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Update: Western Caboose This caboose was originally from set 79111, Constitution Train Chase, a part of The Lone Ranger theme. At first it was a prison car, but I turned it into a caboose. I added a regular door and roof top cupola for the conductor while retaining the side doors and exploding back wall. I don't know if there is any real world prototype with a design like this caboose. (minus the exploding wall of course!) Here we see the rear of the caboose, with two red lanterns and the exploding back wall with dynamite attached. This is the first MOC in a long time that I built in real life before building it in LDD. The only changes from real to digital are that I have a 1x4 Technic brick on the back wall with three printed 1x1 letters spelling out BRS. LDD file: http://www.mocpages....1412105087m.lxf The LDD file groups the 79111 stock parts together, with remaining bricks being extra ones not found in the set.

Thanks for your comment, I think you just made my day! :D Thanks, I will pass my compliments along to my dad, the original creator of the sheds. Thanks!

..more trains: Classic Train Station Topic: http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=100767 LXF: http://www.mocpages....1412010310m.lxf Union Pacific Rotary Snowplow Topic: http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=100746 LXF: http://www.mocpages....1411309594m.lxf Modular Western Railway Tunnel (version 2) Topic: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=100761 LXF: http://www.mocpages....1412007044m.lxf Small Refueling Towers Topic: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=100761 LXF: http://www.mocpages....1411953429m.lxf Classic Railway Shed (Brick Railway Systems) Topic: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=100761 LXF: http://www.mocpages....1411655710m.lxf Modern Locomotive Shed Topic: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=100761 LXF: http://www.mocpages.com/user_images/80135/1411407373m.lxf

This station was designed first by LEGO as set 2150, Train Station. It was recreated by someone here on Eurobricks back in 2011, but it had an added "street side", that was almost identical as the track side. I downloaded and added: a expanded platform, made a clock with sign for both sides, and made the sections removable. (Yes, the roof for both levels come off.) I modernized the look of the station by adding a pizza oven with opening door like in set 7641, (City Corner) and adding a safe on the second floor for the station master. Track side. Street side of the station. The studs on the wall beside of the clock on both sides of the station are supposed to spell LEGO CITY in printed 1x1 tiles. Top floor features the Station master's office, with three chairs, a desk, open-able safe, rotary telephone and several cabinets with drawers. This floor and the roof above it are held on by just a few studs, making them 100% removable. The first floor features the ticket counter, pizzeria with bar seating and the oven taken from City Corner. Every floor & platform is grouped in LDD, and the station is also build-able in yellow for most (99%) of the parts. NOTES: I built this station for my father, who already owns the original yellow station set, number 4554. This modified station will be mostly recolored yellow to match his station, which this will replace. (I could have put this in my "Misc. Railroad Builds" thread, but I thought I deserved a thread in it's own right.) LDD file: http://www.mocpages....1412010310m.lxf Comments Question & Compolaints always welcome!!

Personally, I use LDD to work my models so that when i do build them, I know the instructions from memory. (well, sometimes it works, sometimes not!) I figure LDD is a extra test, as it can work there, but not in real life. Plus, I can use LDD Manager to list the needed parts on a spreadsheet to make ordering parts easier. If I have a part already, I just delete it from the model. (Usually I keep two of every model I build: one for the completed build, one for parts lists and actual building instructions, if needed) Without LDD, I would have to build it in real life first, changing things as I went with no real instructions except a vauge direction in my head of what I want to build. It's not much different than using graph paper to sketch out the basic design for your model, or even imagining what your model will look like... and who hasn't done that? Just think on this: the virtual build is your imagination on a computer, a cost-free realm where your only limits are the ones you determine (okay, and the approx 20,000 piece limit on LDD) you can build a purple castle with black spires and gold, window frames or a big black 2-8-8-2 Y6a steam locomotive from Norfok & Western. It's all up to you, all you have to do is "Just Imagine..."

