ScotNick Posted July 22, 2016 Posted July 22, 2016 Hi everyone!!! Been some time since I last posted here. Well, I really don't have much time lately so I have a look on the forum from time to time but don't write very often. So now on to the model and it's creation. It's really hard to draw the line on where childhood is over, but I've changed in the recent years and so have my models. I really liked Thomas and Friends when I was smaller and still like it, but my approach towards railways and modelling has changed. I worked to make my models more detailed and tried to get the proportions truer to their original. So you have to see the following model not just as one model, but an evolution of models. Now some info about the model. This model is a model of Thomas the Tank Engine. I know many of you think of a small disproportionate and unrealistic tank engine for children when they hear about Thomas. But instead of modelling my Thomas after the TV series model everyone knows I took a look at the real engine Thomas is based on - an E2 class engine from the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway - and used it as my basis for Thomas. The only thing I added are the splashers (which the real engine didn't have) but apart from that the model is true to it's original. Before I start to post some pics of the model I want to show you the real engine: And here comes my model in the well known livery: LBSCR E2 by ScotNick1, on Flickr LBSCR E2 by ScotNick1, on Flickr Thomas by ScotNick1, on Flickr Thomas by ScotNick1, on Flickr Thomas by ScotNick1, on Flickr Thomas by ScotNick1, on Flickr I also made some rolling stock I want to show you LBSCR E2 with rolling stock by ScotNick1, on Flickr Here are the cars alone. First a British Railways Plank Wagon - in this case not 100% original as I used a 9v motor as a basis. This truck works as the motor wagon. Plank Wagon - motor wagon by ScotNick1, on Flickr Loaded with iron nails to increase the traction :) Plank Wagon - motor wagon by ScotNick1, on Flickr A British Railways 45 Ton Bogie Well Wagon BR 45 Ton Bogie Well Wagon by ScotNick1, on Flickr A British Railways 24 Ton Iron Ore Hopper Wagon BR 24 Ton Ore Hopper Wagon by ScotNick1, on Flickr And last a British Railwazs 20 Ton Brake Van BR 20 Ton Brake Van by ScotNick1, on Flickr Before I forget it - that was my first model of Thomas - I didn't want to show it at the beginning so you keep on reading instead closing the thread in disgust and awe Thanks for looking, comments and criticism always welcome More pics of the Engine can be found in the album: Flickr Album LBSCR E2 - Thomas the Tank Engine More pic of the rolling stock can be found here: Flickr Album Revised Rolling Stock Quote
deraven Posted July 22, 2016 Posted July 22, 2016 Wow, I love it! Great overall shape, and NPU/technique with the #1, the tender area, and the steps made from the hinge pieces. The motor and well wagons are lovely as well. Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted July 22, 2016 Posted July 22, 2016 Gorgeous train! The steam engine is something special but the cars are the icing on the cake! Fantastic building technique! Quote
zephyr1934 Posted July 23, 2016 Posted July 23, 2016 I thought I heard a 13 long technic beam screaming in pain! (grin... actually, that's a brilliant way of getting a technic half beam longer than 7). The build is fantastic with all sorts of great details. The blue, yellow and red kick in first and it looks like Thomas... the cartoon Thomas... but in color only. Look closer and indeed, it is a very accurate MOC of a real locomotive. Do you have a CAD rendering of the design in other liveries too? The smokebox door handles are brilliant. I think I see a technic half bushing at the top of the stack but am not sure what the thin disk is below. The pinstriping around the locomotive is insane, or at least you must have gone insane while attempting it, very impressive. And I know it is plain and simple, but I like how the plank wagon turned out (and the load is just icing on the cake). Great work all around. Quote
storms26 Posted July 23, 2016 Posted July 23, 2016 Beautiful model! The way you got the stripes and the number 1 on the side is very clever! Quote
xboxtravis7992 Posted July 23, 2016 Posted July 23, 2016 I like that you made the model more true to a real E2 Class engine. The Reverand Awdry would approve of that! The Railway Series used a lot of cool prototypes. I once based an early MoC on the narrow gauge Edward Thomas/Peter Sam. One of the few MOCs from my childhood I have kept together! Quote
tnmears Posted July 23, 2016 Posted July 23, 2016 This is amazing, but the brick built striping also sends it over the top. And that brake van is a stand alone MOC just by itself. Quote
Nemo57 Posted July 23, 2016 Posted July 23, 2016 Very nice and cheerful locomotive. The cars and the platform is also just fine. Quote
ScotNick Posted July 23, 2016 Author Posted July 23, 2016 Wow, I love it! Great overall shape, and NPU/technique with the #1, the tender area, and the steps made from the hinge pieces. The motor and well wagons are lovely as well. Gorgeous train! The steam engine is something special but the cars are the icing on the cake! Fantastic building technique! Beautiful model! The way you got the stripes and the number 1 on the side is very clever! Very nice and cheerful locomotive. The cars and the platform is also just fine. Very very...very beautiful train. Congrats Thanks everyone for your kind comments, I'm really flattered Yes, the number 1 is surely a nice technique, took me about 2 years to get the idea to build it with cheese slopes, haha I thought I heard a 13 long technic beam screaming in pain! (grin... actually, that's a brilliant way of getting a technic half beam longer than 7). The build is fantastic with all sorts of great details. The blue, yellow and red kick in first and it looks like Thomas... the cartoon Thomas... but in color only. Look closer and indeed, it is a very accurate MOC of a real locomotive. Do you have a CAD rendering of the design in other liveries too? The