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Frank STENGEL

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  1. Frank STENGEL
    A wonderful Nez Cassé. You have nailed the complexity of the front.
  2. Frank STENGEL
    Beautiful realistic model. I just checked on their site (sorry in German): the prototype has/had these front windows. the weird thing is that it looks as if it only has them in the front. Go figure...
  3. Frank STENGEL
    Beautiful model. I think that what makes it look a bit short is that the end of the cowling's downward curve just behind the rear driving wheel is just a bit too shallow. What would the model look like if instead of the lower 2x4 wedge plate, one would put a 2x3 wedge plate?
  4. Frank STENGEL
    I really like the articulated version. It gives an impression of power without being overly massive. I bet that an actual version runs quite well on R40 curves.
  5. Frank STENGEL
    Nice virtual build. I'd love to see it in real bricks. Do you have a better picture of the prototype? It mightily looks like a BB9200...
  6. Frank STENGEL
    My layout has both 7 and 8 wide trains. Most of my current freight rolling stock is made out of 2 axle 7 wide wagons. Basically, the 7 wide locomotives are smaller units (a br64 for instance) and do not look too much out of place with the larger 8 wide ones.
  7. Frank STENGEL
    As far as I can tell a train could have more than one of these cars with brakehouses/brakeperson: they whould be placed around heavy/brakeless cars. They were quite frequent in the times before compressed air brakes.
  8. Frank STENGEL
    Wow. You really caught the essence of this "broken nose" locomotive. I had to look at real world pictures in order to find differences.
  9. Frank STENGEL
    That idea of an extra small wheel is pretty slick. Especially if one has some side panels to hide the extra bits.
  10. Frank STENGEL
    Very nice. You could try adding the orange (Arzens) color scheme. Adding a motor might be complex if one wants to keep the current wheelbase and lower decorations.
  11. Frank STENGEL
    I had to include him since I had to lubricate the gear trains in order for the thing to move without squeaking
  12. Frank STENGEL
    This post has been dormant for quite a while. I was remidned of its existence when @brick-builds exended another of my old ones. So, this is not anymore a WIP. After a (far too) long shelving, I finally finished the project last spring during lockdown and... again forgot about it. Here is a quick video of the finished loc: du Brisquet by fstengel4, sur Flickr It is only pulling 3 cars since I had to move the whole lot to get more light.
  13. Frank STENGEL
    If I look at the photos, it seems that wire is on the outside of the bogie just under the axles. It is as if it was linking the brake shoes...
  14. Frank STENGEL
    Nice, If I understand well, you are controling your train using an ESP8266 via WiFi with an android app. How are you driving the motor(s)?
  15. Frank STENGEL
    Nice! Captures the spirit of a class 37. One could try for a wasp livery by replacing the lowermost (or highest) bricks with a 3 plate yellow-black-yellow sandwich.
  16. Frank STENGEL
    Brilliant! The detailing is impressive. I spent a lot of time comparing the HO version and your lego rendition: the are near identical...
  17. Frank STENGEL
    Brilliant!
  18. Frank STENGEL
    Same for me, waiting and waiting and...
  19. Frank STENGEL
    Nice design. It would be interesting to have a lld /ldraw file to play and experiment with. I'd love to se what is behind the wheels.
  20. Frank STENGEL
    Same for me. An answer would have been nice, even if negative. At least one would have known and stopped waiting...
  21. Frank STENGEL
    This is an amazing build (like the two E636). It captures the essence of the caracteristic slanted nose. I see it is 9v based. Do you think there is room for a battery box, in order to convert it to PF?
  22. Frank STENGEL
    Amazing !
  23. Frank STENGEL
    I have used some electric wiring to simulate a hose. Quite efficient when one wants to have a bent one to simulate a pipe that runs along a boiler. A few caveats: one has to first unbend them by rolling them flat, the diametre varies a bit around 3mm and coulour matching is not that good.
  24. Frank STENGEL
    Stunning! If I see well one of the coaches is a sleeping car. Am I right?
  25. Frank STENGEL
    Nice work.
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