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Hello, here is my latest stop motion video of a Bank robbery in the Wild West. The bandits have robbed then bank and stolen a western version of R.E.X. and Ronin needs some help getting it back.
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old 4-2-4 steam engine on a plinth in a city park - modular building compatible MOC
Murdoch17 posted a topic in LEGO Train Tech
What does a railroad do with a tired, worn out (yet historic) steam loco from an earlier timeframe, when scrap prices are too low to make it worthwhile to destroy right away? Why, send it to some lineside municipality looking to fill out a park and get a tax write-off to boot! Such was the fate of a lot of older locomotives in the early 1900's, 20's, and 30's. (The 4-4-0 Texas of the The Great Locomotive Chase fame comes to mind in this regard.) Sadly, a lot of World War II scrap drives drove towns and cities to destroy historic engines and other pieces of our shared industrial heritage, causing irreplaceable pieces to be destroyed and untold damage to be done to others. In the decades following the 1940's, many engines were also destroyed by Mother Nature - left to rot in public parks until they were beyond saving and the cutting torch was brought in to put them out of their misery. Thankfully, not all was lost in these dark times! A lot were pulled from their pedestal and refurbished cosmetically, with shelters erected around them. Some very lucky few were even restored to working order for a new generation to enjoy the sights, sounds, ands smells of a living steam loco and a long-passed way of life. Now, onto the LEGO model itself. This modular-compatible plinth was born out of a idea to show off a western loco in a modern LUG layout without it looking odd. The locomotive portion of the model was heavily inspired by the famous C.P. Huntington 4-2-4T steam loco originally owned by the Central Pacific, which was at one point on a plinth very similar to this one. Thoughts? EDIT 7/19/23: Added new pictures, as I made the model modular-building compatible. Original pictures in spoiler: -
Here are some Studio renders of my western boomtown tent building. The white pieces on the roof and sides are there to represent tent fabric, when I am able to actually build this MOC I will probably use fabric or paper instead of the white pieces. This particular building is of a restaurant. 1.7 Layout by Jamin Star, on Flickr Tent Building v1.7.1 by Jamin Star, on Flickr Tent Building v1.7.2 by Jamin Star, on Flickr Tent Building v1.7.3 by Jamin Star, on Flickr Tent Building v1.7.4 by Jamin Star, on Flickr Tent Building v1.7.5 by Jamin Star, on Flickr Tent Building v1.7.6 by Jamin Star, on Flickr Tent Building v1.7.7 by Jamin Star, on Flickr
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Here is a design of a old west firehouse to house my old time Steamer Fire Engine. Old West Firehouse by Jamin Star, on Flickr Old West Firehouse by Jamin Star, on Flickr Old West Firehouse by Jamin Star, on Flickr Lego Old West Steamer Fire Engine by Jamin Star, on Flickr Lego Old West Steamer Fire Engine by Jamin Star, on Flickr Lego Old West Steamer Fire Engine by Jamin Star, on Flickr Lego Old West Steamer Fire Engine by Jamin Star, on Flickr
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Here are some Studio renders of a theater that I designed for my Western Town. Studio Render Lego Western Theater by Jamin Star, on Flickr Studio Render Lego Western Theater by Jamin Star, on Flickr Studio Render Lego Western Theater by Jamin Star, on Flickr Studio Render Lego Western Theater by Jamin Star, on Flickr Studio Render Lego Western Theater by Jamin Star, on Flickr Studio Render Lego Western Theater by Jamin Star, on Flickr Studio Render Lego Western Theater by Jamin Star, on Flickr
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Some confederate soldiers. I put them on a yellow background so they didn't look too good - the title is a nod to them rising in insurrection against the US and being on the wrong side of history. The torsos are largely taken from official figures with some of the print partially removed.
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Hi :) Here is the ultimate presentation of my Lego Western City as a travel video. :) I hope you will enjoy watching it. And I'm happy about every feedback.
