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Hi all, in these days I was taking a look to old toys - and I met again the Egger-Bahn system, which was an H0e Feldbahn/Decauville set of small locomotives and rolling stock. Starting from that, I tried to design something very modular and easy to build. I based all the rolling stock on 9v motors and rails, since I've a good quantity of these which I don't use often. Locomotives are 10 studs wide, while wagons are 8-wide. There are three different locomotives for the moment, the first one is pretty strange - It basically has a wooden box in the front of the cabin - I sincerely do not know what that "box" can be used for, since the motor is there and should produce a lot of heat . Apart these "technical" considerations, it is copied from the Egger-Bahn locomotive I found on the catalogs of the 60's The second green locomotive (the one with red chassis) is also taken from the Egger-Bahn catalog - it should be based on a Gmeinder real locomotive. The third locomotive (red one) is a bit more modern in design. It is not a reproduction of a real model - it is a mix of many small locomotives I saw during some internet surfing. I thought some "people" could be a nice addition - therefore I included some "Miniland" styled figures. They fit in the cabins and are quite proportioned to the whole set. There's some room inside the locomotives hood and cabins, so the 9v motor could be replaced by a more modern PuP system. I hope you like it! Ciao! Davide

Great model and great work - it is very "curvy" lady and the streamlined lines you reproduced are fantastic!!! Keep up the good work! Davide

I love this train, and your rendition is brilliant!!!

Hi all, after some locomotives, I come back with trackside buildings again. In this case, having a big steamer ready, I needed to create a small diorama for it. I have to admit, I've blatantly copied the idea from 7777 book ! And here it is, a water and sanding station, inspired by Faller catalogue. The two water pipes rotate and can serve both sides of the platform. Near them, the two stoves used to pre-heat the water. The sanding tower can be of any colour, I made it blue to resemble the 7777 crane featured in the coaling station. I tried it also in black and red. I still miss to recreate the coaling station, but I'm working on it Ciao! Davide

Hi there! After a lot of diesels and a pair of steamers, it's time for a small electric locomotive I've always loved (I had a Lima H0 model years ago), the DB E69. Since this locomotive was made in different styles, I chose the one which was totally different from the others, the number 005 with high bonnets. This is due to the fact I wanted something different from the original 7720 - for which I've a personal, unlimited respect - yet I wanted to keep some things of it (like the 4,5v motor). Some parts (red round 1x1 plates) make it a "phase 2" of the Gray Era. As some of you surely noticed... ... the wheelbase is longer than the original one of the 7720. Well, no secrets here, the locomotive is 2WD only (rear side - the one marked with "2" stickers). In order to increase traction, I put a red weight brick under the rear bonnet, directly over the wheels. I used a SNOT trick for the snowplows, using 1x1 lamp holders. Like the 7720 it needs an external battery box or wagon to work, and unlike the 7720, it cannot be transformed with a 12v old motor, since the power pickup bricks would not touch the central rail in a proper way, due to the longer wheelbase. The central headlight under the roof can be lighten up with a 4,5v light brick (which will illuminate the cabin aswell) Wheels can be black or red - I personally like them in red Ciao! Davide

Suggestions are always welcome... ...and accepted!!! Yes - that gray bar wanted to replicate a part over the cylinders, but there was no room to recreate that detail ...so I removed it. Plus, I redesigned a bit the cylinders on the naked version and added a detail under the cabin of both versions. Thank you!!! I forgot to thank you!!!

Thanks! With these big wheels I've always started from the solution shown on big steamer featured in 7777 book, and then re-worked it a bit. A lot of trial and error is always the way to manage it properly. The V80 is based on the 6x28 classic plate - the bogies are connected to the outer holes, so there's a bit of room in the middle of the undercarriage. The buffers are connected to the bogies, and tilt normally. I used two tiles near the buffer , so the whole thing can slide properly without problems . The V200 uses the same solution, and also the V100 does, more or less

Hi, thanks! I agree, the level crossing can be easily moved by a 4,5v motor, controlled by one of the 12v switches (attached to a 4,5v battery box). It is a good idea, and I think it's feasible. Currently the BR50 lomotive has been drawn with a specific articulation system, which is similar to the one I used on the Umbauwagen 3yg wagons and on my BR78 12v. It has two main bogies (the front one and the rear one in yellow). The central bogie (blue) is connected to the two main bogies (green parts) and can move move sideways and turn slightly. I have to test it on points, but it should work. Just in case, I can split the central bogie and convert it in two swinging axles connected to the main bogies. The locomotive has not a proper chassis , basically - the body features a backbone made by Technic bricks. So the bogies can freely move underneath. For "red cargo" do you mean the V80 or the V140?

