Sven J
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'Royal train' Duchess loco with working smoke/draincocks
Sven J replied to Liam Biggs's topic in LEGO Train Tech
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'Royal train' Duchess loco with working smoke/draincocks
Sven J replied to Liam Biggs's topic in LEGO Train Tech
That's a magnificent piece of engineering! Can you tell us where you bought the vapourisers? And what parts did you use for the chimney and the buffers? -
I always hoped that someday someone would build a model of what I consider the most beautiful North American steam locomotive - the Challenger in two-tone grey livery with smoke deflectors. Very good work so far! I hope to see it in real bricks soon...
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Thank you @A_Forest_of_Lego!
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Thanks a lot, Emanuele! That must have been a flourishing shop, considering that Mercedes cars always had rather hefty price tags...
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Thank you very much for your appreciation, @t-brick, @jpx and @Feuer Zug! I'm glad you like it, though it's not entirely new for me... Oh yes, I love using rigid hose pieces...
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Hi all! As I mentioned elsewhere, I thought that it would be great to have some "decoration" for my gauge 1 railway models. So I decided to have a try at building some 1/32 scale cars… The first one I finished is the Mercedes-Benz W 115, better known, at least in Germany, as "/8" (that designation, an abbreviation of the car’s launch year 1968, was used in the vehicle titles for distinguishing the W 115 from the preceding model). Being 7 studs wide, my MOC is not only in 1/32 scale, but almost perfectly Speed Champions size, so I put in in this forum. I hope that’s ok. So here it is. Or rather, here they are, for I built two versions: Free instructions for the model are available on Rebrickable. Thanks for stopping by! Sven
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Thanks a lot, Sergio!
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Thank you @Shiva and @GoHabsGo!
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After a VERY long time, the video is online! I'm quite amazed about how much power that little locomotive has. With the BuWizz in "Normal" mode, it hauls the train at around 60 km/h, and there's also "Fast" and "Ludicrous" - but they don't work in my oval, because the locomotive is taken out of the curve at these speeds...
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Thank you @Shiva!
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Thank you @Darkkostas25!
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Thanks a lot @zephyr1934!
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The Swedish saga continues...
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Hi all, For the video I’ve yet to make featuring my Swedish Litt. S1 locomotive, I felt some background decoration was needed. So I chose to build a Swedish vintage truck in 1/33 scale: a Scania-Vabis 355, one of the first cab-over-engine trucks (though not a true one, as the engine remained directly behind the front axle and the driver had to squeeze in beside/behind it). Some parts of the model are a bit fragile, so I didn’t want to turn it over after completion. A render image has to suffice to show the bottom side … Thanks for your interest! Best regards, Sven
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Thanks a lot, @zephyr1934 !
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Thank you @Hod Carrier and @Shiva! In fact it’s almost Speed Champions size… Indeed, it's that one that inspired me. Yes, that’s right. It might have been possible to use mudguard parts, but I didn’t want to do that, because they have that protruding „lip“ which looks pretty inappropriate for that kind of car (in my opinion, that is). Besides, it would then have been very difficult to combine the 7-wide wheel arches with the 6-wide body. So the slightly-too-large wheel arches are of course a compromise, but I think they look quite okay. Clever idea with the gear wheels and the tires - thank you! I’ll have to look if I have some of these tires left somewhere. I can send you a PM with my email address, if that’s okay for you. Or simply post it here – I’m absolutely fine with showing other folks’ modifications of my model in this thread.
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Hi Davide, I've uploaded the .io file and building instructions to Rebrickable. Feel free to use them and to modify the model! Best regards, Sven
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Thank you all for your positive feedback! I suspect there aren't many options... The PV 831 was almost exclusively used as a taxi, so most of them were black. I actually made a (digital) taxi version, but it doesn't look very good as I couldn't find appropriate wheels - all LEGO wheels are either too small or too big/wide. Oh yes! And there is an endless number of other such vehicles... maybe a new theme for me when I've finally run out of space for locomotive models? It's gauge 1 track (45 mm).
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Thanks a lot for your kind words, Emanuele! I'm happy that you like my odd little Swede. However, I won't participate in the OcTRAINber contest this year. Maybe next year again...
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Hi all, during research for my SJ Litt. S1 engine, I stumbled across a rather odd vehicle – a 1953 Volvo PV 831 taxi converted to a railroad inspection car. And as I like oddities, I decided to include it in my little 1/32 scale „Swedish series“… so here it is: The model is driven by a Circuit Cube motor with Bluetooth battery. The wheels are MS disc wheels from Bricks-on-Rails. I also made a short video clip, which illustrates what I’d really appreciate: It would be great if the guys behind the Circuit Cube could come up with a higher-revving motor – speed is rather sedate… And a bit less noise would be nice, too. Thanks for stopping by! Best regards, Sven
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Very simple: I wound a piece of adhesive tape round the pin before inserting it into the wheel, so that the pin becomes slightly larger in diameter and fits very tight in the pinhole.
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Here it is: https://bricksafe.com/files/Tenderlok/10497-galaxy-explorer/Galaxy Explorer 10497.io
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I'm working on it.
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Thank you for your kind words, @Sérgio! I'm happy when I was able to inspire you!