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I'd go 8. While locomotives are often a bit wider than rolling stock, the difference is pretty insubstantial in the modern era. Most railroads have a fairly set-in-stone loading gauge, and build to that standard across the board. Plus, this is a small engine, and you want it to look little. The best way to accomplish that is to have big cars.

Love it.

This is the double-whammy of no-nos, and you managed to do it all in just 7 words.

Couple of decent closeups: Not sure if China blocks imgur, of course... You might also want to use these on the sides: It has that sort of distinct triangular shape there. Other parts might achieve it better. Like I said, though, this is already really great.

The angling on that is more severe, though, isn't it?

Okay, my one criticism of this otherwise superb build is that I think you need a ton more piping/detailing on the sides of the boiler. Just start attaching clips and throw whatever sticks up there - lug wrenches, screw drivers, lightsaber handles, binoculars, etc., etc... basically the entire bag of tricks. Because, for a European locomotive, it's very obvious at first glance that the hallmark (other than the camel hump) of this class of engines is some very American-like nonchalance with regards to exposed parts, and you need more of 'em. I also agree with @monai's suggestion to heighten the tender by about a brick - hopefully this won't be too difficult for you. I also would have made an effort to use bigger driving wheels, but this is less of a critique than a different opinion (I think people run their Lego railroads to varied standards, and drivers are one of those 'soft' stats that can be fudged either way). Overall, though, I love it. The hump is excellent, and the smoke deflectors and cab angling are tops. I confess, though, that my favorite part is actually the bogies on the tender - I like it when people aren't afraid to 'go big' on their trucks to get more detail, and you went big, and it paid off. *Edit* Oh, and if it doesn't offend your sensibilities, please buy custom rods. They're just a big visual improvement (provided that using custom pieces doesn't violate your own building code).

I have no complaints about the cab roof. Everything in Lego is a tradeoff. The price for the very prototypical contour is a few studs. No big.

Nice. Did I do one of these? I cannot honestly remember. If you need any assistance, let me know.

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...it's not direct-to-video? Oi. I can see it all now...

Looks mechanically okay to me. The only issue I foresee is that by placing the motor so close to the wheels, it now basically supplants any detailing you might have there (or necessary space between the frame and the boiler). This low center of gravity will probably make any engine more stable, but it might not look as good overall.

Tongue-in-cheek reference to whatever police base comes next.

Free mahi mahi, too.

Meh. Just drop explosives over the side. It's the pirate way!

I think they did that on an episode of Community.

I didn't see the original post, heh. And I wasn't trying to be snarky - was just wondering if it was, like, dioramas owning other dioramas somehow.

Why is Diaorama's possessive?

Sometimes circumstances change - doesn't necessarily mean someone has died. People start families, lose interest, etc. I wouldn't fret too much.

Thanks. I've always liked the classic pirates theme with a lot of yellow.

Not any time soon. She'd probably cost 2-3 grand to construct, and I just don't have that kind of scratch. Maybe one day. I don't think it's specific to me. Rather, I think it's due to the fact that the pirates forum has its own MOCs subforum. A lot of what we do here flies sort of under the radar, while places like trains and historica have their mocs front and center. Not angry - and not making a complaint. Just think a lot of people's work in pirates gets missed (not snubbed, just not seen). Like, I didn't even know there was a moc sub forum for the first 6 months I was here...

Redid the stern - cleaned it up, and added the side lanterns.

Interesting. I still wish they'd do a play-scale version of this ship.

Out of curiosity, you always see paintings where the yards for the topsail (middle sail) on the main and foremasts are really low (you can see it in that painting of Prince Royal). Was the entire yard/sail hoisted up the mast during this era?

A few renders (I downloaded stud.io specifically for this, since Bluerender causes my GTX 2080 Super to self destruct for some reason. No chances of a change on my part from LDD, though. I cannot stand stud.io). There's no piping on the beak because the bends didn't transfer, and I wasn't going to learn the process just for some screenshots :P. I have one more picture in the oven. Will post when it finishes.

I had wondered that. I grabbed a whole bunch of the screenshots in my build folder last night right before sleeping, looked kind of blearily at that one for a moment, and dropped it in. Oh well.