Spitfire2865

Its almost done. Unfortunately, Im missing a few parts and it will be posted incomplete. But the missing parts do exist (2 1x4 plates- dark green) And you may have to design some coupler pocket for it as its not designed conventionally. Also, BBB medium drivers would probably work well for the wheels.

The trailing truck looks a little boxy. And the pony truck looks a little flimsy. (Which might fix itself when the cylinders are installed.) Other than that, it looks really nice.

Ill post some pictures sometime tomorrow.

http://www.stlouisnr...ges/2008_04.jpg http://blogs.scienti...ailroad-car.jpg Which style?

Is there any specific time period you intend for this loco? Railroad tech changed quite a bit in the early years.

If the loco is going to be red and black, I think the carriages shouldnt have red, so maybe Ill try dark green/yellow. What kind of carriages would you like? Early American or early European?

I could try. Would you want it in bricks? Or LDD? Bricks would be easier but LDD isn't out of the question. I was thinking along the lines of the early railroad carriages, but the loco would have to be rebuilt in an overall color scheme. Maybe something yellowish? Or red? What do you think? Also, the carriage colors, any preferences?

Maybe instead of flat cars, some old carriages? If you redesign the loco to incorporate colors, it might stand out more, and look nice pulling some carriages. Just an idea.

Nice. Any plans for a tender? But yeah, Ive noticed her absence as well.

This is absolutely beautiful.

What a small tender to such a large loco.

I have to say, Nice part usage on the front. I would never think airplane doors would work on a train. And the smoke is amazing too.

Well still the problem with a plaque is a car looks better standing alone. And a plaque needs a stand and that would need to support the car to look decent.

I'd say because the campervan is a vehicle which would look better standing alone while Star Wars vehicles can be displayed in multiple ways.

You could go with a dark gray as well. That is also prototypical but might clash a bit with the green.

Flex tubing, it's the hollow long tube element that can be cut down to length or bent. And the roof, not many coaches of the period had white roofs. I'd go for a light gray if I were you. Might also be cheaper.

These fit very nicely into the look of the Constitution set. Being a fan of older style American rolling stock, I have to say one of the things that bothers me about this is the size of it. It fits with the childish look that Lego gave the set but if the car was a little longer, the windows might've not looked abnormally large. Also, the truss rods underneath are a nice touch, though they are a little basic, maybe bent flex tubing would be better. Also, the side steps, if I could make a suggestion, I created side steps for some moced cars which very nicely look the part. Though I would inset them a bit into the truck so it looks as if the steps are recessed on the end walkways. http://mocpages.com/image_zoom.php?mocid=338920&id=/user_images/29777/1346185982m Hope I could help a bit.

Ive seen them used on train cars. The studs look like rivets.

If youre going for a layout, you always could moc everything and make it wherever you want. Or just not care and run anything. All up to your preference.

Yes. Most Lego trains are of a European design. An exception is the maersk(sp?), the Super Chief, BNSF and I think one more I can't pinpoint. But most train mocs span a global scheme of railroading. Very popular I've seen are American locomotives, followed by German, and then UK, and then misc. though I'm not saying American locos are more popular, it's just what I see the most.

Yes the value if large and small parts are different, but the price per piece idea is more of a general idea. It's not really intended to be an exact measurement of the value of each part. Just a vague estimate of how much you're paying for. It's still a good way to value sets, determining if its overpriced or not.

Could you fit an XL motor and gearing in the locomotive? I dont see any way to decrease the speed of the PF bogie in the way you want.

This is amazing. I love the little clock on the outer wall. And am I correct that there is a little bird sort of thing on the middle statue?

That's really nice. Though couldn't you gear it up a bit? Haha.

Maybe its because Lego is a building toy. And because of that, requires more mental thinking and problem solving, which we would learn from. Because of that, we could strive for careers that also contain a lot of thinking and problem solving. Also maybe the building thing is why many are engineers as one of you above me said.