My father and me love the St. Louis MO area Lego store. Everyone is helpful, and I've gone there enough the manager knows us by name. I even struck up a conversation with an employee about the current lack of new railroad track geometry. (like the double rail crossing or the older X crossing) It is a great store, never really packed, (okay opening day was a nightmare!) My dad and me have bought a lot of sets & 5 PAB cups (which we really need to use / open.) I just wish the nearest parking garage would get fixed after two years of repair work! (But that's the mall, not LEGO.)

Here are a bunch of my models in one post than in six different topics. First, here is my Western Railroad Tunnel - Version 2 I have revamped my Modular Western tunnel by combining it with my father's older stand-alone tunnel design. This design makes the interior walls more realistic, while still preserving the rough rock-work outside. The modular bit comes in when you disconnect the tunnel into it's three components, 2 identical end-caps and 1 middle section. This is for ease of transport and making the tunnel shorter or longer depending on your needs. As an added bonus, the flat roof lets you put a small Native American village or a small US Cavalry outpost. If you are not into Wild West models, the tunnel easily recolors with the Dark Tan to dark bluish gray and the regular tan to light bluish gray via the LDD file below. (It's not that hard to recolor it in the program, so only the tan version of the tunnel is included.) Two of these are missing from this model: http://www.bricklink...asp?P=14309pb01 The inside looks like this. It connects the the other sections via the four Technic pins. tunnel LDD file: http://www.mocpages....1412007044m.lxf Next up is two refueling towers: My father built the Water Tower way back in the 1990's, back when 9V was king. Fast forward 15+ years, and I realize that it needed a companion coaling tower. I made my first attempt at a much larger size than this using pictures from LGauge.com, a website of older Lego train models. Please note, some parts are of the tower have been modified in the digital realm, (such as the water spout) so it's not "entirely" accurate. The corner walls also are printed with the part seen here: http://www.bricklink....asp?P=2345pb06 Here is the rear view. LDD file: http://www.mocpages....1411953429m.lxf The next two models are locomotive sheds: First the Classic Brick Railway Systems shed, This model was built by my father around 2005 / 2006 for an old-style MOC steam engine we built together based off set 7722. Anyway, the years roll by, and my engines get bigger and bigger. I realized in late 2013 that I needed to enlarge the shed to fit more than just that one engine type. I haven't done it real life yet, but here is what it will look like. I have added one track's length of shed and one more smoke vent on the roof. Here are the statistics for the shed when it's finished: Building type: single track locomotive shed Track length: 3 ½ tracks (60 studs) Maximum side clearance: 10 studs total Maximum height clearance: 12 bricks total The rear view of the shed. The trans light blue windows were some of the first things my father bought off BrickLink, and as such they are staying on there... even though trans-black might looks better. LDD file: http://www.mocpages....1411655710m.lxf The final model is this Modern Locomotive Shed This model (in red instead of black and white instead of tan) was originally designed back in the late 1990's by my Father for his 9V locomotives. After completion, It sat in the Basement alongside his other custom models including his tunnel, grain elevator, bridge, and water tower. Fast Forward a decade to 2006. I had played with his models all my childhood, using them for my own trains until he built me my own smaller single track version in black & red around 2006. I longed to figure out how to build my own, and in in 2005, I discovered Bricklink & LEGO Digital Designer. I didn't really use them together until 2010, when the first version of my dad's shed was built. It wasn't very good, but it led to this model back in 2012. (Link to that mess: http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/335344 ) From there I made the roof removable, and then I added newer windows, and a less expensive color scheme. By mid 2013, it was compete, at least in digital format. I remains to be seen if I will build it in real life. By the way,the roof is removable. A base-plate will need to be cut If I build this, as it's four studs longer than two XL base-plates. LDD file: http://www.mocpages....1411407373m.lxf Western Caboose This caboose was originally from set 79111, Constitution Train Chase, a part of The Lone Ranger theme. At first it was a prison car, but I turned it into a caboose. I added a regular door and roof top cupola for the conductor while retaining the side doors and exploding back wall. I don't know if there is any real world prototype with a design like this caboose. (minus the exploding wall of course!) Here we see the rear of the caboose, with two red lanterns and the exploding back wall with dynamite attached. This is the first MOC in a long time that I built in real life before building it in LDD. The only changes from real to digital are that I have a 1x4 Technic brick on the back wall with three printed 1x1 letters spelling out BRS. LDD file: http://www.mocpages....1412105087m.lxf The LDD file groups the 79111 stock parts together, with remaining bricks being extra ones not found in the set. Official-Style Freight cars (Part 1) The first car is an automobile carrier like the one in set 2126. ( http://www.bricklink...em.asp?S=2126-1 )It carries two modern re-imagined versions of the Classic cars from that set. The second and third cars are Boxcars, slightly modified from set 3677. ( http://www.bricklink...em.asp?S=3677-1 ) Next up is the fourth car is a water tanker, while the fifth is a tree carrier, and the sixth car is a rock gondola. They are all inspired by set 2126. (The link to that set is above) The seventh car is a modified version of set 3225's general freight car. ( http://www.bricklink...em.asp?S=3225-1 ) Finally, the eighth car is a caboose inspired by set 10014. ( http://www.bricklink...m.asp?S=10014-1 ) All of these cars are modifed to bring them almost 100% in line with modern parts and colors, the only exception being the yellow tipper parts on the gondola. (Those parts were last used in 2000.) LDD file: http://www.mocpages....1411686540m.lxf Notes: Personally, I have the original cars from set 2126, and made the two boxcars from my parts bins. The brown cargo car and caboose are not needed, as I already have a general flatcar and the Western Caboose from post #6 above. Official-Style Freight cars (Part 2) These train cars are inspired by official sets & techniques used by LEGO. The first car is a depressed center flatcar, and it carries a re-imagined and updated set 5920 Island Racer from the Adventurers "Dino Island" Theme. ( http://www.bricklink...em.asp?S=5920-1 ) The second car is a gondola carrying three huge boulders. It was inspired by set 4434, Tipper Truck. ( http://www.bricklink...em.asp?S=4434-1 ) The third car is a gasoline / oil tanker in OCTAN colors. The tanker was inspired by set 7939, Cargo Train. ( http://www.bricklink...em.asp?S=7939-1 ) This model also needs two printed 1x4 tile pieces like this: http://www.bricklink...m.asp?P=2431px9 LDD file: http://www.mocpages....1413560515m.lxf By the way, here is the front of the green automobile: Lego City Passenger Station This station was designed first by LEGO as set 2150, Train Station. It was recreated by someone on Eurobricks, but had an added "street side", that was almost identical as the track side. I downloaded and added: a expanded platform, made a clock with sign for both sides, and made the sections removable. (Yes, the roof for both levels come off.) I modernized the look of the station by adding a pizza oven with opening door like in set 7641, (City Corner) and adding a safe on the second floor for the station master. Street side of the station. The studs on the wall beside of the clock on both sides of the station are supposed to spell LEGO CITY in printed 1x1 tiles. The first floor features the ticket counter, pizzeria with bar seating and the oven taken from City Corner, while the second floor features the Station master's office, with three chairs, a desk, open-able safe, rotary telephone and several cabinets with drawers. This floor and the roof above it are held on by just a few studs, making them 100% removable, while the platform is a attached via Technic pins. LDD file: http://www.mocpages....1412010310m.lxf Grain Elevator Built originally by my father in 1999, this elevator was never completed. As my Dad did not discover Bricklink until 2006, it lacked several crucial parts, and remains uncompleted to this day... just another thing on the to-do list! I have faithfully recreated the elevator and added some parts that did not exist in '99, such as the red windscreens used a funnel, and a conveyor belt with handle. I also did some major goofs, such as making the building one stud too thin, (it should be 16 studs wide at the base), but I hope I compensated enough by making the funnel tall enough to let the tallest official train car I could think of go through without problems. This view shows the conveyor and handle. LDD file for the grain elevator: http://www.mocpages....1398708090m.lxf Modern Truss Bridge Designed using 24 of these parts, ( http://www.bricklink...tem.asp?P=15706 ) this bridge fits even my tallest trains. It can fit up to 10-stud-wide locomotives, leaving 1 stud on each side for clearance. It also can fit 12 2/3 bricks tall train cars, but only barely: the clearance is less that a third of a brick in difference. The tallest train car I own is this one: a caboose based on the prison car from the Lone Ranger "Constitution Train Chase". (set 79111). This car fits the bridge by a hair less than a third of a brick. LDD file (bridge only): http://www.mocpages....1414539136m.lxf Signal Tower 22 Inspired by Whoward69's signal tower, (link: https://www.flickr.c...s-55973205@N08/ ) this enlarged version features two removable sections (the roof and second floor) and a staircase to the second floor. There are studs on the front of the building to spell out TOWER 22 (Or whatever two digit number you want to.) using printed 1x1 tiles. The tower also has two computers on the second floor for train signal / switch direction control, while the first floor is empty. (except for the staircase) LDD file: http://www.mocpages....1417547843m.lxf Wide Vision Caboose This model was originally Model number 30 from the 2007 set "Hobby Train". I redid the whole model from the ground up, replacing old windows and updating the style. The caboose features removable cupola and cupola roof, along with the two regular roof sections. The Inside features a bed, stove, table and two chairs, while the cupola features two more chairs. I'm going to use this piece ( http://www.bricklink...sp?P=87079pb006 ) for the sides of the caboose, and one of these ( http://www.bricklink....asp?P=3039px20 ) for the bed for the conductor. Here is the LDD file:http://www.mocpages....1418063886m.lxf All comments are welcome, and more MOCs / MODs are coming!

