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I love it!!! It is not a Monorail, but it gives a right idea of futuristic train used on the Moon or Mars! ?

Very very nice addons! These really bring minifigs to life!

Hi all! After some months, the 112 XXL is now built in real bricksand ready to run! Here it is in the new garden, it was cold, dark and pretty wet. The track was laid on the grass directly, and it was really irregular. I therefore chose a slow gear ratio, since the fast one was really too much for this kind of situation. And here's a video of the 112 in action!!! The 112 is powered by an XL motor, which has the perfect torque to pull heavy loads,as the original model. In some cases, with really heavy load (stones), I experienced some wheel slipping. I therefore came back to the original solution to improve traction....rubber bands! Or, better...plumbing gaskets... They work fine, and have a right level of softness. A last photo outside...now it's raining again Hope you like it as I do! Ciao! Davide

Thanks, sir!!! Kind and supportive as always!!! You both are right, the buffers are too high. Lowering them by one plate already gives a different feeling! I am building the green one in boxy style, and I will modify it as I modified the new version,with lower body and lowered buffers.

You were right!!! During the redesigning phase I did not pay attention to the overall height! I lowered the whole body by 1 plate and the nose by 2 plates. Now she's again a long and slim girl!

Hi @Hod Carrier!!! Thanks for your explanation!!! It's a lot of time since I've shown my 4,5v DP1 , and I've now the possibility to run something very very similar and easier to build. Starting from @zephyr1934 feedbacks , I tried to create a more complex model, keeping my chassis, parts of the nose and the whole central body. This is the result: It surely is a bit more advanced than her "boxy" sisters, and it is now ready for Power Functions or Powered Up. It is similar to many other BR55 made out of Lego, because it shares a lot of solutions, like the curved underbody. I kept my old style windscreen, updated the bogies and fitted new long side tanks. All in all I like it, but I feel it's not "ready". Something still needs some attention. In the meantime, while I'm using my 4,5v body to try the bogies, I also prepared a new render in DP1 Livery. Ciao!!! Davide

Thanks @ColletArrow, now I know what must be illuminated and what is not required - I made a research too but no pictures of the red taillights (only a video in which i see them). To be sincere, I do not like too much the central headlight on the green one - since it totally ruins the paint scheme. I saw pictures of the green BR55 restored by Deltic Society - and it has the central headlight (at this point I think to be main line compliant). Well , I'll remove it, only illuminating the "headcode" and small taillights according to direction (using diodes). A mockup is ready (4,5v body on PF motors) to test the bogie articulation...I'm not too happy and I've to rethink it a bit. Starting from the feedbacks received, I also performed another design of the blue one - this evening I'll render it and post it here. Ciao and thank you!!! Davide

Thanks! What I was searching for is the - "that's a Deltic" feeling. The locomotives are obviously a lot simplified, but what I tried to do is putting the main details in place and keep the overall look. There are many many Deltics in Lego , and they are beautiful and big. This is more a personal trial to run my original prototype in the modern era. Hi there @ColletArrow!!! It is exactly as you said. It depends on the subject. This one is harder to manage, since it in reality it has ALL round shapes. Therefore - it is highly simplified to be "poligonal" (I somehow reason in 8-bit style ). Buffers are fragile as you correctly expect - i normally use a trick to make them a little more solid. PF track , when unboxed, is kept together with some gray pins. I cut them and put them inside the round brick and the headlight holder brick. The tile on top of buffers is always fragile by nature The headcode (thanks for explaining me its name) is made by two transparent bricks - and can fit inside a printed number (white on black). Therefore, using a LED it could be possible to light it up like the real thing . For the "domino" headlights it is as simple as you could imagine, I'll use two LEDs and that's all. One question...the two small "headlights" in the lower part of the locomotive nose...are these red taillights in reality? Hi @zephyr1934 , thanks for your feedback!!! You're right , these locomotives have a great "gray era" influence, since they're deriving directly from the 4,5v DP1 prototype. I wanted somehow keep the original look of my old MOC. I used some parts available in 9v era (apart motors) , plus some prehistorical SNOT for the side tanks. I tried to recreate the design of the round top part of the nose in "Santa Fe Style" , but it was not nice like I expected . The bright green is not a color of the 9v era - I made it yellow at first...but it was really ugly!!! Let's say I took a "poetic licence" for aesthetics' sake. Thanks for your feedbacks, always constructive and supportive! Thanks!!! I hope you like them too!!!

