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    Sorry for late reply! Thanks mister!!! I thought a display model would have been a nice idea, plus I'm not working on my 1:87 models from awhile, so it is a good opportunity to have some exercise! Thanks!!! I thought at this possible solution looking at our old thread of 4-wide trains! Thank you!!!
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    Thanks Thorsten for your always kind words!!! Some stickers are needed to refine the whole machine, especially the vNX - my doubt is if I'll succeed in creating them for real (in PartsDesigner it's easier )...I'll try to explain better here below, since... ...It's time for showing the metamorphosis from E.550 to vNX806.200 As shown above, the two vehicles share some parts, so let's start again from the bare chassis, which has been modified with specific rear buffers and front link for the snowplow (and black wheels without rods). The platform of the vNX is painted in the same color as the body (dark tan), and has a specific front hood, including the "snail eyes" headlights. The two cabin sides are the same as the E.550, but will have specific stickers. The cental headlight is then attached to the cabin's internal structure (you'lll spot it in the next picures below). The roof is very simple, so I'll jump directly to the snowplow, which is composed by four parts, the two big blades and two small lateral "wings". The snowplow is centrally linked to the chassis and can reach some level of articulation. Here's the completed vNX ! As you can see, there's a lot of "yellow" where some yellow/black stripes should be. For this reason I'm working on specific stickers. As the OcTRAINber 2002 contest is asking also for some "functionality" I tried to replicate the possible movements of the snowplow - first, the vertical movement, achievable thanks to the Technic friction pin. When moved up, the snowplow is "at rest". Then I illustrated below the extension of the blade and wings. The lower right picture represents the "at rest" position (the same you see in the prototype's pictures at the beginning of this thread. ...and I'd say I am done with the "digital design" - now it's time to retrieve the real bricks! Ciao! Davide
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    And here's the first render, with all needed part to recreate the two vehicles: Some parts are in common, some are in other colors, some are completely different. Looking better at the photos of the vNX806.200 I think I should consider the small black wheels also. The chassis is pretty straightforward - it's 6mm longer than 1:87 exact scale, but don't tell anyone! Rods are moved as if they are in lateral position, otherwise, the ladder won't fit properly. In any case , the ladder would have covered that part of the rod. Then, let's add body components , supported by the central part in black. Next, we attach the small frontal detail (which will become the central headlight in the vNX). Pity there's no double 1x1 slope in dark tan, I'll try BB, but in case it will remain as it is. Doors are without windows, since I did not like the effect of transparent 1x1 slopes. I will show that solution later, but the plain door looks better in my opinion. Finally, the roof and the big, red pantographs... ....and we've completed the little E.550! Stickers are still missing, but I'm working on them! Ciao! Davide
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    Time to show something! During my visit to Savigliano's Museum (not so far from the Ceva-Ormea line) in 2018, I had the opportunity to take a photo of the vNX 806.221 just restored. This one is a bit different from the 806.200 I want to reproduce, but it is always useful to get an idea on some details. As you can see, it's a stripped-down, demotorized E.550. The snowplow is surely aggressive, but the lack of rods, the small wheels and those headlights make me think to a big snail hiding behind some sort of shield (and taking a look around from time to time with her eyes). I love this thing... Back to details... No headlights on its rear nose, they are unuseful since this thing can only work if pushed. the only headlights are in the front (slug eyes) and in the 806.200 there's also a central headlight immediately under the roof. grills were mantained in the rear hood (probably also in the front one, but I don't know sincerely. obviously no motor and no pantographs, but the basic shape of the roof is the same (featuring a smokestack since there was an heater mounted inside the cabin). red wheels with white border, in the 806.200 the wheels were painted in a black-ish color. Let's see what is better between red and black black painted chassis and side ladders, in the 806.200 the chassis is brown and the ladder is recalling the body color. side writings and snow plow stripes are similar, but a bit different on the 806.200. Update: Thanks to Maurizio Boi (thanks thanks thanks!!!) I can share two photos of "my prototype", the 806.200: this is exactly what I saw on the station's backyard End of update!!! Now let's take a look to the E.550, since it will be the first one to be reproduced. I would like to create a "2 in 1" set, with all the parts to recreate the E.550 (in this case, the E.550.030 conserved at the Science and Technology Museum in Milan) and then, to CONVERT it into the vNX. This will be achieved with a modular approach, dividing the locomotive in parts that are then modified to convert the locomotive into the snowplow vehicle. two hoods, one is plain, the other one has a sort of protruding trap door (also present in the vNX). Both have grilles, but in a different shape. ladders on both sides of the chassis connecting rods two buffer beams two...things...whatever they are (you can see them near the ladders) a five-axles chassis a reservoir a roof to support the pantographs a double pantograph internal cabin structure supporting the two sides sides of the cabin with specific lettering. I am preparing all the renderings, so I can explain how it will work. See you later! Davide
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    eeeeh ooooh ehm gn gn...still looking at the photos and video - I cannot speak a word! So many styles, old , very old and new parts together, 12v...a lot of details and minifigs!!! Boats that seem old style, but are made in bricks instead of using predefined hulls. Fantastic. Great entry!!! Good luck for the contest! Ciao! Davide