Hello and Happy New Year to all of you!!! Yesterday I left the computer alone working on some renderings of another steamer which I particularly like. I had the luck to travel on this big lady here in Italy, since we have one of these (number 3673) used for historical trains. It is the big BR50, which I tried to replicate in 12v style: Since the BR50 was made with different body styles, I've taken two specific models - the number 058 - which features the "naked" nose (above picture), and the number 622, which had a more aerodynamic and refined body on the front (below picture). One curiosity: the Italian one is similar to the 622, but some details are a bit different. The 058 and the 622 are the same, only the front bogie and buffers are a bit different between the two models. Two styles for the tender: The KabinTender.... ... and the normal long tender (the same I saw here in Italy): the KabinTender is a bit different from the original one. For example, black doors are bigger than they should be, but they add a bit of playability to the whole model, therefore I kept them. Unluckily,like all 7730/7750 derivated locomotives, this one is extremely expensive to build, due to some specific parts (1x2 and 2x2 black windows,red motor and buffers, 5 pairs of big wheels). NOTE - All pictures were replaced with new renderings, after a correction suggested by @LEGO Train 12 Volts I hope you like it! Ciao! Davide

Thanks Emanuele!!! I was waiting for you on that car - It was a rework of the Fire Chief car from 1978 I used it when I was a child (in white, with a "53" number written on the doors and hood!). More stuff is coming on next days!!!

Hi all, another addition to the buildings family - the level crossing Also this one features the classic mix between train stuff and Technic, in order to control the opening / closing of the two gates. The two gates are controlled from this wheel on the back of the house. Two cables (one for each gate) are wrapped around a pulley, making them to open (like a crane movement). the lever allows the gates to remain in open position. Probably the gates will need a small rubber band as an help to return on closed position (even if I believe gravity should be sufficient for a smooth operation) I used a lot of "oldgray" parts in this rendition, but all were quite available at the time. Ciao! Davide

Hi there, I add the new Signal Tower building, just finished: Very simple and easy to build, it is modeled after a Signal tower I found on a Faller catalogue. The roof is blue since the 30° black roof slopes were available at the time, but not the finishing top ones. And 45° slopes were not giving the same feeling. I put the "STATION" trans-red brick on one side - since it could be used with a light brick. Using plain trans-red bricks and a decal with the name of the town could be a nice custom touch. I'm trying to create dioramas like in 7777, making my old PC to work over its possibilities . Hope you like it!

Thanks Emanuele - you know I always appreciate your feedbacks! Thank you! Good to know you're also working on 12v MOCs - French locomotives are a bit tricky (especially the "broken nose" ones). I was thinking today about the cc68000 - but I still have to figure out how to make it. I was looking also to the SJ RC6 locomotives, which are very nice! I'll continue with these designs, because it's really relaxing for me. I somehow feel "at home" in the gray era Thank you! I'm doing some research on H0 catalogs - so I can build wagons and locomotives that fit well together. My problem is only the limited numer of colors - for example all early Italian electric locomotives are a mess since they were in two-tone brown . But there's plenty of European locomotives and wagons that can be replicated , so I potentially have "infinite possibilities" (pun intended) Thank you very much!!!

