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Nowhere near as impressive as the 4-6-4 Hudson in another thread, but here is another grey streamlned steam loco. This is a bit of a weird one. The "Lübeck-Büchener Eisenbahn" (LBE) was a private railway line in North Germany that later became part of the Deutsche Reichsbahn. In their expansion plan in the 1930s they upgraded the line to Hamburg to allow 120 kph speeds and designed and built stream-lined steam tank locos and double-deck carriages with control car to run push-pull between terminii. One of these locos was LBE 1 (later 60 001) which was a 2-4-2T (1'B'1). http://www.rainerspringer.de/fuhrpark/lbe_lok_gross.jpg It typically pulled a pair of double deck carriages with a shared middle bogie. http://www.luebeck-buechener-eisenbahn.de/images/LBE-Wagen/Bilder/Doppelstock/Wagen_Dosto_Bild_09.JPG My first attempt below. To allow for streamlining the width is 6 plus 1 1/2 plates each side or just over 7 studs. Length is 34 studs. This attempt uses an L motor and City hub where the boiler would be. This makes the boiler too wide really, so I might try swapping the motor and hub around or if that doesn't work I might resort to putting the hub in the carriage as they were almost permanently coupled IRL. There's no room in the model for train crew. The loco livery was grey and it was known the the passengers as "Mickey Mouse".

Just catching up with this thread. Absolutely awesome result. Well engineered and entertaining as well. I know a certain grandson who would love to build this, I just hope he doesn't find your YouTube videos otherwise I will be severely out of pocket! :-)

Finally got all the parts. I had to make further changes as many parts are not available in dark green or rather are available but not from UK bricklink sellers. But anyway here is the "finished" article. And one with my CWLI "Orient Express" buffet car. I need to get on with the passenger car.

Ah thanks @Lok24

Does anyone know what this icon does in the toolbar? I can't see any difference whether it is clicked or not. If you select it it becomes unselected if you click the expand icon (second from right). Thanks for any insight.

You raise a fair point. In some ways my experience reinforces the lesson we all learn, usually the hard way, that you get what you pay for. If I want the stickers and replacement lorry cab window, as the supplier is nowhere to be seen, I could order them on Bricklink (stickers are £38!). Probably need to replace the technic axles and loco wheels as having run the loco for a while, the ones supplied are a bit wobbly. So another £60 with P&P to fix the quality issues. I was lucky in that the goods turned up on time, not so that the seller has disappeared, but you take these chances on the edges of e-commerce. As to whether this posting should be on Eurobricks, we have to acknowledge that such offerings exist - even the latest Orient Express has been cloned and that's on eBay. But if I have breached some code on Eurobricks postings I apologise and I will remove the thread.

No that is not a misspelling, read on! Even before I started building Lego trains in earnest, I always fancied The Lego Maersk Train set #10219. That was released in 2011 and has long been out of production / retired. Most opinions list this SD-40 as the prototype: You can still buy new sets although very pricy, £400-£650, or second hand from £200 upwards. Still too much for me for a whim, but I happened to see this on AliExpress for £60 including postage: It was ordered as 2023 New 91006 1234Pcs Expert Ultimate Series Train from a reseller on AliExpress called MC PP Store who I can't find any more! The set number in the listing 91006 indicates the manufacturer was Ace KING (according to brick4.com) which is one of the brand names spawned from the closure of Lepin. What I actually got was a set numbered 40013 which I believe is the set Lepin used to produce. Hence the Moersk - presumably they didn't want to bother with the licensing! It arrived well within the promised delivery date. As described it was unboxed and just arrived in a plastic bag with no other packaging. To my surprise it came with an instruction book. The instructions are identical to the official Lego instructions for the set, except they have been condensed into fewer pages in one booklet and the parts inventory and Lego ads have been omitted. It is hard to distinguish black parts from dark grey in the instructions but other than that they were satisfactory. The set did not include a motor but the instructions, like the Lego version, had a section showing how a PF motor and IR receiver could be fitted. The bricks were in 32 sealed plastic bags. They were numbered 40013-1 to 40013-29 and the remaining three just 40013. The numbering did not seem to relate to the construction sequence so I guess it was just for the reseller to make sure all the parts were shipped. The clear plastic lorry windscreen was broken unfortunately - doubtless the result of the poor packaging. The quality of the bricks in terms of finish and clutch power was fine. One or two bricks had some oil residue, and a few had some minor defects, see below: The colour of the bricks was consistent and matched equivalent Lego bricks well. Whether the Maersk blue parts were a true match I don't know as I have nothing to compare them to. They were certainly different from any other Lego blue I have. Picture shows the provided colour between medium and dark azure. The white parts were consistent and LGB and DBG matched the Lego pieces in my collection. The stickers are frankly awful. Leaving aside the "Moersk", the printing is poor (see the O in Moersk) and the colour match to the Maersk blue of the bricks is terrible. As a result I haven't used them. I enjoyed building the lorry, wagons and loco. All the pieces were there and a few spare. The wagons rolled quite freely with the metal axle rods but the loco with four technic axles does not free-wheel at all. I fitted a Powered Up hub and train motor, adapting the instructions for Power Functions. I had to move the hub along a stud so as not to put stress on the cable. Here is the finished loco which looks as good as I hoped it would. although I can see a few areas for improvement. In summary. Pros: - complete part inventory, identical to Lego #10219 - printed instructions provided - brick quality satisfactory but not quite Lego standard - delivered within promised timescale - cheap! Cons: - no box / poor packaging --> damaged part - stickers useless - not exactly as ordered but equivalent model shipped - seller has disappeared, luckily no post-sales service required!