Hi all, This weekend I had some time to revive my 9V trains. I do not have the full collection as I do for 12V / 4,5V, because I sincerely did not like the 9V era. But playing a bit with them, repairing two motors and trying to run multiple trains, made me somehow like 9v too. I've never created a 9V MOC, so I began to think what to build. Having around my 4,5V unfinished MOC of the English DELTIC DP1 locomotive, I tried to adapt it to the 9V world. Therefore I started identifying the correct scale for my 6-wide trains. I found 1:60 scale allows to create 6-wide trains in an easy way. All trains being 2800mm to 3200mm wide easily are in the "almost 6 studs" range, more or less. Surprisingly, the prototype of my DP1 (made without any scale in mind) was quite correct. A bit too tall. I started designing in LDD, and this is the result: As you can see, the models feature two 9v motors, since I think these will move the model without too much effort. The motors are big, and the third wheels are too far inside - this causes the two central tanks to be smaller than they should be. The "chassis" is now 4-wide and completely fits inside the body. I wanted to recreate two well-known liveries (two tone green and blue), and I tried to replicate two different "noses" (of the many combinations available). Cabin roof is white because I like this combination more than all green or all blue. Both feature the central headlight (which I think is a modern requirement, since in some old photos these were not available). I added this headlight since it is simple to light them up with LEDs or original 9v lights. The whole body is empty, inside. A smoke generator would work fine with 9V, to replicate the smoking Deltic experience! I tried to study a bit also the British coaches to be paired to the two locomotives. I chose a simple model from Mark I family (four doors and seven big windows), able to match the 100MPH speed of these locomotives. The coaches are also made in 1 to 60 scale. I really hope to find bright green parts in Bricklink - these should be quite common. Being the motors standard 9v, it should be possible also to easily convert the locomotives to Power Functions. But using PF, the possibility to use smaller bogies and some Technic could restore the two central tanks to the original lenght and give a more balanced side view to the locomotives. I tried also to create a 12V - styled version - but the 12V motor uncovered wheels really do not fit well. It's the first time I prefer the 9V fake bogies on a train! ...things change...

I love it!!! Thumbs up!

Waaaay better! I'd give a try to yellow side grilles and shutters - only for curiosity! Ciao! Davide

Great work! This loading facility looks very nice - It should be awesome when put into a diorama or a bigger tran-related scenario! Diesel 10 has a very mean look!

Thank you all!!! As always happens - drawing a mechanism and making it work are two worlds apart...the crane turning gears worked perfectly, but the winch was a complete pain (the cable had too much friction and the hook was only going up). So, I began building the locomotive and adding things on the fly. The final result is a similar locomotive, but with a completely different crane. Here it is in a semi-Train / semi Technic setting: Sorry for the missing trees, minifigs and other decorative stuff - I did not have time to retrieve them I hope you like it! Ciao, Davide

Nice nice nice!!! I love those bogies!!!

It's a very nice locomotive!!! It's the right size, and it is nicely done! I'd keep the original design, changing a bit the color scheme by reducing the number of different colors. For example, keeping the green as the main color (you've those nice windscreens that must not be wasted ), yellow could be used for decoration line (thick or thin, as you prefer) and details (like rails), dark bluish gray could be used for the roof and bonnets top. I'd exclude the light gray color from the chassis - since in my opinion it's the one unbalancing the whole look of the locomotive. The chassis could be, for example, all black (to match the bogies) or all green (to match the main body color). Or even half and half (lower part in black, upper part in green). all in all there are a lot of possible color combinations Ciao! Davide

Great work, this locomotive is impressive!!! The colors, the sides, the slopes on cabin...fantastic!

The only thing remaining is to do is building a black and white train for TOFU transport on Japanese railways! I think the only problem will be the announcement of the train in stations: "AE86 Train from mount Akina incoming on track 1 and 2..."

