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  1. Murdoch17
    If i could have voted for LEGO Movie's super secret police, I would have. But, instead, I went with Space Police 3, as it inspired me (along with LEGO Movie 1) to create my own theme: Space Police IV, complete with it's own HQ and backstory, as seen in this linked thread. The Super Secret police drop-ship and Bad Cop's space car seemed just Orwellian enough to make it fit into my Space Police-gone-bad backstory. (I've tried to to tie the rise of the corrupt and anti-alien SPIV with the fall of the Black Hole Gang and the clandestine infiltration of the outer fringes of the galaxy with Blacktron 3 in multiple threads.)
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    I love your tutorials @Pdaitabird, and I am planning on adding your awesome passenger car design to my fleet, though in my Wild Western layout instead of a British one. In changing the UK-designed passenger car to a USA wild-west baggage car and two coaches, I added a clerestory skylight to each car, and refined the window arrangement, with the end balconies becoming pretty much one piece for simplicity. (The caboose is standard to almost all my Western trains, with the exception of a few cosmetic changes.) In addition, the train cars are now mostly blue to match the steam locomotive which is already 99% done. Anyway, keep on making the tutorials, they are definitely helpful!
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    I'm personally hoping for a new trains shed (last one was in 2005 and doesn't fit the Emerald Night), train station (last one was 2014), anything that goes line-side with trains. I could take a level crossing (2010 was the last) at this point, I'm kinda desperate for news!
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    It's an ideas product, so it wouldn't show up there... plus, they wouldn't think to put it out early, it hasn't been designed yet!
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    Well, that Toronto Rocket Subway 8 wide train made it to 10,000 votes, so cross your fingers for the summer 2020 review results....
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    Thank you! I've just added a freight train for the engine to pull to the first post... What does everybody think of that?
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    "...Just about a year ago I set out on the road Seekin' my fame and fortune Lookin' for a pot of gold Thing got bad things got worse I guess you will know the tune Oh! lord stuck in lodi again..." - opening section of the song "Lodi", by Creedence Clearwater Revival This notoriously shady side-wheel steamboat, named Lodi, was named after the city of it's construction in 1869. But unlike the strict city of Lodi, with it's anti-gambling stance, Sunday no-business laws and abstinence from alcohol attitude, this boat thumbs it's nose at those rules, resembling the city in name only. It's a haven for card-sharks, pick pockets, and bootleggers selling "medicinal" snake oil. Why would anyone take a ride on the Lodi, you ask? Well, the only other steamboat plying Rapid River is the Proud Mary stern-wheeler, which takes about a two weeks to get from one end of the river to the other. (not including stop times at towns and villages) The Lodi then has a sweet spot when the competition is out of the way: it's the only other steam boat in town, making it very easy to attract potential customers. The two side-wheel's are connected two each other by a Technic rod, while a Civil War-era American flag goes on the rear flagpole. The front ramp should be held in place by a piece of 4-stud long chain. (not shown) Builder's Notes: This model was created out of my desire to have two different styles of steamboat next to my Eads bridge model at the National Model Railroad Association show this summer in my hometown of St. Louis. Any complaints, comments, or suggestion for future ideas are welcome!
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    My original, 2014 design of the 9F variety. (which was a chronic bad runner due to the BFBFB wheel arrangement and bad pony truck placement.) V.S. The 2020 redesign in Austerity format, which I can push and let go off and it just runs down the track.... no problem! It's amazing what a new wheel (FBBFB) arrangement can do , right? Anyway, the first post is now updated with real life pictures of the updated model. Feedback would be appreciated!
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    Thanks for the link @sed6! I grew up in Saint Charles, and used to go over to Alton on the way to the apple picking farms way over in Illinois when I was little. Seeing these grain silos always made me think I was almost there! Have you seen the first post recently, @Man with a hat ? Because it got a whole lot bigger since the last time you saw it! Thanks @Pdaitabird!
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    Looks very nice with angled roof, and I love the old school '90's look with the 9v locomotive. We really need a set with something like this in it for fueling diesel engines.
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    My father's grain elevator is done, and he asked me to post it on the relevant sites. See the first post for more details. Here we see Santa Fe 327 A & B units hooking up to an empty grain hopper train for the long journey back to the line-side farmer co-ops of Kansas, Nebraska, or elsewhere in the grain -growing portions of the country.