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"Ravenwood, CO" An old west Colorado town collaboration with Matt Hudson and @Donnie Bricko . Made for the CoWLUG display at the Spring 2023 Rocky Mountain Train Show
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Hi, I made a stop motion commercial in Wild West style. The clip is placed in my Lego western Layout. I hope you will enjoy it :)
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Hello, here is a render from Bricklink Studio software of a Sheriff's Office that I designed for my Western Town. Sherriff Office 2.8 Studio Render 1 by Jamin Star, on Flickr Sherriff Office 2.8 Studio Render 2 by Jamin Star, on Flickr Sherriff Office 2.8 Studio Render 3 by Jamin Star, on Flickr Lego Western Town Sheriff Office by Jamin Star, on Flickr Sherriff Office 2.8 Studio Render 5 by Jamin Star, on Flickr Sherriff Office 2.8 Studio Render 6 by Jamin Star, on Flickr Sherriff Office 2.8 Studio Render 7 by Jamin Star, on Flickr
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Howdy folks! As a child growing up, the LEGO City theme has been my most favourite theme. I also experienced some LEGO Adventurers, LEGO Spider-Man, LEGO Creator, etc. I never owned any LEGO Western sets or Lone Ranger sets, but had seen them online. I would save up pocket money, birthday money, Christmas money, to purchase LEGO sets from Woolworths (UK), Moons Toy Store (UK), or Argos (UK). They were "the good old days", indeed. Today I am a AFOL - adult fan of LEGO. Fascination and interest of the Wild West and Western has began to grow since playing - Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018) - by the famous Rockstar Games. It was indeed an incredible historic time period, with a lot of room for imagination and adventure. I would love to someday make a LEGO Western town main street, but seek advice from the Eurobricks LEGO community. If I was to build a Western setting, what should I consider? Any recommendations? What town buildings do you suggest? Some structure ideas include: Saloon Hotel Sheriff's Office Bank Stable General Store Gun Store Undertaker's Town Hall Train Station w/ train Barbers Mine & Mineshaft Hunter's Shack Fisherman's Shack Shack & Houses Fort ? Church & graveyard Addition ideas: Riffles, guns, pistols, dynamite Railway Wagons & horses Cactus
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Here is a Hardware store for my western town. It is Billy's Hardware Store which is run by the brothers Jeff Billy and Jack Billy BH 2.0 by Jamin Star, on Flickr BH 5.0 by Jamin Star, on Flickr BH 6.0 by Jamin Star, on Flickr BH 10.0 by Jamin Star, on Flickr BH 7.0 by Jamin Star, on Flickr BH 8.0 by Jamin Star, on Flickr BH 9.0 by Jamin Star, on Flickr BH 4.0 by Jamin Star, on Flickr
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Hello, Brickwest Studio, formerly submitted by BrickyBricks82 to Lego Ideas, was given a second chance in the Bricklink Designer Program Round 2 competition. Due to the tragedy on the set of Rust, this set was moved to the Round 3. It had a good chance to qualify for production in round 2 but I fear it could not in the round 3 as a lot people are chatting about the 8 other projects. Only the first five designs to reach 3,000 pre-orders will be produced. I wonder if the fans of LEGO Historic Themes plan to buy a set like this? If you do, maybe we can make it real :) I love this set because it has an Old West vibe ;) What do you think about that? If you want more details, here is the link to the Bricklink Designer Program crowdfunding and the link to the Brickwest Studio project. (I don't know BrickyBricks82 and I have no interest in this project ^^ I just love this set and would like to share it with other people who would like to get one like me ;) )
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DISCLAIMER: This steam locomotive featured below was heavily inspired by pictures of @SavaTheAggie's 4-4-0 from 2007, visible here. I added a tender inspired by another Sava loco (his 4-6-0, also from 2007) as seen here. I also made the front bogie actually connect to the front of the loco. (before, in the original design it was totally free-floating) I also made a few structural / style tweaks here and there, to make it "my own". My dad is getting this loco for his 65th birthday, as I wanted to make him something he would find relatable to his own collection of 1990's / early 2000's 9v era trains, of which he has most of what was released. This engine is meant to go with a few copies of 10015 - Passenger Wagon, and a single 10014 - Caboose will accompany this engine. The loco isn't motorized however, but it can be by removing the tender's wheels and adding in a 9v motor instead. Sadly, when I gave it to him I forgot to get pictures of the whole train together... this older picture will have to do until I can get a proper one taken. Thoughts?
