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instead of doing what i should do next i started on the modded version: quite a rough model currently. ofcourse still missing its fuel tank and the jet engine.

no problem! we fellow monorail guys must help each other.

todays progress: first i made the white stripe go continous, lowered the hoods by one plate and included the handrails. next i added the cabs windows and chimney. still not entirely happy with the sides which are supposed to be inverted. next up is changing the coupling design so no accidental decoupling in r40 curves

yes there is: on this page of this very topic and one page further

british trains are always a nightmare to build because they arent square in the slightliest bit. good job!

fiddling around with details is another why i wanted to get going quickly so that i can have time to do it.

yes but i have things like my final year of school to do. yea i am too fast but others are too. go to the german doctor brick forum and see

aah ok. i dont have a picture of the original livery of mine so i can jzst make a good estimate

well it doesnt travel above the river but the elbe is very close to it. only like 300m from the bottom station to the elbe.

moving on. this time i did the hoods. the ends of the hoods are at a slight angle which i made through the use of hinge bricks. the vents are done through a snot construction, 90% of the hoods is snotted. the upper light was the most dificult one to build as there wasnt any space due to the use of the hinge bricks. it is made by pushing a 1x2 panel into the top part of the hood. i also added a second motor so that the model would have a little more power (i dont know how much power a cirquitcubes motor has but i had space for a second one).

i think i know this one. but thanks for recommending.

next step the locomotive has a window each on the front and back side of the cab. the door handles are made just like on my e69 using minifig hands. the cirquit cubes just sits loosely in the cab, the main windows of the cab will be attached on top of it so that you can take out the battery cube for charging and to turn it on/off.

this is an east german loco of the former gdr so idk if the soviets built it or germans did. there are examples of soviet broad gauge wagons with similar turbines on them though.

further progress: basically finished with the undercarridge and now starting on the body (the non modified version)

nice choice and niceley done cab. one question though: do you know how the transformed version looks like and can you share pictures of it here?

i settled with option 2 as a swiveling part would have made it more annoying to add details. here is my progress so far. the loco isnt too complex as far as details on the undercarridge go. just a couple of leaf springs and other bits like a preassure tank and ladders. model will be powered by cirquitcubes. it will be a digital model for now but i wanted to leave the option for motorization there. it is just a couple of bevel gears. quite standart drivetrain driving all 3 axles

the issue with that is that you can pretty much forget about good detailing as the model will be 6-wide so there isnt much space for a side moving axle.

now i have started the build. the issue is that this one is a three axle locomotive with larger spaces between the wheels than are acceptable for r40 curves. i have several options now: variant 1: simply say i dont care it wont go around r40 (not happy with this i want to make this work) variant 2: making blind drivers of some sort to make it go around r40 (not bad especially for detailing as you dont have to make clearance for swiveling) variant 3: using the same setup my vossloh g6 uses with a turntable (bad as this uses a lot of space) variant 4: using a ball joint for the swiveling (good as less space is used but bad as you have to account for the swiveling motion and make room for that) i am currently split between variants 2 and 4. i have thought about making the middle axle be able to shift side to side but decided against this as it would make for an incredibly difficult job getting the details in (model will be 6-wide as always)

aah ok. that is a good one too.

no. would make for quite the spectacle though. the model will be all digital.

it didnt have the thrust nozzle so not that much thrust was produced by the engine. but would have been quite the spectacle to see it running for shure. what did you think i was going to choose? just curious.

It is that time of the year again so lets start with my topic for this years octrainber. I had a more difficult time to find a prototype this year than the year before as the topic is very different and special. but ultimately i found one: a locomotive that has been converted to a de icing machine using a JET ENGINE from a soviet mig 17. here is a picture of this loco before the conversion (not exactly but one of her sisters) and here is it currently: for more info look here: https://www.eisenbahndienstfahrzeuge.de/winterdienst/ATG/ATG.htm

nice

didnt know you where from the ukraine. hope you are (relatively) safe. awesome loco and wagon anyways. like it a lot.

this was also done with the old metal axles: plastic axles might have even melted in the worst case. the speeds where achived by running 9v motors at 20+ volts (something you wouldnt even think about doing today considering current pricing of these motors)