Thank you Dr-Spock. That render does looks pretty cool... maybe I will get this model!

This model is the last of the original Museum of Transportation vehicles I have planned on buying, but that doesn't mean I won't have more in the future... who knows what may happen. This model will be built at some point in 2019. Real World Background: Here is Union Pacific rotary snowplow 900081. It was designed and built in 1966 at the UP Omaha shops, and is the heaviest rotary snowplow ever built, weighing 367,400 lbs. Three or four diesel locomotives, which were controlled from the non-propelled plow, pushed it at four to six mph. The snowplow is powered by an EMD 16 cylinder 3,000hp turbocharged diesel engine that drives an electric generator, which provides power to turn the 12’ rotary blades at up to 150 rpm. A steam generator provided heat to the cab and can thaw out the blades if they became frozen. This rotary snowplow was last used in Green River, WY in the mid 1980’s, and it was donated to the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri in 1994 by the Union Pacific, where it is still seen today. LEGO model notes: I was inspired by Dr_Spock_888 and his rotary snowplow to build my own way back in 2014. Needless to say, it the originally 8 wide model didn't come out quite right at that time, so I put it aside for quite some time. I just recently remade the model into a 6 wide body with a 10 wide blade section, and have have smoothed out the roof studs with tiles. As before, the words "UP" (the initials of the former owner Union Pacific) should go on the studs towards the middle, while "900081" should go on the studs in the center in printed 1 x 1 tiles, right below the two UP tiles. The blades are actually part of Dr_Spock_888's design, but mine do not move with the train like his... mine are not connected to the wheels on the track, and do not move unless you spin them with your hand. Inspiration: (Photo by Wampa-one from Flickr, not me) Complaints, suggestions, thoughts, & compliments are always welcome!

Thanks, and feel free to post your figures here. Now for a certain South American crime lord, you know him as... Senor Palomar! Original figure: Link: http://www.bricklink...em.asp?M=adv023 This hat: Link: http://www.bricklink...tem.asp?P=13565 The same old head: Link: http://www.bricklink....asp?P=3626bpa4 This Indian Jones torso does nicely as well (you just need to switch out the hands to yellow): Link: http://www.bricklink...p?P=973pb530c01 plus a plain pair of pants (white, dark bluish gray or black will do) Next: Mike, the ever lovable Dino Island explorer is next up on our Adventure. Original version: Link: http://www.bricklink...em.asp?M=adv014 First come a dark tan Calvary hat: Link: http://www.bricklink...tem.asp?P=30135 The head is this: Link: http://www.bricklink...sp?P=3626bpx134 This Lone Ranger suit works nicely to represent Mike's worn jacket. Link: http://www.bricklink...?P=973pb1451c01 And this for pants: Link: http://www.bricklink...p?P=970c00pb040 Also, as a bonus, here is Mike's main weapon, courtesy of the Lone Ranger sets: Link: http://www.bricklink...sp?P=3069bpb280 The first post is now updated.

