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    (sorry for the bump, but I thoguht this was too cool to not share, and I didn't want to make an ew thread!) There really is a prototype for everything! I designed a 4-10-4 steam locomotive in 2019, thinking it was a complete work of fiction, as no class had been built to that wheel arrangement. Turns out, I was partially wrong - no class had been built, but one had been designed by Baldwin Locomotive Works, as seen in their online archives! It was a three-cylinder beast drawn up for a road called The Monon (otherwise known as the Chicago, Indianapolis, and Louisville Railroad) back in 1928 - not very far off my fictionalized backstory year of 1927 as written by me in 2019.... spooky, right?
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    It's done! Sorry for the cruddy picture, it was the best I could do. It's far too long for my normal picture taking places! More pictures to come as soon as I can!
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    Thanks for the suggestions, I have added a telephone on a crate, plus a tool rack holding a red handheld signal, crowbar, oilcan, hammer, and wrench to the model. Thanks for the help!
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    I was inspired to build this industrial-looking old fashioned interlocking Tower by set number 60009 (Helicopter Arrest) and a number of old towers in my hometown of St. Louis, Missouri. In addition, the unusually-placed signal arm attached to the building is inspired by an mid-1960s WWII-set black and white film, (The Train) in which a French signal tower very similar to this one is used for some sabotage of a German train and is subsequently blown up in an Allied air raid... and yes, they really did blow it up - no miniatures were involved! Here you can see the chimney flue on the rear of the building. There is an abandoned OCTAN tank car also visible nearby. Upstairs is a heating stove for those cold winter nights, six lever frames for moving switches and a signal board for showing which route is currently aligned. The bottom floor features a (empty) gas tank, a chest for emergency flares and torpedo's, a trash can, plus a telephone. "This is getting out of hand... now there are two of them!" The one on the right is my original switch tower, while the one on the left is my Dad's (slightly different) copy. He paid for the model and I built it. I ordered the parts last Sunday (Feb. 12th), the three orders arrived Wednesday and Thursday and construction on the copy was completed last night. (the 16th) Thoughts anybody? EDIT: 2/13/23: Real world photos added!
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    It's REALLY good for a first train MOC. Seriously, you should be pretty proud it turned out that well. (Most people start off small, copying a BNSF loco or Emerald Night and going from there, but you didn't do that, so kudos to you!) Also, congrats! You've been front-paged by a mod!
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    For *most* sets, yes 6-wide is king. However, the Emerald Night had an 7-wide cab, and the Disney train is 8-wide throughout the entire set. Please note, even in 6-wide steam engine sets (Lone Ranger and Toy Story), the pistons, side-rods, and other items of steam locomotives usually make them wider than 6-wide at the widest point.
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    "Is this a stickup?" "It's a science experiment!" Fantastic MOC of a very well loved loco! If this is your first steamer, I can't wait to see what you tackle next!
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    Progress so far on the haunted steam loco MOC, with 132 parts left to order later this month. I was forced to modify the design again to use smaller drivers than originally intended as prices for official LEGO driving wheels are obscene. The trailing / leading wheels' price were also insane, so I decided to purchase small drivers and regular wheels from Big Ben Bricks. *Rant mode on* Four each of BBB's blind / flange medium drivers, and six regular wheels w/ flange cost less WITH SHIPPING than the official wheels from Bricklink would have by themselves! ($32 overall from BBB vs $33 before shipping from two sellers from Bricklink) It's certifiably insane what the prices for official wheels are going for these days! *Rant mode off* Anyway... thoughts on any of this?
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    There is no such thing a perfection, especially when translating something of malleable steel and iron to little plastic bricks. Things are always going to be a *little* off in some way or another... It's just the nature of the medium we're all using. You can either tear you hair out trying to reach the impossible, or just say "it's good enough" (and honestly, it's good enough as it is.) Even if it is a stud too short, lengthening it might break other aspects of the look or even cause whole sections to redesigned. Besides, no rivet counter is going to come up to you at a show and say it's one stud too short. (That just doesn't happen.) Instead, they will probably be impressed you were able to build it at all, considering how difficult it is to make streamlining work in LEGO! Thus, I say let it be.