Hi all, after looking the announcment of Octrainber challenge of this year ("Technic") , I tried to think to something easy and feasible with parts I already have. I won't participate in the event, but I surely will build this little thing. You know that I like "building in retro style", therefore this locomotive is built only with parts available in the early 80s. I'd say it could easily be a custom Lego coming out from a 7777 book. It is a Crane Locomotive, inspired by the english Glenfield Crane Locomotive, but adapted to a simple Lego design. I kept the black lines, since it could be nice to change color from blue to red or yellow without too many effort. It was designed half in LDD and half in STUD.IO, since some parts were not available in LDD only. It should have been designed with a 4,5v motor, but wheels were not available, therefore I used normal wagon wheels and created a fake motor. In reality It will definitively be a 4,5v train. The weight of the motor will help to keep the whole thing stable. There's room for a 4,5v light brick for the front central hadlight. As you can see, I had problems to include magnets and couplers . STUD.IO is not so easy to use to me!!! The crane can rotate and the winch is fully working. The two features are moved by the rear controls. The winch will use fishing cable, which is thin and resistant. It is quite rude and unrefined, but since it is a workhorse, therefore it needs to be simple and effective. It somehow resembles the 7710 since I needed some boxy shape to fit the crane rotation mechanism. The cable is controlled by the lower rear manual wheel. It is rolled up by a Technic axle+bush, then it goes into the red turntable (with central hole), goes up in the two 2x2 round brick, passes the big gear, reaches the pulley and goes to the hook. This long path was required in order to move the winch from the rear of the locomotive without having controls directly on the crane arm. Plus, in this way there's no unwanted crane arm steering due to winching. As you can see the two round bricks and the gear are kept together by an antenna instead of a technic axle. This is needed to allow the fishing cable to pass in the central holes (the antenna allows some room for the cable in the central hole). I think this one could be a nice addon to the "Locomotive Factory" in 7777 book, parked in a siding and lifting something! Ciao! Davide

Ciao!Thank you! I liked it too - it was a bit "different". It is the locomotive that started all my work on this completely invented "SCALE". By the way it's a "goodbye" and not a "farewell"

Hi all, last week I was looking to my 7810 and 7720 models in XXL format, and I sincerely found them ... obsolete. It seems strange, but some solutions I chose in the past are no more satisfying. I started then some studies on newer versions, recycling a lot of old designs and introducing the "Fat Wheels" (which I sperimented with 112 XXL). I am not still convinced on some details (mainly ladders), but I think these models are beginning to have the right shape. Double gauge (lego track and G-Gauge track) is still possible, and the battery is now moved inside the bodies instead of being contained inside the chassis. Normal train buffers are back, they are a bit small, but help the general look. Bye bye to fake "suspensions" on the wagons - they ruined the overall look like 9v wheels do when they're used on Gray era trains. Let's start with the 7710: Then we continue with the 7720 (engines only) - I've to find a solution for those "radiators" - maybe vintage yellow and red doors? Now time for the 7810 pulling three 7818: The glorious 7760 (here the ladders show all their limits!!!): And finally, the 7725. This one and the 7740 are the ones who convinced me to go back to double buffers. As you can see, I added some details on some models and I modified some things. Nonetheless, I think these models can be improved a lot (ladders,as already said, and pantographs, and If I understand a good way to do it, headlights). All trains you see feature the standard chassis and motor. For 7740 there is a specific "bogie version" of the below motor (the motors will go inside the body, together with the batteries). My 7810 XXL is currently under revamping, following the new style. Farewell to the blue 7720 XXL, now dismantled to recycle some parts - but she'll be back in red soon! Ciao! Davide

I personally Like the V2 more - the use of 1x6 wooden planks is more realistic, plus the black bricks with studs are perfect. Thumbs Up!!!

I love this rendition of the Vectron!!! The use of larger wheels makes this really impressive! It is aggressive like it should be!

Very nice, simple and effective design and great attention to details!!! Thumbs up!

Great work as always!!! But (it is a my personal opinion) this one has a real Lego "feeling" - it immediately recalls the old Lego buildings sets available a during Gray and Blue Era!!! I looked also to the Steel Mill, fantastic details!!!

Great work!!! The problem with "moving" chains is the same I'm experiencing in my video...I tried to lock them in place, but no way!