Thank you! I already have the Ogel MK III, (the car that is in the newer Sinister Manor) and Johnny Thunder's tan Treasure Chaser. I also have all the figures I need to start adventuring, including Alexis & Sam Sinister, Pippin Reed, and Monster Fighters (same universe as Adventurers to me!) Major Quinton Steele In Real Life . I plan on adding Jake Raines to my figures as a former student of Johnny's that's gone missing, plus I'm saving up for the parts for Island Hopper and the Sinister Mansion. Once again, thank you for the compliment!

If anyone wants to see how my custom adventurer's figs look, please visit my thread in the Mini-figure Customization Forum: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=100686

Oh, and in case anyone want vehicles for these figures, here is my other topic in the Adventure & action theme forum: http://www.eurobrick...showtopic=92994 (Sorry for the double post!) EDIT: Here is a picture of the completed Miss. Pippin Reed in LDD:

You have the LEGO Movie Johnny Thunder, but all rest of your Adventurers figs are outdated. Not to worry, I have the solution: updating and upgrading your figs to modern standards. However, please note, all pictures are from Bricklink, and NOT me! Also, the links below each picture lead back to the part listed at Bricklink. For example, the Alexis Sinister link leads to her mini-figure page at Bricklink. This is so you can build your own figures very quickly! First up: Alexis Sinister, brother of Lord Sam Sinister. Original fig: Link: http://www.bricklink...em.asp?M=adv002 New Fig: This 1920's looking hair... Link: http://www.bricklink...sp?P=3626bpb109 The original head... Link: http://www.bricklink...sp?P=3626bpb109 Together with this dress and some plain black legs. Link: http://www.bricklink...p?P=973pb528c01 Next, Lord Sam Sinister, one of the main antagonists of the Adventurers theme. Original figure: Link: http://www.bricklink...em.asp?M=adv025 The same old top hat.... Link: http://www.bricklink...Item.asp?P=3878 with the same head: Link: http://www.bricklink...sp?P=3626bpx127 Together with this fur coat: Link: http://www.bricklink...?P=973pb1646c01 ...and this flat silver hook instead of his left hand. Link: http://www.bricklink...Item.asp?P=2531 and some plain black legs. Link: http://www.bricklink...em.asp?P=970c00 The lovely lady behind door number three is: Miss. Pippin Reed Original figure Link: http://www.bricklink...em.asp?M=adv049 Instead of a hat, we have a nice hair that looks as though she'd just taken off her helmet. Link: http://www.bricklink...tem.asp?P=15705 This head (or really, any generic female head will do): Link: http://www.bricklink...sp?P=3626bpb430 This suit represents a flight jacket, as Miss. Reed flies the Island Hopper seaplane. Link: http://www.bricklink...p?P=973pb962c01 with some plain dark bluish gray pants. Now for a certain South American crime lord, you know him as... Senor Palomar! Original figure: Link: http://www.bricklink...em.asp?M=adv023 This hat: Link: http://www.bricklink...tem.asp?P=13565 The same old head: Link: http://www.bricklink....asp?P=3626bpa4 This Indian Jones torso does nicely as well (you just need to switch out the hands to yellow): Link: http://www.bricklink...p?P=973pb530c01 plus a plain pair of pants (white, dark bluish gray or black will do) Mike, the ever lovable Dino Island explorer is next up on our Adventure. Original version: Link: http://www.bricklink...em.asp?M=adv014 First come a dark tan Calvary hat: Link: http://www.bricklink...tem.asp?P=30135 The head is this: Link: http://www.bricklink...sp?P=3626bpx134 This Lone Ranger suit works nicely to represent Mike's worn jacket. Link: http://www.bricklink...?P=973pb1451c01 And this for pants: Link: http://www.bricklink...p?P=970c00pb040 Also, as a bonus, here is Mike's main weapon, courtesy of the Lone Ranger sets: Link: http://www.bricklink...sp?P=3069bpb280 That's all (for now), and if anyone has any suggestions / combos the'd like to share, please do!

