Hi All,
Swiss-Inspired Trans Europe Express (TEE) Train.
A quick build for a mini-expo at a local Christmas market.
The style is deliberatly held completely and utterly CHIBI, in order to go well with standard Lego City sets, and maintain that quaint look-and-feel oficial Lego sets have.
The locomotove is a free fantasy build, inspired by swiss epoc III electrics.
The construction is 6-wide, and the snot build 2x3 windows are of course inspired by a build by Valgarise.
Standard Power Functions.
The rake consists of 4 coaches. The livery is of course more-than inspired by classic Trans Europe Express coulor scheme.
Grossraumwagen, Aussichtswagen, Speisewagen and Abteilwagen. I´d even claim that it is a totally realistic consist.
Construction is deliberatly kept simple. All the waggons are 100% standard SOT-build.
A close-up of one of the waggons;
The curious Aussichtswagen;
I think the glass-dome came out particulary well. It should be easy decorating it with minifigs, and I think the solution is also easily adaptable to 7- and 8-wide models!
The whole consist doing some test-rounds on my floor. It negotiates curves and turnouts perfectly well.
Seasons Greetings!
Ciao