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Wild West railroad engine shed for steam locomotives MOC - real world WIP
Murdoch17 posted a topic in LEGO Train Tech
This railway engine shed was mostly inspired by user @lightningtiger, who designed the basic Technic frame on his own smaller shed for his town in 2018, and I ran with the technique to create this wooden western-style steam locomotive shed. It is also slightly inspired by by the shed used to store the replica Union Pacific "119" and Central Pacific "Jupiter" 4-4-0 steam locomotive's over at the Golden Spike National Historic Park. (link is to Wikipedia article on the site) located at Promontory Summit, Utah. The shed is 3 1/2 tracks long with a total of 56 studs from back wall to the leading edge of the baseplate. (I ordered 3D printed half-track segments for the model, which aren't in LDD. The model shown uses a full length straight instead, and is thus much longer than it will actually be when finished.) The building also features a cow skull on the front between the locomotive stalls, just to give it that Wild West flair. The roof of the shed is not removable, but it can fold open a bit on clips on either side. The model neatly fits both 4-4-0's I recently made that were inspired by 7597. (These loco's also are heavily inspired by 119 and Jupiter, in case you couldn't tell!) The rear of the shed features a personnel door for workers. Up on the roof, you may have noticed those round black things: they are the vents for smoke and soot from steam engines to exit the building. Slight update to train shed as of 7/14/22: The 3D printed half-track pieces I bought didn't want to attach to the baseplate properly, so they have been removed. Also, the 8x16 bricks were hitting the side-rods of the steam locomotives, so they were replaced with a multitude of 6x8 plates to lower the platform to a height where they wouldn't collide. ...And that's all I have done for now. More real world WIP pictures will comes as soon as possible. As usual, comments, complaints, and suggestions on this model welcome! -
When she had first seen the mud cracks, they had immediately reminded Marie Ansberg of a Biergarten dance floor she had seen in Vienna as a child. The thought stuck in her mind and she plotted a dance party. The snowpack was melting in the mountains and the wash by her house was flowing, so she invited the entire town population out for a celebration. Joaquin sang them songs of homecoming. Terence's fiddle solos wove together with Herbert's righthand piano lines. Lucas kept them swinging to the beat with the upright bass. Though it cast shadows, Marie wasn’t going to let a singular cloud darken the festivities. They danced well into the night. ----------------------- Built for the 2022 Rocky Mountain Train Show in Denver. A fun chance to use some new inverted arch and hot dog pieces! Had fun with the paddle bridge. The building is inspired by @Ayrlego's recent southwest MOC. The vulture is built using Stefan G's tutorial technique.
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7597 Western Train Chase steam locomotive fixes and tender addition - with free LDD file
Murdoch17 posted a topic in LEGO Train Tech
Ever since buying my first copy of Toy Story 3 LEGO set 7597 in May / June 2010, I've wanted to make the steam engine in the set look more realistic. The lack of tender bothered me greatly, and so did a few other things I talk about below. I created my first steam loco MOC I could call my own from it's framework, but that failed hard to even make turns at all when built in real life. (I suspect R120 wouldn't even work with that model.) So, it was scrapped in 2012 after sitting around for two years despite my best attempts to get it working. The Lone Ranger sets came out the following year, and I forgot about the odd 7597 engine as years went by and my skills increased. Then, in July / August of this year, a decade after I bought the original copy, I saw set 7597 sitting complete in a window of my local LEGO resale store. It was purchased, and I started working on a design soon thereafter. Of course, the person who purchased it for me (It cost a bit) wouldn't let me get at it physically until November, but nonetheless, here is that design all polished up and ready to roll into your collection via the free LDD file you can find at the end of this post. The locomotive as it is in LDD upon opening the file, which you will find at the bottom of this post. Almost all the needed parts for this MOD are grouped in the file. Everything else should already be on the stock loco model from the set, though it will need to be mostly taken apart to allow you to rebuild it with my changes. if you are building the MOD from set 7597, there are only two printed 1 x 4 green bricks on the tender that should be printed like so. However, if you are building the loco from scratch, use four of the above parts, (two on tender, two on the loco) and one of these 2 x 2 red printed bricks for the number on the headlight. 