[MOC] Lego Stadler flirt 1 (WIP)

[jbrickj]

This is a topic to post about my stadler flirt, which is currently a work in progress, feel free to post you trains here too. Also, Comments, and critics are very welcome. 

Lego DB stadler flirt 1 side angle | jack bryan-jones | Flickr

 

Lego DB stadler flirt from front angle | Still wip | jack bryan-jones | Flickr

This is the first gen of my flirt, created a couple days ago.

[Darkkostas25]

Looks promising and cool! But sadly lego`s standard  train`s curve tracks  (their radius is comical to the proportions of MOCs) And you got nice layout! 

[Ashi Valkoinen]

I think you can share the same thoughts about your MOC what you have written in my topic previously.

Before spending too much money on bricks for the MÁV-Start version, I advice you to step back and think, what you really want to build, what are your future plans.

Your Eurobrick account says you are from the USA, so it is little suprising you started with a European FLIRT train (okay, German trains are well-known) and then you switched to an Eastern European train, like the Hungarian FLIRT. It is okay, I mean, it is cool if people build our trains, but give some thoughts to your project.

1. Why are you building trains? Seems an obvious question, but worth a shot. For your own fun? To run it at home? To participate later shows? 
2. Do you plan to build another one? You need just this one train to your LEGO City, or you build more? You build a region (Germany, Hungary, Europe), or you build mixed, all trains you like, and do you plan run them mixed on your layout?

If you have nearby an LTC (LEGO Train Club) to meet up in person, or attend their shows, I'm pretty sure that adults of those groups can give you more advice to go on.

Keep building, you have nice start, and between two BL-orders think about the points above. It will be worthy! :)

[jbrickj]

Hi so yes, I am currently living in the USA, but I was born in the UK and like half of me is Swedish, so I'm pretty much European, which is way I build from that region. I live in NJ, so there aren't many close LTC's near me, and I'm too busy to attend sadly. So, I do not plan to build another at the moment, because I'm low on parts. I like to build all kinds of trains. But trains aren't my main passion, I'm much bigger into aviation, the main reason I like trains is because I think there pretty cool, and also because my brother works for General Electric. I'm mainly just building this for fun, and it helps relieve stress. But it will probably be my last big Lego project, at least for the next few years, because soon I will be learning and most likely failing to fly planes. 

also here is the post from Ashi's topic 

 

 So, I designed this in real bricks. I am currently waiting on some orders from brick link and LEGO direct, which should get here in a few weeks. I also have changed the colors of the flirt into a blue and white MAV H-Start theme. I haven't had much time lately due to my calculus teacher giving me so much work (why???) so I can't do the snot doors yet. 

Specs of the train:

-In total its 148 studs long, around 4 feet Ish. 

-8 wide

-11 bricks and 1 plate tall excluding the pantograph. 

-motorized with LEGO POWERED UP

-One motor at one end (another on the way

- and can navigate normal r40 Lego track and normal stock switches. 

-In newer MAV color scheme

Again, thanks for the replies, have an amazing day!

 

[ivanlan9]

Your brother works for GE?  Cool.  Is he still working for them after the sale of the locomotive business to Wabtec?  Or is he now with Wabtec.

[jbrickj]

Hi, I didn’t really make it too specific in that post, but technically he isn’t fully working, like he’s not a full employee, hes really doing a very long internships. he’s doing some aeronautical engineering stuff at university and is getting experience with the stuff, he is mainly doing the stuff with jet engines, but when he first applied for the internship they had him working with trains, which’s was a few years ago. So no he doesn’t work with trains anymore. The main reason he got me into the trains is because when he was working on finishing a loco, the other people let me have a good look at it. 

[jbrickj]

Just to clarify, because some people have been asking why I chose a European theme, I chose it because Stadler flirts in the USA are rare, and in part demanding liveries, also I wanted to build a Stadler Flirt 1, which we don't get in the USA.