They are not all photgraphed (yet), but they are stacked behind this engine here (in the boxes): Almost all my built UK trains are photographed here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/55973205@N08/sets/72157635402963937

These are all the trains I have. They all are customs, and reach back from ones built in 2009 to the present. All one I list here are still built. (Most are custom engine numbers, not set numbers.... except for the ones marked 2126, as these are from set 2126, Train Cars.) The makeup is as follows. GREAT BRITAIN: 7 locos, 0 streetcars, 15 passenger cars, 3 freight cars UNITED STATES: 6 locos, 4 streetcars, 16 passenger cars, 10 freight cars GRAND TOTAL: 13 locos, 4 streetcars, 31 passenger cars, 13 freight cars OR 61 "finished" trains total

These are all Adventurers related. Delta Queen (Captain Jack Hawkins' tramp steamer) Topic: http://www.eurobrick...94#entry2011385 LXF: http://www.mocpages....1411502094m.lxf

The Delta Queen, history and statistics: The Delta Queen was built in 1910 by the Octan Company for transporting supplies and empty oil barrels to it's many Oil refineries and pumping stations on the African coast. In 1914, World War 1 broke out and Octan's Egyptian properties were seized by the British for use to the war effort. This seizure included the Delta Queen, which was partially sunk in a 1916 accident in the Mediterranean. The ship was considered a loss and Octan was payed for it's replacement at the Great War's end. The wreck was bought in 1919 by a former US Naval officer named Jack Hawkins. He brought the ship up to the surface, repaired it, and started a business sailing cargo and customers around the Horn of Africa. He befriended adventurer Johnny Thunder during the 1921 search for the Re-Gou Ruby while looking for work in Alexandria. Johnny kept in touch with Jack, whom eventually helped Harry Cane (pilot extraordinaire and another adventurer friend) build a car for Johnny after his beloved automobile, the Scorpion Tracker, was lost in a sandstorm. They dubbed it the Treasure Chaser and gave it to Johnny after the Orient Expedition was over in 1924. Ship Name: Delta Queen Engine Type: coal with two propellers Vehicle Configuration: cargo boat Vehicle type: Coastal / river (flat bottom) Designer: Octan Fuels Company Build Date: 1910 Builder: Octan Fuels Company Current Owner: Jack Hawkins Length: 10 studs Width: 6 studs Height: 14 bricks (top of funnel) Top Speed: 15 knots (17 MPH) Rear view. Friend of Johnny Thunder and former US Navy Officer. Currently owns the Delta Queen coastal steamer and runs a freight shipping company with Pippin Reed as chief aviator and Harry Cane as lead mechanic. I built this ship from two Adventurers sets: I used the boat from set #5975 (T-Rex Transport) and modified slightly to resemble set #5976 (River Expedition). The ship features a boiler, steering wheel and a metal-looking smoke-stack using column pieces in black. LDD file: http://www.mocpages....1411502094m.lxf

Just to let everybody know, I've changed my mind on the Sinister Mansion. Instead of doing a redo of a official set like a lot of other people, I though I'd give Sam Sinister something new and fresh. (well, sort of) Welcome to Sinister Manor, where you will never want to leave! This classic 90's LEGO-styled model was originally built in 2007 by a Brickshelf user named "Widdi". That user uploaded the instructions (seen here: http://www.brickshel...ry.cgi?f=249223 ) which I stumbled upon and built / modified in Lego Digital Designer. I added another story for the tower, put furniture inside and worked a attached garage into the structure. I then hinged it like the haunted house, which, believe it or not, This model is significantly cheaper / less parts intensive than my Haunted House MOD. The inside features the furniture from my Haunted House (10228) MOD, including (but not limited to): a Queen size bed, stove, table, phonograph, side table with lamp plus the couch. The first floor I has the living / dining rooms, as the couch, stove, table and other associated items are there. The second floor features the master bedroom with a small balcony on the right side. The third floor is the attic, which is empty. The tower roof (fourth floor) is also empty. The other Sinister cars I built didn't work, so i salvaged what I could and used this car model (Link: https://www.flickr.c...157645296530432 ) from Flickr User "Tom.Netherton1" to create the car seen here. I have since built the car but am waiting on cash for the house. Here are the cars (fictional) statistics: Model Name: Ogel MK III Configuration: two seat Engine Class: V8 Designer: Lord Ogel Build Date: 1925 Builder: Ogel Motor Car Works Current Owner: Lord Sam Sinister Length: 21 studs Width: 6 studs Height: 5 bricks Top Speed: 88 MPH The LDD file is available for the house, with the car included: http://www.mocpages.com/user_images/80135/1410206618m.lxf