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    My vote goes for the Mercury!!! But I like them all! Good work, keep it up! Ciao! Davide
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    Spectacular locomotive, elegant and smooth! I hope you will be able to build it in real bricks soon! Ciao! Davide
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    In this yellow livery this locomotive is gorgeous!!! Great work Sergio, as usual (and nice helping cat!!!) Ciao! Davide
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    "Show it" instead of "make it run". It's not the first time for trains I like the idea, sincerely. And the price is fair, for such a big beast. Building big means lots of parts to reinforce the overall structure, plus they need to recreate also the platform in order to refine the whole model. And this brings up the price. Some people bought the Star Wars sets, and surely those were expensive, so a real fan of Lego and Harry Potter could also pay for this set to show it in his/her living room. I won't buy something like this set, but I am quite impressed. Speaking of trains, I agree that there are smaller MOCs that run perfectly on standard L gauge, and I like them more Ciao! Davide
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    It is a beautiful locomotive in gray, but in orange it will surely be better!!! Great job!!! Ciao! Davide
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    Great subject !!! Very original, and well designed - especially the jet engine, which is full of details! Good work, and let me say - great improvement on your building techniques Ciao! Davide
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    Great DMU - the work on the "nose" is impressive - the more I look at it, the more I am amazed on how you did it!!! Also the sides, well, are not easy at all to achieve - and again , you succeded in reproducing that shape. Great job as always! Can't wait to see the "transformed" version! Ciao! Davide
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    Hi all!!! Some days ago, back from holidays, I found here on EB that the new OcTRAINber contest has been started earlier!!! Well, I was expecting it in October, so I was a bit "unprepared"!!! Topic is particularly interesting , but it's difficult to immediately figure out what to prepare. I was quite lucky, since during the holidays, I had the the opportunity to spot a special hystoric train on the Ceva-Ormea line, in Piedmont. This line was literally the last one adopting the three-phases alternate current "Italian" system, and was converted to diesel-only in 1973. Therefore, being unusable on the new DC system, all the old locomotives were scrapped, or abandoned...or in one specific case...CONVERTED. Here's a specific page (in Italian - but can be translated by the browser), showing the Ceva Ormea in its electric and diesel era. As you can see,the AC system required two overhead wires. http://www.stagniweb.it/foto6.asp?File=l_aln2&Inizio=26&Righe=10&InizioI=1&RigheI=50&Col=5 Among all the AC locomotives, the FS E.550 was the smallest electric "three-phases" locomotive of the whole lot. A small wonder that allowed to pull trains on the terrible Giovi line, which was a real pain for steam locomotives. The AC system was affordable, easy to use, reliable, and smooth. The only problem was related to the fixed speeds (25,50,75, and the top limit of 100 Km/h) , which declared the end of the AC and the adoption of the still used DC system (started with the glorious E.626) The E.550 is only 9.5 meters long, has 5 axles (central one with plain wheels, the outer axles have a lateral movement of 20mm), so it's a pretty agile locomotive. I sincerely DO NOT KNOW if it has ever been used on the Ceva-Ormea line. Now that we've introduced the E.550, let's forget about it for a moment,and let's move again to the Ceva-Ormea line - to be precise to Ceva Station, which is near to my holidays house. Back in the late 80s, my dad used to travel from Genova to Ceva during summer months, staying in our house for weekends. Therefore, on fridays my mom and me used to wait him at Ceva station. This station has a backyard with some dead tracks, which at the time were full of old stuff and easily accessible, since it was near the car parking. In this yard I could see a lot of things - an old shunter, some wagons, a tender... and THAT thing ! For more info, look here - the first photo is clearly depicting what I used to see back in the days: http://www.stagniweb.it/foto6.asp?File=trifase2&Inizio=27&Righe=10&InizioI=1&RigheI=100&Col=5 At the time I tought it was an old, odd diesel snowplow, resembling me a...slug. Then a very nice man working at the station explained me that it once WAS a locomotive and then it was converted to a dummy unit, needing another locomotive to push it. It's marked as VNX 806.200, and it's basically an E.550 without motor,rods,electrical equipment...and with a big snow plow mounted frontally. It was used to clean the Ceva-Ormea line and was permanently assigned (and parked) in Ceva station. I saw a restored VNX at the Savigliano's museum, but it was another unit (VNX 806.221). The 806.200 is currently parked in another station near Turin (I hope waiting for a full restore). This is what I want to propose this year for OcTRAINber contest, and I can tell you it will be in 1:87 (4-wide) and will be a display only model. There will be also an E.550, so I can show the BEFORE and AFTER together (in a pretty limited space!) See you in the next days!!! Davide
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    Wow! Thanks for suggesting me this site!!! I already found something in my old photos, something which is really near to my personal experience with trains. I think I'll go in 1:87 scale this time, in order to show the "before" and "after" in a pretty small space. All Italian stuff, this time Thanks again!!! Davide
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    Mhhh, a challenging topic, this year...let's see what I can figure out - I must confess I'm really really short on ideas...
