zephyr1934 Posted May 22, 2015 Posted May 22, 2015 Coming soon (hopefully this weekend) I will be adding stickers for a few container lines to my bricklink store. Here are two summary shots, the individual lines should be viewable once the folder is moderated on brickshelf. [full gallery] Quote
dr_spock Posted May 22, 2015 Posted May 22, 2015 They look good. J.B. Hunt brings back some old memories. Quote
AlmightyArjen Posted May 22, 2015 Posted May 22, 2015 Love the Maersk ones, defenitely gonna buy some :) Quote
Lego Dino 500 Posted May 23, 2015 Posted May 23, 2015 These look awesome! The only problem I see is the fact that if you got into Lego after the Maersk train like me and many others, you're bang out of luck as far as container and intermodal cars to hold these beauties goes. Are you considering selling cars for these? I imagine they'd be fairly expensive, but if I could get a pair of these and a car they go on, I'd grab them faster than a carne asada burrito Quote
Redimus Posted May 23, 2015 Posted May 23, 2015 These look awesome! The only problem I see is the fact that if you got into Lego after the Maersk train like me and many others, you're bang out of luck as far as container and intermodal cars to hold these beauties goes. Are you considering selling cars for these? I imagine they'd be fairly expensive, but if I could get a pair of these and a car they go on, I'd grab them faster than a carne asada burrito Instructions and parts lists are all easily and freely available (Lego themselves should have them), so you should be easily able to bricklink what you don't already have to make your own. Or you can do what I did for my extra wagons, LDD the existing instructions then play around to see what they look like in different colours and bricklink those instead. And while you're at it, the containers aren't beyond improving (I gave them more realistic doors for instance). It's a fallacy to think you need the original set to benefit from popular designs. Quote
zephyr1934 Posted May 23, 2015 Author Posted May 23, 2015 Thanks all for the kind words. The AFOL community needs more stickers, often they create the missing focal point that makes a MOC really pop. @JopieK- Good to see you around these parts again. @Dr. Spock- JB Hunt seems to be on just about every intermodal train that goes by my neck of the woods so of course I had to include them. @AlmightyArjen- These stickers are similar in size to those from the Maersk train, but they are a little larger, but I've seen several different versions of the Maersk containers go by. I'm thinking of doing a Sea Land version too. @Lego Dino 500- Heh heh, when I started out on these, I just figured that I would build a few containers to show off the stickers and be done with it. Well of course now I am hankering to build a set of well cars to run them in. The Maersk containers are 16 long while mine are 18, but the stickers should work on a range of designs. I'm not ready to do custom orders just yet, but once I've done a few more I'll start entertaining taking custom orders to resize the artwork. In the mean time, here's my first round of instructions (absolutely free). @Redimus- Indeed, a repaint is an excellent way to start in to MOCing, and it allows you to fix odd quirks that the lego designers need to do to make the price point or keep a model "lego legal". Often the repaint can be a lot cheaper than attempting to part together the original (e.g., the above instructions compared to the Maersk, or the EN coaches). The brickshelf gallery is now open and I'll post back once I've had a chance to list the stickers. Quote
tisahobbtp Posted May 23, 2015 Posted May 23, 2015 (edited) They look good. J.B. Hunt brings back some old memories. Edited May 23, 2015 by tisahobbtp Quote
pirzyk Posted May 24, 2015 Posted May 24, 2015 These look awesome! The only problem I see is the fact that if you got into Lego after the Maersk train like me and many others, you're bang out of luck as far as container and intermodal cars to hold these beauties goes. Are you considering selling cars for these? I imagine they'd be fairly expensive, but if I could get a pair of these and a car they go on, I'd grab them faster than a carne asada burrito I've created an alternate for the container cars http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=526065 zephyr1934: Have you thought of making any labels for the container cars? Additional Maersk lables or maybe CSX, TTX, etc? Quote
dr_spock Posted May 24, 2015 Posted May 24, 2015 These look awesome! The only problem I see is the fact that if you got into Lego after the Maersk train like me and many others, you're bang out of luck as far as container and intermodal cars to hold these beauties goes. Are you considering selling cars for these? I imagine they'd be fairly expensive, but if I could get a pair of these and a car they go on, I'd grab them faster than a carne asada burrito Containers can ride on any trains. It doesn't have to be the Maersk and the expensive Maersk blue parts. You can do CSX, BNSF, NS CN, CP. European or Asian railways. There are many possibilities with international shipping. Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted May 24, 2015 Posted May 24, 2015 Great work with those containers! The stickers are the icing on the cake! Quote