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    It looks perfect to me!
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    I like the way you think.
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    Yep. I found that sad and ironic!
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    Be still my heart! That sounds like an awesome idea, but it's unlikely as the tail end of the zeppelin (not a blimp, as a zeppelin has a steel skeleton whereas blimps do not) of it has a giant swastika on it in the film. Plus the plane is very TINY compared to the huge zeppelin, as shown when they do the famous "Fly yes, land no!" scene. You'd also almost need to include an actual cloth skin to have around the frame for it to look good, as the days of Adventurers set 5956 are long gone, and one - or two - piece assemblies that aren't going to be used but once and are that large just are feasible anymore for LEGO. (Sorry to let all the air out of your argument / zeppelin!) All that aside, I'd buy one in a heartbeat, and can think of a few other Adventure-loving people who might too!
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    Ok, but nothing can top that seal. I challenge, nay, dare them to try and match it's awesomeness!
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    The hedgehog and squirrel from 31143 and the seal from 31133 have me in cuteness overload! I mean, how can you resist this seal face? (in spoiler for size) It's just too cute, too adorable, too perfect... It's gonna fly off the shelves!
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    Does it burst into spontaneously into flames like the Tesla cars do? (Great MOC by the way!)
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    It's official, as taken from the LEGO instructions portal: Aurora's castle is happening! brickset link to listing Sadly, no pictures. (yet)
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    I agree, and will add that it looks like a chibi Class 08 switcher. I say it's like that because class 08's have three wheelsets, and this loco only has two. (and it's a bit shorter, as a result) Great work @Legownz, it's a very cute looking locomotive!
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    Name for the film released by the official page over on Facebook: "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" What next? Indiana jones and the Ringtone of Fate?
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    As far as I can remember, they never have done anything like that with modular buildings. (sadly)
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    Yes, it's new. It almost seems like Bricklink is trying to muscle in on Brickset's territory, as they are the go-to place to store that same info.
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    Thank you @JopieK! Yes, the doors do exist. They come in this year's Ninjago set 71767. (Ninja Temple Dojo)
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    I didn't know Miles Morales was old enough to drive, then? I thought he was like, 15?
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    They gave Spiderman a car, ands not Morbius?!? I lament our lack of a Morbile! And who wrote the description?!? Morbius isn't a villain! He's just misunderstood...
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    This building is inspired by set 10263 (Winter Village Fire Station), while the fire truck was inspired by CARS 2 set 9484 (Red's Water Rescue) and Gift With Purchase set 40586. (Moving Truck) As you can see, the building has been heavily modified, with it having removable floors and an bright red color scheme along with a rear half added on. Compared to other modular buildings, the tower roof is just about the same height as the shorter building in the modular Detective Office set. The rear of the building has a couple windows. The lower floor is accessible through the front garage door or by removing the second floor. Speaking of the garage, it fits the vintage fire truck quite nicely. The upper floor roof is removable, to access the enclosed bunk-room and get at the kitchen. Four figures can sleep in the bunk beds. I even have a bathroom in there! Since 2012, when the Cars 2 set 9484 (Red's Water Rescue) was released, I've been trying to build a better front half for that set. Then I saw a MOC over on Rebrickable turning set 40586 (Moving Truck GWP) into a fire truck, as seen here. It hit me I could combine my 6-wide cabin version of the moving truck with the Cars fire truck. What you see above is the result. (I changed the nose quite a bit from the original truck, as something about it just felt off) The truck features four hoses, a roof-mounted ladder and water pump controls. If it weren't for the fireman hats being in the way, you could potentially seat two figures in the cab. As it is, it will seat one and a Dalmatian. (Also, both of the doors open.) As for firemen, I have four of these 1980's guys, with one having a gold helmet for us as a Captain. (picture from Bricklink) Thoughts? NOTE: The original version of the model is shown in spoiler: Finished 2/6/24!
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