrictive on color palette,and this is blocking a lot of nice prototypes to be drawn and built (e.g. green wagons). Basically for Gray Era trains from the 80s you've to downgrade your mind to 8-bit! My brain never upgraded, though. **** COMMODORE 64 BASIC V2 **** 64k RAM SYSTEM 38911 BYTES FREE READY. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
XG BC Posted October 9, 2021 3 hours ago, Paperinik77pk said: Thanks!!! It's not so difficult, mainly a matter of exercise! Just pick a prototype, try to keep the overall shape, find the main details and try to understand how to reproduce them with parts and colors of the time. In some cases I go beyond the 4,5v and 12v style, not including the big doors for example, and in some cases using SNOT tecniques - applying the rule "piece was existing at the time and I can use it as I like". I'm more restrictive on color palette,and this is blocking a lot of nice prototypes to be drawn and built (e.g. green wagons). Basically for Gray Era trains from the 80s you've to downgrade your mind to 8-bit! My brain never upgraded, though. **** COMMODORE 64 BASIC V2 **** 64k RAM SYSTEM 38911 BYTES FREE READY. i mean you are thinking similar to how i think when doing 4 wide models just that i am kinda going the other way with like how can i make this piece stay on? but the overall line of thinking is very similar! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted October 10, 2021 Simply amazing! If the 12 volt devices and the relative motors were available, fabulous models could still be created today again! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paperinik77pk Posted October 10, 2021 1 hour ago, LEGO Train 12 Volts said: ... and the relative motors were available... ....working on it, but it's a real mess to "pirate" those old parts Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zephyr1934 Posted October 10, 2021 22 hours ago, Paperinik77pk said: My brain never upgraded, though. **** COMMODORE 64 BASIC V2 **** 64k RAM SYSTEM 38911 BYTES FREE READY. I bet Geos blew your mind! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paperinik77pk Posted October 10, 2021 3 hours ago, zephyr1934 said: I bet Geos blew your mind! Indeed! I bought 512kb of ram for the C128 in order to run it, discovering three weeks later that the new AMIGA was out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JopieK Posted October 12, 2021 Gentle reminder that this topic is about DB V60 in 12V style and not a gathering of computer geeks ;) Even though I think that a love for LEGO Trains and (embedded) computer systems makes perfect sense :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ivanlan9 Posted October 13, 2021 Please! Not my kneecaps! Metta, Ivan (computer geek since the 60s) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