zephyr1934 Posted May 24, 2015 Author Posted May 24, 2015 Okay, I've uploaded my current stock of stickers on hand for the containers and Conrail locomotives to bricklink (quick link, http://TrainedBricks.com). The descriptions have the rough size: widths in studs and height in bricks. I have also uploaded application directions here. The prices listed for the container heralds are per pair. I personally find the stickers to be a lot more pleasant to work with than lego stickers. If you apply them wet you can slide them around to get a perfect alignment. If you later change your mind, peel off and redo with the exact same sticker. A quick comment on the Maersk herald, my artwork is a little larger than what 10219 used. Also, the blue is a little darker than the Maersk blue bricks (by about the same amount that the 10219 stickers are lighter than the bricks). It is close enough that I don't think you would notice at a distance, but if you are looking for a perfect match I am just letting you know ahead of time in the name of full disclosure. If it is critical that I match the size of the 10219 artwork, I can do that in a future run, just drop me a PM. If you are looking for more copies than what is listed please do not buy out what I have. Instead of buying out what I have listed just drop me a PM here or via bricklink. I will then print whatever quantity you need on my next run. I have a few smaller stickers in hand that I have not listed yet because I still need to take photos. Probably of broadest interest are 9v era double arrow train logo (the PF train logo has slightly different arrow heads) in white, scaled to fit on a 1x2 brick. Now on to answers for questions, @pirzyk Yes, I have definitely thought about it, but the trouble is that there are so many different container car designs out there. The time and effort to layout one sticker is enormous, so it only makes sense to do it if the stickers are likely to work for several different customers. That said, I'll likely add some Railroad Heralds to my catalog in the future, so TTX is certainly an option. If there is much demand for stickers similar to those used on the Maersk container cars I should be able to add those too (while I can't make everything, I'm open to suggestions, just start posting back with ideas) @dr_spock Indeed, I chose to start with containers because they see worldwide service. If the container stickers prove to be popular I have another 5-6 container lines in mind to add. Depending on time to layout and space to print, I will likely add in some contemporary railroad locomotives similar to those that I did for Conrail (but in this case no instructions, just stickers). As noted above, I need to keep the design generic enough so that it will work on many different building techniques. It would be impossible to satisfy all of the possible variants out there. So I'd still be aiming for gp40's since they are a pretty good "generic" locomotive. I'm open to suggestions for different lines. @LEGO Train 12 Volts Heh heh, the containers were just something I threw together to demonstrate the stickers. I originally wanted to make these (with instructions that can be found in Railbricks 14) but then I decided to simplify them because the doors were tricky to do in all of the colors. I wound up using the 1x6x5 panels. Of course now that I have the containers I do find myself wanting to build well cars for them. Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted May 24, 2015 Posted May 24, 2015 Those doors are absolutely impressive! :thumbup: Quote
zephyr1934 Posted May 25, 2015 Author Posted May 25, 2015 Yes indeed, the doors on Flickr user Lolasso's containers are great (not my design, but I have a good eye for great work)... speaking of which, this design looks to make for good well cars (also not mine). If there is demand I could see aiming for compatible stickers. Quote
zephyr1934 Posted June 8, 2015 Author Posted June 8, 2015 I have added another five container lines to the collection along with a few other heralds More shots will be available on brickshelf once moderated The currently available stickers can be found at: http://TrainedBricks.com Oh, and I am offering free shipping to Brickworld 2015 for almost any order that is complete in time for me to bring. If interested send me a private message. Quote
CSW652 Posted October 19, 2019 Posted October 19, 2019 How well would these attach to the corrugated panel pieces? Quote
zephyr1934 Posted October 20, 2019 Author Posted October 20, 2019 6 hours ago, CSW652 said: How well would these attach to the corrugated panel pieces? The material that I use goes on with a drop of water, can be peeled off later and reapplied (similar to colorforms if you are old enough to remember those). As a result, you do not get an instant "stick", which is nice for positioning, but not so good for going around corners... hang on... ...Okay, I'm back (did you miss me?). I just gave it a try. I would not recommend it using my normal material. I'm likely to do some printing with Andy Mollman in the near future for a run of traditional stickers (secret project), in the process I could probably include some of the container stickers. PM me and we can discuss further. Quote
CSW652 Posted October 20, 2019 Posted October 20, 2019 I assume that traditional model RR decals would work on the corrugated pieces. Maybe Lionel sized ones? Quote
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