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    The War Department "Austerity" 2-10-0 is a type of steam heavy freight locomotive that was introduced in WWII in 1943. It was designed by R.A. Riddles, the same man who latter went on to design the British Railways 9F 2-10-0 type. I've backdated my 1950's 9F type into this 1940's Austerity class by removing the side smoke deflectors and changing around some small features here and there. As most of this engine still existed as-built from my previous 9F build from 2014 (that itself was inspired by @ScotNick's model of Thomas and Friends' 9F-type engine Murdoch) or so, I just needed to get wheels, a tender draw-bar connector, pistons / side-rods, and the little bit of parts to convert it to a Austerity type. The tender has "BR" printed on it in 1 x 1 tiles, standing for British Railways, as this engine was placed into service with the newly nationalized rail network after service with the War Department during WWII (around early 1948). However, it still is carrying it's War-time grayscale color scheme at this point in the early 1950's, lending to it's nickname the "Gray Ghost". The cab of the engine, with firebox in the middle. In the real world, the Austerity 2-10-0 class engine was designed and built during the Second World War as an British export locomotive, with some going as far away as Greece, the Netherlands, or Syria, while a few stayed in the UK to be worked by the War Department, and later, British Railways. All but three of the ones from the UK (of which one was owned by the Longmoor Military Railway) survived mass scrapping in 1962 and were preserved, while a fourth was brought back from the Netherlands and also survives. (There are also a few derelict versions in Greece, while a museum in the Netherlands has an engine as well, albeit in much better condition than the Greek locos.) All credit for the BR plank wagon model seen in the picture above goes to @Pdaitabird, who designed them. See here for an awesome step-by-step tutorial by the original builder of the BR plank wagon. Original design by Flickr user Fireglo450 in 2013, revised by me in 2020. See here for the original inspirational model. Here we see the whole gravel train at an "on-it's-side" view for maximum viewing. This train is destined for the Gravel loading facility where it will be loaded with crushed stone for either rail ballast or concrete works projects elsewhere in the country. As usual, comments, questions, and complaints are always welcome!
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    I know it’s a little down to the wire, but hopefully the just ordered-parts will come in time for my UK coal cars to be done so I can bring them to Great Train Show on February 1st & 2nd with my ballast loader. I'm going to have my Diesel 10 pull 6 of these BR plank wagons plus a brake van inspired by the 1980's 12v era red/ yellow sets to my gravel facility. The 12v era model and Diesel 10 are already built, and the wagons are on order as of 1/11/2020. (I just hope they get here in time!) NOTE: All credit for the six dark grey wagon models seen in the picture above goes to @Pdaitabird, who designed them. See here on Flickr for the awesome tutorial by him for the construction of the BR plank wagon.
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    Well, considering I'm borrowing your BR plank wagon design for my ballast loading facility, I think it's a fair trade @Pdaitabird.
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    Thank you @Rockstaremcee, here is another build I'm working on, the legendary engine number 4! Since I can't think of a proper fourth steam engine design to go with the three Western trains I've already built, I've decided to build this small traction engine in blue, with the number 4 on it's sides instead. It will most likely ride on a flat car on my wild west freight train as seen here, in preparation for it's delivery at my engine sheds. This model was built from instructions seen at the Old Workhorse's Lego Ideas page as seen here. (I am not affiliated with the creator of that page, I just used their free instructions, visible further down in the updates section, to build the traction engine seen here.) The rear of the traction engine features a hook. This is used for hauling cold engines around in the yard for servicing or for fueling at the start of the day. This little hauler may be slow, but it sure is strong! More pictures will come when the model is finished in real bricks!
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    It is finished! ...and in this picture here, you can see the Emerald Knight compared to the Hogwarts Express I built previously, on my temporary layout. As usual, comments, questions, and complaints are welcome!
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    I was inspired by this Winter Village build over on the Town forum by user @Nieks from 2015 to build this mid-20th century (think like around the 1960's or 70's) inspired Gotham City police station. The station comes with a Bat-phone on the Commissioner's desk, and a Bat-signal on the roof. (though, it's lacking a single printed part on the signal plus the front door should have this printed piece above it) On the right side you have an drive-thru awning for patrol cars to drop off criminals for booking at the station. Inside the station on the upper floor, just above the holding cell is Commissioner Gordon's office with the Bat-phone. Dotted around the station we have five desks for the officers to do paper work at, and finally, a single holding cell for inmates before transfer to Arkham Asylum (for the super-powered inmates and / or the criminally insane, such as the Joker or Poison Ivy) or Blackgate Prison (the common riff-raff / lower rated powered criminals who are technology dependent go there, such as The Penguin or Kite Man.) NOTE: The grille pieces in front of the building are supposed to go on the desks as part of the typewriter assembly. (It doesn't fit in LDD, sadly.) As it's the late 1970's or early '80's here in my model's timeline, the desktop computer has yet to make it's mark on crime-fighting.... unless you're a billionaire / inventor named Bruce Wayne that is! Set 71016 (Kwik-E-Mart) has had the police car changed from black and white to blue and white. The car feature seating for three, with two officers in the front, and one criminal in the back behind the security fence. The trunk of the police car should have this part on it. The trunk opens up, and both side doors open as well. Most of the roof lifts away (not shown) for access to the inside. As for the Batman and his arch-nemesis, I've already got his ride and the Joker's covered by previously released Lego sets. I also plan on manning the Police station with Lego Batman movie figures, such as Commissioner Gordon, Chief O'Hara, and a few other surprises. If anyone has any comments, questions, suggestions, or complaints please don't hesitate to respond below!
