I've been working on the recreation of the old Budapest M1 metro cars (or trams really) in 8 studs wide. I tried to be as accurate as possible with the proportions, but had to make some small compromises unfortunately. The main goal was for it to run on R40 Lego tracks which is now officially achived, along with a redesign of the dark red steel beam and front facia. (more on some motorization later)
The original line opened in 1896 and was the first electrified metro on the european continent, made for the millenial anniversary of Hungary. It runs under Andrássy Avenue to this day and is now part of the UNESCO world heritage.
Technical side:
1179 pieces without track, 8 studs wide and roughly 45 studs long, I designed it for display presence and it has 3 removable roof sections.
The bogie design doesn't allow for motorization due to it being small, but i'm not going to take the L and leave that easy so I made the original control car as well.
I again had to make a few compromises but I'm pretty happy with it now.
Motorisation:
The thing that makes this easy is the fact that these control cars only had 2 axles, so one of them can easily be motorised.
The interiors posed a small challenge when it comes to the benches, I wanted them to be easily removed for motorisation.
Here's the whole fleet now:
Feedback is welcome from all! I'm always tweaking and improving my MOCs so it helps a lot! Hope you like it!
If you like the model you can also show support for it on bricklink:
https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-11/4894/Millennium-Underground-Railway