Hi all, in these days I'm particularly concentrated on my 12v collection, therefore I took some old projects I started in Ldraw and then I finalized them in Stud.io. I've drawn also something new, since I was focused on the building style . Normally I concentrate only on trains, but I began to design also vehicles and buildings (starting from Faller , Marklin and other catalogs, and real things of course). I'm trying to use the most common parts available, in some cases there are a quite expensive ones, but everything can be reworked. I will add other designs here as soon as they are ready. So , let's start with the "diesel parade"! The first one is a DB V200,pulling a classic train of the late 60s - it was an old LDRAW work, completely reworked. Now the engine bay is detailed and the cabin is completed. Wagons are all new (as you can see, they lack a small stripe on the doors - a sticker will do the job. Wagons do not use the classic 6x28 train plate, since these are becoming rare and expensive. Here below, another locomotive (new work) with a quite unusual chassis for a 12v train: the DB V140. The two bogies are articulated and can steer (more or less like big Lego locomotives of the 70s) The original one could also be in blue, but the windows and doors would have been very rare and expensive - therefore I chose the red livery. This locomotive features some parts available in the second part of the Gray Era. The third diesel locomotive is the V100, in its older livery. I already prepared this one some months ago, but it is now complete. This can also be built in red, without white lines. Here it is coupled to some Umbauwagen 3yg in red/white. The wagons are a rework of an older design, already shown in Eurobricks some time ago. The fourth diesel machine is the red DB V80. It is based on the same chassis of the V200, and somehow it's similar in some details. The 7777 auto-unloading cars are a perfect fit for this machine. For the moment there are no more Diesel locomotives to show. The small DB V60 is already represented by the great, original 7760! Now, let's leave the diesel world and take a step back in time with a simplified representation of a small steamer, the BR98 "Glaskasten": Since my first design needed a lot of 2x2 black windows and four rare 2x1 black windows (which are the most expensive parts on Ebay), I had to rethink it, starting from the simple (and still affordable for 12v fans) Lego 7810 and adding a pair of black side doors. It is not so faithful to the original locomotive from this point of view, but at least it's possible to build it. Wagons are longbed two axles, but the inter-axle distance is the same as standard Lego two axle wagons, so they have no problems with curves. The blue one should have been green, but it was not a common color in the 80s. Let me know what you think! Ciao, Davide

Very nice and very well detailed!!! Will you design also the passenger wagon?

Grat creation!!! Thumbs up!!!

So huge, so smooth, so yellow, so "Technic", so detailed...so beautiful!!! Great work as always Emanuele!!! I think there's a lot of study also on the cables function and movement. I love cranes, and I'd play with this one for hours.

Grazie mille!!! :) Thank you! Well it's not so much in its current design, with blue train windows it was really too expensive. Plus, being a 12v fan, the use of so many rarities (useful to restore or recreate a lot of 7710 wagons ) is quite a pity. So I came back to the SNOTted windows which all in all, are less expensive. Thanks for adding the link to the Wiki page - in fact, it's a bit short. I tried to translate the italian page in english with Google - it's more or less comprehensible, for who wants some more information.The complete line to the sea was really great project - unluckily aborted. It could have been a real gem!

Hi! Yes it is an Italian Diesel Railcar, widely used for not-electrified lines or mountain lines. It was produced in different series, each one with some technical or stylistic solutions. There were two main companies building these railcars, Fiat (the original one) and Breda. The Breda ALn668 was quite peculiar, since it had specific engine (Isotta Fraschini), gearbox and wheel arrangement (2B instead of 1A-A1 of the Fiat model). The one I represented is one of the last series of the ALn668, produced by Fiat and with a final gear ratio for mountain railroads, which reduced speed from 130km/h (80mph) to 110 km/h(68mph).

Thank you Emanuele!!!

To be sincere, it is also my concern - I used train windows in the first design, but in blue they were available only in the old 7710 wagons - and this makes them reeeally expensive. One solution could be using 4x3x1 panels with a "train window" custom sticker on it. Plus, all these parts are making the body quite heavy - since I have to use SNOT and this is complicating the whole structure.

Thank you - it is really really appreciated!!!

Thanks!!! The 78 It's an old locomotive I made some years ago, which probably would now need some updates, since there are some details no more convincing me . It started from a spare 7730, then I designed it in 7777-ish style , adding the big wheels. The 7750 decal was only used to give her an ID number. Ciao! Davide

Ho Ho Hoooo!!! Nice train!!!!