Didn't take long for the clones to arrive: I have no problem with copies of Lego retired sets like Emerald Night but this is ridiculous.

I've had to do some redesign due to dark green parts availability, revision of the pantographs, and I decided to go with red wheels. The parts are on order.

On that basis you'd never hear from me again!

I'm (very) slowly adding some buildings and a platform to the front scenic part but currently it is being used as part of a winter Hogwarts scene for the grandchildren! The baize does a good job of holding the track steady and reducing noise, and the sprung points behind the scenary work well.

Thanks for your feedback. I have tested the chassis IRL fairly extensively so I am happy with that. I am looking at some alternative collector designs which are central, and yes they ought to be red but their inelegance stands out too much, at least in the LDD model on my monitor, so I've gone with weathered. I'd prefer red though so I'll see what the actual model looks like when I build it.

Very nice. I wonder why you didn’t use the train motor?

Maybe you could put the motor in the tender and the battery/hub in the goods wagon. That way you could return the tender to its original length and avoid the long wheelbase.

Just to prove I do occasionally build something rather than just design things, here is the completed CWIL buffet car. I had to change the design of the steps as they proved to be "unbuildable" using these parts (#4865 Panel 1 x 2 x 1) ... so instead I just used a 2 x 2 tile on the top of the bogies which works fine. I think it turned out quite well.

I have been making an Orient Express passenger car a la recent Lego set but in 6 wide which is featured in this thread https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/196830-moc-carlson-wagons-lits-dining-car-6w/ I wanted to make a loco to pull it in the pre WW II era and I came across this article in Railway Wonders of the World https://www.railwaywondersoftheworld.com/orient-express.html Within this article was this picture of the train leaving Stuttgart headed by E17 03. I've always been fond of weird German e-Loks so I thought I'd have a go. For information about the prototype, this is the Wikipedia page https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DR-Baureihe_E_17 with a colour picture of the loco. I have only seen pictures of the prototype in DR green but it was an express passenger loco so it may have appeared in blue at some point. I have seen a picture of a Märklin model in blue livery, but I'll probably stick with green, if the pieces are available. If you want more details of the prototype and other e-Loks this website provides a full history and a scale drawing. http://www.zackenbahn.de/e17.html The wheel configuration of this loco is 1-Do-1. I first built a prototype chassis. I came up with an arrangement where the first and last two axles were pivoted and the middle two (powered with train motor) were able to slide sideways. This is the chassis design in LDD Here is the loco as designed in LDD View of interior, mostly filled with train hub. I haven't determined yet whether all these pieces are available in dark green. I spent a lot of time on the pantographs which I am never happy with, but these are the best I have come up with so far, for 6 wide trains.

(Please ignore) Eurobricks does not provide storage for larger pictures. You have to store your pictures on flickr or imgur or similar and provide a link. There are tutorials on how to do this on here. I find it very annoying to have to do this but I can understand why.

Very good indeed for first MOC. Pantographs are always difficult especially scissors type, and making them bright red distracts the viewer from the rest of the loco. You could try making them "weathered" dark grey instead of "fresh from the factory" red. The LEGO Krokodil scissors pantographs are quite a good design for a 7 or 8 wide model. Single arm pantographs are a bit easier to realistically model in LEGO. Was your prototype ever fitted with these? I've been working on a (6 wide) DR E17 electric loco and I've spent more time on the scissors pantographs than anything else, and I'm still not happy. I've worked on a few alternative designs which when I have a minute I'll post on here.

Thanks @SylvainLS that sorted it. I commented out the Legacy and more obscure "glitter" transparent colours and it now fits.

I have the same problem with the color palette being too big for my laptop screen. You say "edit the file" @SylvainLS which file are we talking about please? If I want to remove the legacy colours for example. Thanks!

Excellent scale model. Are you planning to motorise it or is it a static model? We can't see the wheels, I'm guessing they are the tiny ones?

Thanks. I'll take a look when I get the bricks to build it IRL. Thanks. I can't take credit for the livery though! :-)

There's much excitement about the forthcoming Orient Express set (only a few days now!) so I thought I would jump on the bandwagon and design a 6-wide dining car. It's 30 studs long with a City theme vibe. This is the inspiration prototype: (from Wikipedia) I designed it in Lego Digital Designer. I was keen to capture the black structural girder supporting the sides, recessed doors and striping. I wanted to keep to readily available bricks so used yellow rather than gold striping. Because of the internal construction the lower part of the car is only 4 wide but I have tried to create some interior. Anyway pictures tell a thousand words... I had about half the necessary parts and have ordered the rest on Lego pick-a-brick and a few on Bricklink, so I hope to be able to build it in a few weeks.

Love the frosted trees!

One problem with 8 wide is that the loco or cars will be correspondingly long. That means wider curves which in turn means you need more room for your proposed "small-as-possible" layout. You should consider 7 wide as a "near enough" compromise if scale matters to you. Perhaps you would need to go for a simple short shunting style layout. My rough calculation of scale was based on centre of rail rather than inside of rails. That would make it 1000/22.5 = 1:45 approx which would make your 2.65m wide loco nearer 7 than 8 studs.