I miss the Harry Potter series too. The Malfoy Manor scketch that was in the "Building the Magical World" book would have been nice, along with a (these is my idea) D2C "19 years later" set with a Emerald Night-style Hogwarts Express, Platform 9 3/4 and the Potter & Weasley families' children. That way, they could have thrown that exclusive figure that was with the book in an actual set! ...And yes, I know the Diagon Alley set was the final hurrah (so far) for HP, but this could have been released a year or so later.

Thank you EvilBlackSheep. I would have put the cupboard in there, but then I would have had to remove the kitchen table... also, the space would have been so small that you wouldn't be able to put any mini-figures in there. Once again, thanks for your comment!

Here is a trains model: EMD FT demonstrator #103 A + B units Topic: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=100492 LDD File: http://www.mocpages.com/user_images/80135/1411158802m.lxf

Behold: the diesel units that broke the back of the steam engines... Built by General Motors (GM) / Electro Motive Division (EMD) in 1939, this is the diesel that showed the way to the future, signaling the start of the diesel era. However, as one day must start, another must end. This two A & two B locomotive set got the ball rolling towards the end of steam as mainline workhorses (and eventually regulated to excursion trains, infrequent freight moves, and museums) by pulling a modern two steam engines backwards - while said engines were at full forward throttle. Anyway, this particular engine was originally owned by Electro-Motive as a demonstrator. It was sold to Southern Railway and eventually the cab unit was placed in the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri. It was repainted in it's original Electro Motive colors for it's journey to Railfair '91 held in Sacramento, California. It is currently on display once more in the St. Louis Museum of Transportation. The B unit was given to the Virginia Museum of Transportation, and was also present at the 1991 rail fair. It is currently on loan to the St. Louis Museum for connection with the original A unit for five years (in return for the loan of 2-8-8-2 steam Norfolk & Western 2156 to Roanoke) Front view. Please note, all the printed tiles are missing from the engine. The numbers "103" should go near thew windscreen, while "ELECTRO MOTIVE" should go on the sides of the cab unit. The initials "GM" should go on the nose of the engine, on top of those two yellow 1x2 jumpers. rear view. I want to use this part for the exhaust fans instead of the ones shown: http://alpha.brickli...P=15535pb01#T=C Here are the units in McCook Illinois 1989. (NOT my picture, I just found it on Flickr. Photo taken by user Bill Johnson) The LDD file is available: http://www.mocpages....1437180710m.lxf Comments, questions, and complaints are welcome! EDIT: You are probably wondering why I dragged this model out of the dark abyss known as my hard-drive: I needed the model to be updated to the standard set by my Santa Fe Bluebonnet engines so i can carefully consider which to get... if either at all. EDIT #2: I forgot to add this to the LDD file / pictures, but it should be pretty easy to figure out how to build it. This plaque is supposed to have this printed on it: http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?P=3068bpb0655#T=C This clip-and-tile setup is supposed to replicate the National Engineering Landmark plaque on EMD FT 103's A Unit. it is usually placed on the rear doorway, and clips onto the two railings beside the door, whereupon it fits quite well. (just like the real thing) I don't have the plaque 's wording memorized and can't seem to find it on the web. You'll just have to visit the engine yourself in St. Louis to find out what it says!

Thank you Lightningtiger!