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    Very very nice 12v locomotive, with an interesting wheel arrangement! Ciao! Davide
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    Spectacular locomotive and great solutions for the "broken nose"!!! Ciao! Davide
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    Ciao Emanuele! It's a very, very nice evolution of the "BR98" project!!! The Circuit Cubes motors are really a quality choice to power our models and give a new "spark" of life also to small locomotives! I particularly like the fact that it's keeping its "retro" look, while having the chance to work on newer track! I love those small wagons with wooden planks! Great job!!! Ciao! Davide
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    It's the best improvement that can be performed on that kind of layout
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    Aaah, the classic "8" revisited!!! I love it, and was the target track figure I wanted to complete back in the days. Simple, playful - even quite compact in its original, basic design reproduced in Lego catalogs. Ciao! Davide
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    As a fan of retrocomputing, the Atari 2600 (and its world of original cartridges) is one of my favourite collectibles. As a fan of Lego too, I always tried to mix bricks and retrocomputing together (e.g. creating a working mini 2600 - a Lego case for Raspberry Zero). So, seeing a pretty big 2600 in Lego (even if it's a display model) makes me automatically to ask it for Christmas. What I like: the areation grille is made by tiles, which give the correct "feeling", even if Lego tiles are a lot thicker than needed. But the use of small "grille" tiles should have been less original and elegant (they always need a plate below, and studs are always visible - confusing a bit the overall look). The 4 Levers version (even if the "sixer" or the six levers version 2600 is more iconic) is a good choice to have the possibility to fit the yellow border, stickers and keep the correct shape. The cartridges and shelves - nice touch - the choice of several games (with old and new labels) is great. Adventure (I bought it one week ago!!!) is a fantastic title. The classic Atari Joystick is very very similar to the real one - especially for the plug and the "cable". The 3D room of the 80s is a nice pop-up and helps the "feeling" of being sit directly on the carpet, ruining your knees, backbone and neck to get the high score What I like less: The "fake" wood pattern - it seems too regular - there are many brown colors available to make it a bit more "random". Its price, but there are a lot of parts to make the opening top,the joystick , the mini 3d room, the shelves and cartridges. Extras that could be nice: An empty cartridge set, with additional game stickers or a template to recreate them, as said in the post above. A second Joystick as a separate set A bigger shelf. Overall: It's a nerdly pleasure to see it around. It's a legend. It's the creation of the most controversial company of that period, the only one that had the opportunity to be killed by an alien...not the poor E.T. , but Atari's late management. Ciao! Davide
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    I tried to guess - I have three Volvo models in mind, all of them are classics: one of them was a successful rally car of the 60s (so a good pair with the 96). the second one is also from the 60s and was driven by a somehow "holy" pilot. one is from the 70s, and it's the model that started the modern Volvo concept Let's see If I guessed something right!!! P.s. Erik wants the Saab parked as he used to do...(pa taket!) Ciao Sven! Davide
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    Thanks, I'll try to re-think a bit the model to include larger wheels! Ciao! Davide
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    ...basically a tank on rails!!! Nice idea!!! It should have a better traction now! Good work!!! Ciao! Davide
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    Oooooh what a nice locomotive we've here. Those CircuitCubes are really useful for this kind of things! I think it's a very good improvement on the original, keeping its simplicity and "spirit". Nice red buffers - surely something to get for this kind of "resto-mod"!!! I'll keep waiting for the other "chapters"!!! Ciao Emanuele! Davide
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