99.8% of the parts needed for the conversion from the set are shown above. The printed parts are unprinted as shown, and the red wheels are shown, but not available from BrickLink. You will need need one of these custom wheel parts packs in red color (plus 4x part 2878 for holding said custom wheels) for the tender wheels from BrickTracks to complete the tender. Among my changes, I lowered the loco cab floor of my copy of 7597 (Western Train Chase) loco by a brick or so to compensate for the roof being a brick fewer height-wise and to better match the floor of the tender. This still allows for the taller 2010 Toy Story figures to still fit inside the loco cab, and also making for a smoother transition from train cars to steam engine. This change also made the left-to-right swiveling driving wheel section impossible to keep, (I didn't like it anyway!) and by extension the front bogie had to change too. Thus, the connection to the leading wheels from the driving wheels was changed to a 10194-syle design to allow for you to push the train on the track without derailing. I also never liked the awkward original piston design in 7597, so I changed it to have a more stable, non-floppy connection to the engine via a double Technic pin connector. Actual working cylinders connected to the new side rods will never be a thing on this engine due to the way the pistons are attached to the new moving front bogie instead of the boiler, but I can mimic the effect pretty well with the design I have here. You can find the LDD file here at my Bricksafe page for it. I haven't quite finished taking pictures of my version of the model, but this photo of it and it's sister loco (dark blue steamer NOT Included in file!) will do for now. Please note, the model shown has color changed side-rods and "pistons" due to parts I had on hand from my collection. It isn't quite like the LDD file because the parts in said file are cheaper when colored like they are. (Thought I'd save you guys a couple dollars / yen / rubles / euros, etc.) Plus, it makes my different than everybody else's! Thoughts? -
Here are some minifigs I made to be the villains in western town. They call themselves the Scorpion gang and currently are made up of seven members. Also here is a render from studio software of a saloon I designed to be there hangout. WV 1.1 by Jamin Star, on Flickr WV 1.0 by Jamin Star, on Flickr WV 2.0 by Jamin Star, on Flickr WV 3.0 by Jamin Star, on Flickr WV 4.0 by Jamin Star, on Flickr WV 5.0 by Jamin Star, on Flickr WV 6.0 by Jamin Star, on Flickr WV 7.0 by Jamin Star, on Flickr WV 8.0 by Jamin Star, on Flickr WV Red House 3.4 by Jamin Star, on Flickr
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1870's modular Wild West railroad depot - 7594-style MOC with free LDD file
Murdoch17 posted a topic in LEGO Train Tech
This 1870's-style modular Western railroad station was originally inspired by set the Sheriff's office in 7594 (Woody's Roundup!) which I have re-named "Gold City", after set 6765 (Gold City Junction) from the Wild West theme of the mid-1990's. If this model looks familiar, your are not suffering from Deja-Vu... this model was designed and built in early 2016 for use as my original Fort Legoredo passenger station, but in a different color scheme more reminiscent of the Toy Story set that inspired it. It lasted in it's as built condition until mid-2018 when it was dismantled. (Being built of mostly reddish-brown at that time, it sadly shattered upon attempting to take it apart. ) In June 2021, I found the old LDD file and began working on it again, adding new windows, revising the roof sections and changing the overall color scheme. The street side of the station. There is a freight ramp at either end of the platform for hauling heavy items into the station proper. The main floor features the twin waiting rooms and ticket office, with a staircase to the employee's-only top floor. Upstairs is the stationmaster's office, complete with Telegraph key, opening safe, and scale for measuring silver nuggets weight / worth. Outside on this floor are two identical station signs (one on the front and on on back) along with the standard twin station clocks. The modularity of the station means the roof, second floor, main floor, and the two platform extensions are removable from each other as shown. NOTES: Here is the original model in 2016 as seen in the only photo series ever taken of it. This is not one of the best of that series, but it IS all in the shot! Also, I don't think it's going to get the newer one built in real life anytime soon... though it is 100% buildable according to BrickLink. (too many projects to build already, and it would be my fourth RR station at this current time.) The free LDD file can be downloaded from Bricksafe here. -
Here is my MOC of an old time Steamer Fire Engine to go along with my Western Town builds. Lego Old West Steamer Fire Engine by Jamin Star, on Flickr Lego Old West Steamer Fire Engine by Jamin Star, on Flickr Lego Old West Steamer Fire Engine by Jamin Star, on Flickr Lego Old West Steamer Fire Engine by Jamin Star, on Flickr Lego Old West Steamer Fire Engine by Jamin Star, on Flickr Lego Old West Steamer Fire Engine by Jamin Star, on Flickr
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In this MOC Belle has started a new Root Beer Stand in the WIld West. This started off as seeing if I had the parts to piece together the Sherriff's Office from the Lone Ranger. Then once I had most of the front together I decided to build something different since I already have my own Sherriff's Office. I had recently purchased the Rootbeer Belle minifig from the Lego Movie so I decided she needed her own place. In this MOC Belle has started a new Root Beer Stand in the WIld West. by Jamin Star, on Flickr In this MOC Belle has started a new Root Beer Stand in the WIld West. by Jamin Star, on Flickr In this MOC Belle has started a new Root Beer Stand in the WIld West. by Jamin Star, on Flickr In this MOC Belle has started a new Root Beer Stand in the WIld West. by Jamin Star, on Flickr In this MOC Belle has started a new Root Beer Stand in the WIld West. by Jamin Star, on Flickr In this MOC Belle has started a new Root Beer Stand in the WIld West. by Jamin Star, on Flickr In this MOC Belle has started a new Root Beer Stand in the WIld West. by Jamin Star, on Flickr
