Lazarus

No they wont the stud patten is off. Streights are fine bends not. But there is other ways. have a look at my option for putting tack bends on base plates http://www.eurobrick...showtopic=77596 Plans can be found http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=lazarus992

Will work on getting bricks once the design is complete if no one else can find any faults i will start ordering parts.

After few more hours work, i have mad the cab 8 wide and tenders. Also lowered the roof on the coach by one plate to match the height of the FS. From the photos you see the loco tenders and coaches are identical in height and shape i guess for streamlining. But i think the loco is now complete.

I do really like the work that has gone into it and it is very very good. Only bad things i can say what i would do diffrent is platform color the black just dont look right to me and maybe the platforms being a bit wider.

I have removed all gearing from the loco and the wheel are just going to free wheel. it is hard to power this loco without killing the look or having to comprimise it. So that why i am making to coaches to be the power cards with 8 wide coaches it would be easy to do PF also lots of room and the PF motor is the same as the 9v in size. But once it has the 4 coaches on and the big loco i might have to go upto 4 9v motors to have it run easy with out over heating.the 9vs. On my Horizon 2 9v over heat after about 20mins so i have been meaning to put a mix of PF and 9v on there using the power from the 9v motor to power the PF motor as they are only about $15 to but compared to like $50 for 9v

And wow those windows are expencive. Any one though of a work around for them.

Also the coaches had to be 8 wide to fit 9v motors on and sink them into the base board. But i was ging with the flow and 40studs x 8 studs ended up being a very nice nice to get the scale right. I spent last night making none powerd boggies up this took a while as the 9v motors and a little off and hard to copy as i wanted all the coache boggie to look the same. But once i have extended the FS tenders and cab i will be working on a break van and also restaurant car. so train will be FS>mk1 passenger>mk1 restaurant>mk1 passenger> mk1 break. and i think that might be the same or longer than my Horzion, Also i am not sure how well 8 stud wide and 40 stud long will work on my bend on my layout haha.

Ok so after looking at some real life pics the train and the tender at the same width at the coaches. But in saying that the front of the loco is already 8 wide and goes to 7 at the cab then 6 in the tender so you are right i should at least make the tenders 8 wide maybe the cab if i can keep the look.

Thanks for the comments guys. Now if some of you are thinking how am i going to power this. Well at the start i was going to power the tenders but i could not put in my 9v motors without kill the look. So i though i will put it in my Mk1 coaches, as i needed to make these longer and improve on the EN coaches. So here is the start just the base with two 9v motors, it is 40 studs long so a bit more on the EN one and looks around right size wise with the new size FS.

I was looking at getting those custom rods u have in your sig when i get around to building it :-)

Updated with above comment changes. They looks a bit stumpy now or its just me, they are already extended by two studs the tenders dont think i will get more out of them with the bogie setup with it looking dumb

agreed with the comments, will rase up the tenders thats an easy do. And you are right about the step into the coal tender i dont think i can push a brick out due to it might not be able to make it though corners in real brick. And yes i always put my plans into brick i am trying to get this done for my sons 4th bday

Loco complete

Front of the loco all done. Now to start the tenders.

Work so far about 5 hours. Looking ok hard to tell with the missing end but i have exteneded it 3 studs changes the fron buffers and boggie a little and made the body wider by two studs and made the boiler round at the bottom. TIme for bed.

haha

NRM > is the state the national railway museum bought the loco in a while ago. What was Pea green with smoke deflectors and dual smoke stacks. The version I am making is the version that went to the US and Oz a long time ago as it never really needed a water tender in the UK. But this is the version i found looks the best. In nz we see most of our steam trains these day have a water wagon/dual tender due to the fact there is no water supplys around these days. This is the same thing with the FS when it went to the US and OZ. In the uk there is always ample water supplys so there is not need to carry lots of water and no huge long distance between stops like in the US and OZ.

i was meaning there is only a single stack on the two tender version of the FS, where as the current version in the NRM has two stack. the EN has single.

Hello All. My son has been nagging me for a while to get the EN but i just dislike the look there is a few things that just dont look right. Model looks to stumpy needs to be longer this includes the coaches. Smoke deflectors look just wrong. Also the front face of the boiler looks to big, and lastly the rear wheel under the cab are also bad. When you put the EN and a model of the Flying scotsman next to each other you can tell this is what they have tryed to copy. But its just not that good a copy like the new Horzion express and the TGV what is a very good copy. So step one is to make up the EN in LDD and remove some bits i dont like and then work on extending the boiler about 4 studs fixing the front of the boiler. Remove the smoke deflectors fix the wheel under the cab. And maybe do a bit more if i can see any more bits needing changing. End goal is also to make this into the double tender version of the FS. there is a few diffrent bits on it compaired to the NRM FS. Things that are diffrent are no smoke deflectors. Not a double smoke stack, then there is a few bits difrrent from the US double tender and the UK double tender version. i am going for the UK version so no cow catcher and bells and extra whistle. From EN To FS

very nice i like the scale looks very good.

Its an improvment on the TMNT stuff, i was really disapointed with what they did. But the minifigs are very good.

Hello All. Fist dont know if i can do this so mods advise if i cant. Some of you may have seen my work over in the Train area of some of my designs. If not you can head over and have a look at my WIP layout ( http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=81400 ). I have had a bit of intrest in the work i have dont in LDD and i have desided to put this up for a small fee onto brick link. This is to help fund my time spent on designing and help fund the ongoing layout. If any one is keen on this head over to my brick link store > http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=lazarus992 Regards Matthew

Dont know if i can do this but. I have listed a few designs on bricklink for sale for a small fee to help me fund my layout and time on designs. if any one is keen. http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=lazarus992