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  1. Sven J
    Cool! Thank you for sharing!
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    Absolutely brilliant! :thumbup: Both exterior and interior are awesome, with all these details. And the flywheel design is very clever!
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    I understand your concern. I thought it might work because the edge of the grille tile would still make a thin blue line between the stripe and the lowest vent opening. Don't know if it would look good in reality, I admit.
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    So do I... I think the vents would look too small if you made them 2 tiles high. The loco's sides would look too smooth, either. As for the postioning of the lights: Couldn't you place the white stripe 1 plate higher, at the same time making black what is now white (hope you know what I mean...)? By doing so, there would be more black above the buffers, as in the prototype photo, and the lights would come closer to the white stripe.
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    To be honest, all photos I could find showing blue 118s with red wheels were of museum locomotives or exhibitions, too... But at least, it's not impossible that both classes ran in regular service with these colours. And hey, we're talking about a beautiful MOC - and I think that it's totally ok to build a model with a livery which is not 100% authenticated, but at least possible. Not sure if my Hohenzollern 0-6-0T ever had a green livery, btw...
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    I think you're pointing to the red wheels... It's often hard to tell from pictures whether the wheels are painted black, or simply dirty. But at least on one occasion, an exhibition in Munich celebrating 100 years of electric traction, one of the 119s actually had red wheels: http://www.bundesbahnzeit.de/galerien/E19%20-%20Die%20Nuernberger%20Edelhirsche/jpg-Bilder/b35-E19%2012.jpg
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    That's really magnificent! :wub: And thanks a lot for sharing the LDD file for that brilliantly engineered chassis!
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    What an excellent MOC! You've captured the looks of this old beauty really well. :thumbup: And I agree that blue with red wheels is the most elegant of the different liveries. I like your solution for the streamlined front ends - it's amazing! The pantographs and the electric equipment on the roof look very good, too.
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    Thanks a lot, JLSD! Bricksafe Folder Update: For the smokebox of my M3a, I developed an entirely new, slightly oval design (16 plates wide, 17 plates high) using the new 1 x 2 x 1 2/3 Bricks with studs on one side. As this design might be of some interest for other steam locomotive builders, I uploaded two schematic views to my Bricksafe folder (click on the images below):
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    Being a fan and collector of the classic Donald Duck stories myself, I cannot get my mouth shut again. This is a truly great MOC! Superb!!! :thumbup: The only thing that's missing is the goldfish bowl in the living room...
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    Sorry, but... where's the MOC? The only thing I see is a scale model kit... No, I'm just kidding, of course. This thing is outstanding! So realistic, and so many details - those roof vents, the rainwater pipe, the lamps, the tanks... And the different-coloured patches of the brick walls really are the icing on the cake. I'm blown away! Two questions: Does it have an interior? And how do you keep the slanted roof section in place?
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    Many thanks for your appreciation, RogerSmith and Hobbythom ! Well, I hope that one day I’ll be able to go yet one step further and to create a self-propelled tank engine without all this electronic clutter in the cab… @Harlan: As our conversation is running a bit far off the original topic, I wanted to send you a PM to answer your question. But you need to have made 10 posts until you can receive messages.
  13. Sven J
    It's a "LabelManager Wireless PnP".
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    That’s very much the same for large scale models… Basically, yes. You can use any font you have installed on your computer, and you can also import graphic files. In some cases, however, it may be that you find the printer’s resolution a bit low for that (300 dpi, as far as I can remember - there are higher-resolution label printers in the market, but they are much more expensive). To give you an impression how it looks: The „GHH“ logos on my passenger waggons were printed from .png files.
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    Wow. I'm speechless... I never would have thought that it is possible to build such detailed, well-proportioned models in this tiny scale. Your Thalys looks great! :thumbup: As for the stickers: For the white lettering on my MOCs, I have also tried several solutions. Finally, I made good experience using a Dymo label printer. The self-adhesive labels are available in a variety of colours, e.g. white on transparent background, black on transparent, and even black on gold (from a third-party manufacturer).
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    When you enlarge the original flickr image, you can see that the "2000" lettering is actually a sticker. Besides, in this picture it seems to me that there is some minor colour difference between the windscreen and the other red parts, so I too think it is painted.
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    Thank you very much, bjorkan, Bricksonwheels and Asper ! I feel very happy to receive so many compliments for my MOC. Until I find a way to get significantly larger wheels than BBB XL drivers, I’ll have to stick to designing small-wheeled freight train locomotives. The BR 23, though I admit it's a beautiful engine, has driving wheels with a diameter of 1750mm, so it's absolutely impossible to build a 1/33 MOC of that loco. As for cars, there’s nothing more to show at the moment. I am thinking of building tank waggons some day to go with my 0-6-0T, but that’s still a long way off.
