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  1. zephyr1934
    That is simply an amazing build, great transition from summer to fall and lots of interesting detail to guide the eye
  2. zephyr1934
    Indeed, all good calls. In a world with R40 curves tradeoffs must be made (are you sure you don't want to go 12 wide and build for G-gauge track? Grin) That has a certain simple elegance to it
  3. zephyr1934
    That looks a lot better with the one-wide yellow stripe. I hope I'm not being a nuisance by tossing in my 2c. This page has roster shots of the engine through seven successive paint schemes (five different schemes since the last being a recreation of the first, and the 5th redoing the 3rd) including a nice view of the side. It looks like the gray (silver) should be about twice as long as the red. The FP45's are 22 ft (44%) longer than the F7's. So cutting most of that length out of the gray would make the two colors about equal in length, as per your build. If you are building the cars proportionately to their width, they would be about 50 studs at 6 wide, in which case I'd suggest lengthening the engine a bit. But if you are keeping the cars shorter to be a consistent scale with the super chief cars and look better on R40 curves then the proportions of this build are spot on.
  4. zephyr1934
    You've got some really tight curves on your layout (grin). Seriously though, that looks fantastic and it is in great company. Nice display!
  5. zephyr1934
    Interesting take in this locomotive (one of it's close relatives was even painted up in Maersk). Offering a little unsolicited advice, I think the nose looks nice and good choice to shorten the front deck to one stud. The doors seem a little too pronounced, could you do a half plate inset? (e.g. using brackets pointing in next to the door and a brick with studs on the inside in the door held together with a 1x4 plate or tile). I think on the prototype the red warbonnet did not go that far back, what would it look like if you moved that up a few studs? I know you carried this over from 10020, but where the yellow stripe becomes two studs wide near the roof looks a little off. Is there any good way to do it at one stud wide? I think lego did two studs wide on the Super Chief because there were no good one wide options at the time, but they masked it by putting the transition "under" the grill. That is definitely a tough feature to reproduce though, the slope of the thin line it is not conducive to pure lego brick built solutions at this scale. For the impure, there is even a solution for the three axle trucks.
  6. zephyr1934
    It's ALIVE!!! My creation is ALIVE! That is insanely crazy and I completely respect you for it. Oh yeah, also pretty impressive.
  7. zephyr1934
    It is amazing how much company pride went into these little shunters. All that pinstriping is crazy, and the red jacket. In the US it would have been painted black and relegated to the shadows. Great little build and cleaver use of the party hat.
  8. zephyr1934
    Really great detailing in such a small package, keep up the good work!
  9. zephyr1934
    Yeah, "simple" as in simply amazing. Always great to see your work. Always important to build to your interests (otherwise it stops being a hobby and starts being work). I for one hope you come back to the larger builds some day. If you need to thin the collection I'm sure your works will fetch a sufficient sum on the aftermarket to let you build bigger and better while knowing a given piece has gone to a good home.
  10. zephyr1934
    Why not simply build a powered up motor to turn the dial on the 9v controller? (grin, both joking and seriously). If your primary goal is only to be able to stop all trains in an emergency, a much cheaper solution would be to buy a wireless power switch. Plug the 9v controller into it (or the power strip with all of the controllers) and plug that into the wall. You can then carry the wireless switch to cut power in case of emergency. I did this back in the days when my club put on large 9v layouts in case a rambunctious kid got to the tracks.
  11. zephyr1934
    Very nice! Can't wait to see the entire train.
  12. zephyr1934
    That's some crazy snot on the locomotive and great work on the consist in general
  13. zephyr1934
    Yes indeed, an amazing build (I didn't want to bump this thread when I was catching up last month but since it's here I'm in). Any updates on building it in real bricks?
  14. zephyr1934
    You could also keep the basic bogie design and get an even smoother rolling using the 3rd party (or homemade) roller bearing trucks. I think most of the folks selling them use the 1x2 technic brick with two holes, but at least some of them will happily use the one hole variant if you ask. The net result should be similar form factor to the 12v train wheels.
  15. zephyr1934
    Maybe Lego.com is whacked. Now the PU train motor set 88011 (released in 2019) is listed as a new set
  16. zephyr1934
    Nice looking steamer
  17. zephyr1934
    Another amazing train, great work!
  18. zephyr1934
    I too noticed the technicv hub missing from S@H and thought it was odd. At least right here right now the technic hub has reappeared https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/technic-hub-88012
  19. zephyr1934
    That's brilliant in the simplicity
  20. zephyr1934
    Also some new (to me at least) ballasting tricks- using the gray 1x1 round plates and 1x2 rounded end plates to get to hard to reach places.
  21. zephyr1934
    That is most excellent! He really does deliver on "only the best is good enough" (even if it isn't his motto)
  22. zephyr1934
    That would look good sitting on a siding, maybe with a little foliage "growing" on it
  23. zephyr1934
    Okay, so you bought a nice LGB car and painted little lines to look like the edges of bricks... Seriously though, your work continues to amaze as you push the envelope of brick built trains.
  24. zephyr1934
    Looking good
  25. zephyr1934
    Nice work Now you need to put a few tracks and maybe a train around it (grin)
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