Eurostar e300

[Phil B]

This has progressed far enough over the last year for some preview pictures (also spurred by another user posting their progress on a similar Eurostar train).

Train set 60197 always reminds me of the Eurostar high-speed trains between the UK and France, especially the original e300 (which was an adaptation of the French TGV).

I am attempting to recreate this train as a 6-wide, in iterative fashion: First as close to 60197 as possible, reusing the roof and front design from that set. Then I hope to proceed into making a custom roof (with curved studless slopes versus the current 45 degree slope bricks) and a custom front.

Here is the Stud.io plan I am working off of:

I have so far built 5 cars (one half of the trainset) - 3 are already connected with wheelsets, the others are nearing completion. Here are some potato pics of the first 3 cars:

 

The consist is powered with PoweredUp (as in the original 60197) - one hub and 2 motors under the front carriage. Some color-vomit in the undercarriage due to missing pieces.

(NOTE: I need to find a better setup for pictures, and a better place to share them than Flickr. They are disallowing downloads/sharing of high-res pictures starting next week (May 15th). My apologies for the crappy detail on the pictures above - was in a hurry when I took these and posted them. As I continue to complete this train, I hope to get better pictures posted as well).

Edited May 9 by Phil B

[Feuer Zug]

Good looking Eurostar consist. Using 60197 is a good start for the project.

[LL1982]

Nice, I am also trying out a 6w moc for a regular train based off this set. I am actually going for a stop train as that fits better with my city. Though for the nose of the eurostar I would look into the green speed train lego has. That feels more TGV to me.

I like how you opted for the 2x2 windows (i guess thats the size). Ive been struggling on scale vs reality myself. You it to get the look and feel but needs to fit in a certain lego city like scale. 

What did you do for the doors?

[Phil B]

21 hours ago, Feuer Zug said:

Good looking Eurostar consist. Using 60197 is a good start for the project.

Thanks! I am looking into better hosting for pictures, as the above ones don't showcase the train well. 

 

34 minutes ago, LL1982 said:

Nice, I am also trying out a 6w moc for a regular train based off this set. I am actually going for a stop train as that fits better with my city. Though for the nose of the eurostar I would look into the green speed train lego has. That feels more TGV to me.

I like how you opted for the 2x2 windows (i guess thats the size). Ive been struggling on scale vs reality myself. You it to get the look and feel but needs to fit in a certain lego city like scale. 

What did you do for the doors?

The doors have some trickery - If you use the DBG train/plane window right-side-up, the window is about half a plate too high. I ended up inverting the window so it is facing downwards.

[idlemarvel]

I think most people use flickr for hosting pictures. It's free for up to 1000 images.

[Phil B]

10 hours ago, idlemarvel said:

I think most people use flickr for hosting pictures. It's free for up to 1000 images.

I have used Flickr for the last 10 years, but they are going to reduce the quality of pictures as of May 15th for anyone not on their paid Pro plan.