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Here is my mod to set 6765 Gold City Junction. I extended the two structures to be full buildings. Here is my mod to Lego 6765 Gold City Junction by Jamin Star, on Flickr Here is my mod to Lego 6765 Gold City Junction by Jamin Star, on Flickr Here is my mod to Lego 6765 Gold City Junction by Jamin Star, on Flickr Here is my mod to Lego 6765 Gold City Junction by Jamin Star, on Flickr Here is my mod to Lego 6765 Gold City Junction by Jamin Star, on Flickr Here is my mod to Lego 6765 Gold City Junction by Jamin Star, on Flickr Here is my mod to Lego 6765 Gold City Junction by Jamin Star, on Flickr Here is my mod to Lego 6765 Gold City Junction by Jamin Star, on Flickr Here is my mod to Lego 6765 Gold City Junction by Jamin Star, on Flickr Here is my mod to Lego 6765 Gold City Junction by Jamin Star, on Flickr Here is my mod to Lego 6765 Gold City Junction by Jamin Star, on Flickr Here is my mod to Lego 6765 Gold City Junction by Jamin Star, on Flickr Here is my mod to Lego 6765 Gold City Junction by Jamin Star, on Flickr
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Hey there! My Wife and I now Updated our Ideas Submission, which is now called "Native Amerian Settlements" portraying more than one Settlement to show a broad representation of Cultures and maybe educate in the process. Our goal is to overshadow more problematic portrayals of the past and bring the Natives back in a more tastful and respectable fashion. I have actually talked to the Chairwoman of the Association representing Native Americans in my Country and she deemed the Project wonderful! She even gave some change suggestions to make Details more historically/culturally accurate, which we happily included in this Update! Right now the Set includes five dwellings with a Total of 2465 Parts and 6 Minifigures https://ideas.lego.com/projects/db438516-e1b1-49b6-bcd4-d8f6b600e744 Thanks so much for checking it out!
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Hey guys, BrickHammer here, I have recently created another historic themed MOC for Lego Ideas: the "Legoredo Stagecoach". I tried to combine the historic aethetics of Wild West stagecoaches with LEGO's more colourful classic Wild West look. I originally had intended to include 6 minifigs (2 employees and 4 passengers) but LEGO moderates forced me to reduce the number to 4. I hope you like the build and I appreciate both your feedback and your support :) https://ideas.lego.com/projects/e066297b-7595-4064-a4a8-344fb8abc988
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A little over 10 years ago, I posted a MOC here that I had built: a Western Saloon and Hotel. It has sat proudly on my display shelf all this time. This year, I got the urge to rebuild and update it. Now, instead of just being a fixed, open-backed building, it has a removable roof and second floor as well as removable back walls. A lot of details were updated, the weight of the "HOTEL" font was fixed, and a custom base was added: You can see the whole album here, but I'll highlight a couple specific things here: Back in the day, I used to display my saloon alongside the classic LEGO Western sets Sheriff's Lockup and Gold City Junction, but the scale and level of detail didn't really work, so I decided to build a couple more buildings to accompany it. So next up is a bank! Much like the saloon above, this one has modular construction: the roof lifts off and the back wall slides out. Because the interior has a dividing wall, it can still be difficult to reach inside to pose minifigs, so I also made the whole interior removable. This also has a killer feature: robbers can use TNT to blow up part of the back wall to reach the safe, just like the classic Western sets. This time, rather than sliding dynamite into the building by hand to trigger the mechanism, this one is activated by pressing the plunger on the TNT detonator! Oh yeah, and the safe itself has a simple locking mechanism so that the door cannot open until the bars are turned. Here's the link to the whole album, and here's a few more pics: And finally, one more building to round it all out. I chose to make a trading post, and I wanted to make it very different from the other buildings: more vertical, cooler colors, and more of a "lived-in" or "worn, but not run down" feel. So again you've got modular construction (the floors come apart, the roof comes off, the back walls slide out) plus some unique features. The barn door on the first floor is a functional sliding door that opens to a storage room. The windmill can rotate 360 degrees and its vane can pivot 90 degrees to act as a brake. Also, when its turbine spins, it actuates the water pump at the base! Here's the album link for this one, and here's a few more details: Let me know what you think! Some of my friends are cyber-bullying me into submitting the Bank onto LEGO IDEAS, so I'm taking some extra time to fine tune its play features and story elements to get it all polished up, but maybe expect to see that in a week or so.
