BrakeCoach

Yup! I was delighted to hear that it will be back running soon. Also thanks for the info on the pantograph! I will make that change.

I made this back in 2021, but I feel like this is still worth showing to everyone. This model is based on the British Rail Class 89, 89001, a unique one-off of a proposed class of locomotives. Its a 7-wide model approximating to real-life proportions, thus being the most detailed and ambitious project that I have taken so far. The three-axle bogies, as they also have buffers attached to them, are too long for lego track, so I divided the bogies into two parts, with the main part connected to the body, and the other has the buffers, and connected to the main bogie. The front features the distinct rounded vertical headlights, as well as the bars around them. I also was able to reproduce the rounded bufferbeam area as well. The parts that I am most satisfied of are the sides. I think the sideways grill piece represents the real locomotive well, and I think I made the right choice using rail pieces to have the indentation just below where the roof starts. If I were to make it into a real model, I would love to get decals for the silver nameplates it has. The roof pops out, allowing access to a power functions motor, battery box, and reciever. The reciever is right under the pantograph well, where it is hidden beneath some prototypical grills. I made this before learning about better lego gear ratios, so currently its not in the most ideal setup. One change I made from the 2021 version is the pantograph from some hinge plates with a pantograph piece, to a bunch of bars and binocular pieces. Now, it is bigger and more detailed, enhancing the pantograph well area as a whole. You can still see the original version from my profile pic. I'm not sure if I would ever make this in physical form, because the parts for this model costs about $300-400, which I don't have at hand to willingly spend at the moment. In the meantime, I would love to get some feedback, because there are a bunch of stuff I want to improve upon, such as: the cab slope, which is on a 60 degree angle that I am satisfied with, but still leaves a giant hole at the bottom better bogie techniques, as well as the gearing

Hi! I have been interested in LEGO for quite some time, and even some of my oldest videos I made for the internet was about lego trains. It blew my mind that people can make various things with lego (and buy the bricks), literally people who think outside of the box. Especially cause I was born after lego stopped making things like My Own Train and the like. I had a few periods of dipping into the hobby and seeing what is going on, especially in the MOC stage, as I also try to make MOCs with bricklink studio. After recently getting into star wars, naturally I went back into the LEGO hobby with lego star wars, and I plan on making a few lego trains as well. Over the years I collected these lego trains: 7938 7939 4511 Emerald Night Horizon Express (2x) 4841 hogwarts express 79111 constitution train chase At the moment these are in storage in pieces, so I have no idea if any of those are still intact. I don't remember selling any of them, so hopefully I have them all. But right now, due to rising costs, building techniques getting more and more niche and complex, and everything else, I am trying to make cheaper lego builds, with simpler techniques so that I don't get burnt out tinkering with bricklink studio. I can't wait to talk with many talented people here to get advice on how to be a better builder!