dtomsen Posted May 20 Posted May 20 (edited) Never really happy with my former 8-wide design this is what I ended up with after reworking it digitally with what ended up as a near-total overhaul DSB Litra EA The Danish State Railways' (DSB) first electric locomotive was built by Henschel & Sohn in Kassel, Germany (the first two) and Scandia, Denmark (the remaining ones). 22 were built in total from 1984 to 1992. 1 was scrapped. 16 were sold to Bulgaria and Romania from 2007 to 2010 and 4 to Bulmarket in Bulgaria in 2021. The last remaining one (EA 3004) was transferred to The Danish Railway Museum in 2020. Wiki here and irl photo here. My model: DSB "modern" red & black livery used in the 1980s. Scale: 1:45 Length: 56 studs from buffer to buffer Width: 8 1/3 studs Bricks: 1.120 parts Locomotion: 2 L-motors (PF or PU) Power: BuWizz 2.0/3.0 or 1 AAA PF/PU battery box Control: BuWizz, PU or SBrick Designed: 2023 Redesigned: 2025 It still has the fictional serial number EA 3024 and is named 'O K Kristiansen' Very high setting render from Stud.io with custom decals done in the PartDesigner tool. Access through the removable roof to a fairly correct interior with ample room for the different locomotion, power and control options (2 x PF L-motors and 1 x BuWizz 2.0 battery box shown): 2-axled bogie design with molded MS Train Wheels from HA Bricks which are slightly larger (by one plate) than LEGO standard Train Wheels: The somewhat complex undercarriage The ubiquitous PF L-motor design originally created by Duq used in many of my models with upgearing from 20 to 12 teeth with a ratio of 5:3....more speed, less power: The design is done and the real model is currently waiting for a few essential new parts to be built and then thorough testing awaits Edited May 21 by dtomsen Quote
zephyr1934 Posted May 21 Posted May 21 Oh wow, lots of tricky angles on that build. The curved slope wedges on the front are well played, I don't think I've seen that on a train build yet. Are those 1x1 rings around each light? Just one thing is missing, a render of the old next to the new. Quote
dtomsen Posted May 21 Author Posted May 21 (edited) 6 hours ago, zephyr1934 said: Oh wow, lots of tricky angles on that build. The curved slope wedges on the front are well played, I don't think I've seen that on a train build yet. Are those 1x1 rings around each light? Just one thing is missing, a render of the old next to the new. Thanks. Yeah, those are 1 x 1 Utensil Ring. From another competing brand in Flat Silver tho. It's also rather tricky to render the glowing headlights in a nice way in Studio: A Trans-Black 0.1 point Bar in front of a Luminous Soft Warm White or Soft Red 0.2 point Bar. The 0.1 point space between the two bars is essential to dampened the intensity of the light. The luminous bar can be covered with a black decal in the back to stop any light going back into the cabin etc. For lights in the real model, I'll cut a 1/4 slice of the end of 4L Trans-Clear or Trans Red bars and put them in front of pico LEDs. Already tested and works fine. There is a link to my former design in the first section. I'll link below... Edited May 21 by dtomsen Quote
The Big MC Posted May 21 Posted May 21 Really nice build on this one. Hopefully, you will get the parts you need soon so we can see it go round a track. Quote
Feuer Zug Posted May 22 Posted May 22 Wicked locomotive. Lots of details and it will be functional once built in brick. Can't wait to see that. Quote
Toastie Posted May 22 Posted May 22 On 5/20/2025 at 11:54 PM, dtomsen said: Never really happy with my former 8-wide design Hey, count your blessings But OK, with your overhaul: Just scale the thing linearly up, make it from steel - and boom, you have the exact same real locomotive. Man. How do you do this? Congratulations!!! All the best (I am in awe) Thorsten Quote
Pelzer117 Posted May 23 Posted May 23 Absolutely amazaing! A real masterpiece! Especially the lighting! But wouldn't it be easier to cut trans clear/red flex cables than bars?? Did you ever test buggy motors? Quote
dtomsen Posted May 23 Author Posted May 23 (edited) 1 hour ago, Pelzer117 said: Absolutely amazaing! A real masterpiece! Especially the lighting! But wouldn't it be easier to cut trans clear/red flex cables than bars?? Yeah, flex cables might be easier but also more expensive. Bars are "good enough" to get the job done 1 hour ago, Pelzer117 said: Did you ever test buggy motors? Sure did but in another locomotive (a ficitonal one designed only for easy testing): That's max. slow setting in the BuWizz app which equals 5,2v and the train ran at that setting for a little more than 1 hour without any problems. Ridiculous speed and torque (!) Edited May 23 by dtomsen Quote
Pelzer117 Posted May 23 Posted May 23 (edited) That's right. I thought they were that easy. At least trans clear is available from other manufacturers. Thank you for sharing your solution! Edit: wow! The fictional loco looks also nice. Do you have pictures? Yeah that's also my experience and why I am planning now with these buggy motors for modern electric trains. But with other energy sources, especially regular hubs, the power woun't be enough, at lest for 2 motors. Edited May 26 by Pelzer117 Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted May 27 Posted May 27 Very nice new nose ...now this locomotive is even more beautiful! Quote
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