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    Thanks for your compliments, Harlan! I regret to say it, but there is very little chance that there will ever be an American steam engine MOC designed by me, for two reasons. First, I don’t know the prototypes well enough to model them as accurately as I would want to: While owning several hundreds of books, official document copies, and drawings about European locomotives, I have exactly two books about North American ones. Second, it’s a matter of wheel size again: Even medium-sized American steamers have driving wheels much too large to be represented by BBB XL drivers in 1/33 scale. But nevertheless, I hope that my models can give you some insight into my design approach, and I would be delighted if they could serve you as an inspiration for your own builds.
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    Many thanks for your compliments, Dread Pirate Rob and Duq ! It seems that someone else didn’t care that much… In my opinion, it looks even better with black hoses and handrails. Typically, designing takes about 4-6 weeks from first prototype research to the completed LDD model. Construction time varies a lot, depending on how difficult it is to acquire all the parts. All in all, to finish my M3a took quite exactly 4 months. I’m amazed that you managed to get all electronics into that tiny tank engine – even lights! But what struck me most when browsing through your flickr images was the PF turntable. Great! You’re absolutely right with regard to the windows. But from all different versions I had been tinkering with, this was the least evil; especially as you hardly notice the windows’ irregular shape except when looking directly from one side. Apart from that, using 2x2 window frames would have made it impossible to model the windshield glasses, which I wanted to have by all means. And yes, 2 L-motors on one receiver output wouldn’t run at full power. Actually, the motors do try to run at different speeds sometimes, but up to now, this hasn’t been a problem (with some variations, I use this basic layout for all my PF locomotives, and none of them has sufficient space for a diff without compromising the detailing and/or stability). Anyway, the sticker on the remote control permanently reminds to keep an eye on that, and to manually re-adjust the speed of one motor, if necessary (you can hear when the motors are not running in sync). And I have a whole bunch of motors in reserve… When starting the whole project, I actually thought about using SBrick. But being a bit old-fashioned in some respect, I don’t own a smartphone and am somewhat unwilling to buy one… Besides, that BuWizz thing seems to be even more promising. Don’t tempt me, Sergio… And thanks for the link!
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    Thanks a lot, Rijkjavik and Steph 104th ! I’m not quite sure what you mean by „ducts“. To judge from these pictures, it seems to me that it should be possible to model with LEGO, perhaps even in "normal" green? Or, as the NS class 4700 was actually a clone of the Swedish M3b, I suggest you build it in black and blue… That’s a splendid prototype! I’m looking forward to your model! Probably you know it already; but if you’re looking for detailed drawings and background information on all these twelve-coupled engines, I highly recommend this book (unfortunately, to my knowledge it’s only available second-hand and in German language). As for the BDŽ 46, I put it on my list - maybe some day it will materialize, depending on the wheel question...
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    Stunning! Great work on the front, impressively detailed interior. And I love that door mechanism!
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    Thanks for pointing me to Jaap’s website, Sergio! I’ll keep an eye on that. (Sorry if the following is going to be a bit off-topic) Well, it might be possible to do in 1/33 scale on LGB track. According to my records, the prototype’s rigid wheelbase (2nd to 5th coupled axle) is 4800mm (first series) or 4650mm (second series with 3-cylinder engine), which in any case would be quite close to 18 studs in 1/33. My M3a has 18 studs rigid wheelbase, so a BDŽ 46 with blind 1st, 3rd, 4th and 6th sets of drivers should be ok. But then again, BBB XL wheels are too small (prototype: 1340mm wheel diameter; BBB XL: 36,8mm; 36,8 mm x 33 = 1214,4mm). A deviation up to 85mm would be tolerable (you can always claim that the engine’s tires are worn down…), but 125mm - that’s too much. Maybe one should learn to create CAD files for 3D printing... Oh yes, that would be a real challenge. But, to be honest, I profoundly dislike this particular prototype (without being able to give a reason, I admit) – so I gladly leave this task to you…
  23. Sven J
    Spectacular effect! And a beautiful engine!
  24. Sven J
    Very cute! And amazing how you managed to sqeeze all drivetrain components into that tiny locomotive.
  25. Sven J
    Thank you very much, Rail Co, GI_Jack, marbleman, Mesabi, xboxtravis7992 and Selander ! You're welcome. But please keep in mind that some parts are missing in the LXF (e.g. the small pieces of rigid hose that hold the headlight and the snowploughs). Besides, the file does not represent the final state of the model, for I had to make some changes to the drivetrain during construction. It's a pity that Swedish engines are widely ignored by modellers, there are so many handsome locomotives up there... My absolute number one among all steam engines is the *** beautiful 2-6-4 tank engine litt. S1. But unfortunately, even BBB XL drivers are too small to build it in 1/33 scale.
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