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    Well, considering the bright light orange roof pieces aren't available in dark blue, (as seen here on bricklink) as all the colors that have ever been available released are shown on the right column on the website linked. I can show you, but it wouldn't be build-able. I also would suggest white or a neutral color for the roof, it might be less jarring than that bright light orange (the original yellowish color), or something else of that nature. Maybe white (common), or light bluish gray (not too common)? What do you think?
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    I have swapped out the dark blue with red on my computer (LDD) and it looks okay. This kinda looks like a Virgin company train from the UK, at least from what I've seen from pictures.... never been there. NOTE: Missing the nose pieces, as they are not in LDD, but it's still 100% build able in real bricks. (I also switched the seats to reddish brown, as they were originally red, and it was too much red on the model for my tastes, just so you know @LegoDW.)
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    I wish I could, @zephyr1934, but unfortunately, that part is not available in quantity in blue in the USA. Otherwise, I would buy 10 of them in a heartbeat. Also, I just uploaded a updated Dreyfuss -style Hudson to the first post.... it isn't complete in real life yet, but it's close.
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    Thanks @Pdaitabird! Thanks @Rustie86, I never realized the similarities! @Man with a hat I have a standard length for my passenger car.... no car can be longer than 34 studs (the depressed center flat car in my freight train). This is because of the cut-down paper boxes I use, as seen in example form below: I can store a lot of cars in each box (around five or so + the locomotive, usually), but they can only be as long as the box allows. (I have to take my longer Bipolar electric engines apart into two sections at the joint to get them to fit in their respective boxes!)
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    Thank you @sed6, glad you like it, as it is your original design that inspired me after all!
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    I took apart the GG-1 and turned it into a bi-polar electric loco with a streamlined shroud. See the first post for more details and updated pictures!
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    Thanks you @Roadmonkeytj! The standard sliding door was used because it was sturdy enough to move versus a brick-built door, and the chimney flue would be in the way if it was much wider than it already is. Thanks for creating the original model @sed6! It looks like this one got done with plenty of time to spare, as I just uploaded the updated real world pictures to the first post!
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    Here are all the pictures of my (and a few other members of Gateway Lego User Group) Wild West era-stuff on display at Our Lady of the Snows' Way of Lights display, in Belleville, Illinois until December 31st. (excluding Christmas and New-Years eve, they are closed those nights.) These only are some of models I have been making since 2014, more can be found in this thread here. There are a ton more tables (and themes!) at the show, so come on down to view them all, this is only a small inkling of what's there! (sorry mod's, had to do that last bit.) US army Fort Legoredo, circa mid-1885. The town of Legoredo, part 1: general store (in front, next to fort) Doc Brown's saloon, (corner lot) train station (obviously placed) The town of Legoredo, part 2. post office (in white with red flags) Sheriff Woody's lockup (next to the water tower) barber shop (with the deck on the second floor) Bank (the big impressive building) blacksmith's shop (small shack across from the bank) rear-wheel steamboat Proud Mary and the Boulder Cliff Canyon through-truss bridge. Also, Stinky Pete's house nearby. Rapid River Village, part 1. The posse is chasing down the escaping convicts on the handcar, while the train is making up for lost time and might beat both of them! (I was inspired by the 1990's LEGO Loco video game opening cinematic with the handcar being chased by the train, if you couldn't tell.) Rapid River Village - part 2, with skull butte and the village elder's tepee's on top. Also, see if you can spot the tail end of the Delorean time machine in the tunnel! NOTE: This is not all my stuff - the Indian village on the tan base-plates was designed by Gateway LUG member Chris Curtis, and the red stagecoach was brought in by a third member. My father designed the three elevated wooden box-risers next to the skull mountain, under the cubed tan felt. Any thoughts, comments, or suggestions? Please leave them below!
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