smokebox door handles are brilliant. I think I see a technic half bushing at the top of the stack but am not sure what the thin disk is below. The pinstriping around the locomotive is insane, or at least you must have gone insane while attempting it, very impressive. And I know it is plain and simple, but I like how the plank wagon turned out (and the load is just icing on the cake). Great work all around. Haha, some people on other sites actually asked if the 13 long technic half beam was a new standard Lego piece I do have an old rendering of the engine in a brown colour scheme, but after looking it up again I think this isn't accurate. It's really hard to find out which livery they really used (other than black which is too "mainstream" for me ). But I found a pic - a previous version which had a much too short smokebox, I hope you fogive me for that LBSCR E2 by ScotNick1, on Flickr The smokebox door handles were the last change I did on the model. The half bushing was horrible to get. Only appeared in on set so I payed about Eur 3 for it - but ordered all of the half bushings in black the store had to have some more for future models The 'disc' below is the smallest train wheel Lego produces. It would fall off if the model is turned over, but thankfully the half bushing holds it on quite sturdy. I already went crazy with the stripes on my first model (as you might have seen) but there were still some gaps. Now I really like all those new parts introduced in the recent years, this model wouldn't have been possible without them. I like that you made the model more true to a real E2 Class engine. The Reverand Awdry would approve of that! The Railway Series used a lot of cool prototypes. I once based an early MoC on the narrow gauge Edward Thomas/Peter Sam. One of the few MOCs from my childhood I have kept together! I hope he'd approve, haha And I know what you're talking about - Thomas is one of the first models I (probably) won't change anymore - all my other models have been in constant change which is good if you want to have a perfect model, but you never have any models to show This is amazing, but the brick built striping also sends it over the top. And that brake van is a stand alone MOC just by itself. Haha, for the brake van I took some inspiration from other modelers but added my own ideas as well (the small lookout for example - or does this have a special name?) Cheers, Nick Quote
dr_spock Posted July 23, 2016 Posted July 23, 2016 Very nice. How did you get your 13L half width Technic liftarm beams? I 3D printed some for my PRR FF1 and they don't look as good. Quote
xboxtravis7992 Posted July 23, 2016 Posted July 23, 2016 Oh that brown one is awesome to! You could easily display that and nobody would know it's Thomas in his work clothes! Quote
ScotNick Posted August 13, 2016 Author Posted August 13, 2016 (edited) Ohh, now I forgot to answer the last comments, sorry guys!!! Very nice. How did you get your 13L half width Technic liftarm beams? I 3D printed some for my PRR FF1 and they don't look as good. Hmm, cutting is the ideal way to get them But they're just a compromise until I get myself some 3d printed ones. Oh that brown one is awesome to! You could easily display that and nobody would know it's Thomas in his work clothes! Haha, yeah! But I'm still not sure if that livery ever existed I also wanted to note that I built my tank car - a British Railways 14 Ton Tank Wagon BR 14 Ton Tank Wagon by ScotNick1, on Flickr Now it's already starting to look like a real train, I sadly don't have a pic with all my trucks right now, but it will grow anyway so I'll update it when I have more trucks Edited August 13, 2016 by ScotNick Quote
THERIZE Posted August 13, 2016 Posted August 13, 2016 (edited) Lovely models like usual. Somehow I missed this in the first round and I'm glad I did because that tank car is lovely (even though it is a tank car, I like tank cars ) I really love(d) the tank cars and you definitely nailed it! Edited August 13, 2016 by THERIZE Quote
Captain Green Hair Posted August 14, 2016 Posted August 14, 2016 Very nice model, I love the fact you've used plates to make all the stripes instead of using tape or stickers! Quote
MaxSupercars Posted August 16, 2016 Posted August 16, 2016 Really good looking Thomas. I always thought that the locomotive got fictional design, but I see that it was created by original locomotive. Max Quote
Chr.Maglekaer Posted August 16, 2016 Posted August 16, 2016 As Doc Emmett Brown would say: "Great Scot!" Quote
xxix5 Posted August 22, 2016 Posted August 22, 2016 I used to have some of the original LEGO DUPLO Thomas and Friends sets. When I was little I used to watch Thomas almost 24 hours a day. LEGO should release a $100.00 USD LEGO Juniors Island of Sodor set with Sir Topham hat with Thomas, Henry, Gordon, Percy Edward, Toby, and Salty with Gordon's hill. Then do a Narrow Gauge Railway set for $75.00 USD with Duncan, Mighty Mac, Mr. Percival, and Thomas. Then do a Knapford Station micro build for $10.00 USD. Then, do a train pack with all-new characters. Then Finally, do a set based on Thomas and Friends The Magic Railroad the movie chase scene with Diesel 10, Thomas, Lady Doge, Splatter, a barge boat, and a bridge that falls apart for $80.00 USD. Quote
Murdoch17 Posted August 22, 2016 Posted August 22, 2016 I used to have some of the original LEGO DUPLO Thomas and Friends sets. When I was little I used to watch Thomas almost 24 hours a day. LEGO should release a $100.00 USD LEGO Juniors Island of Sodor set with Sir Topham hat with Thomas, Henry, Gordon, Percy Edward, Toby, and Salty with Gordon's hill. Then do a Narrow Gauge Railway set for $75.00 USD with Duncan, Mighty Mac, Mr. Percival, and Thomas. Then do a Knapford Station micro build for $10.00 USD. Then, do a train pack with all-new characters. Then Finally, do a set based on Thomas and Friends The Magic Railroad the movie chase scene with Diesel 10, Thomas, Lady Doge, Splatter, a barge boat, and a bridge that falls apart for $80.00 USD. I too would love this (I always loved Thomas, and Scotnick helped me realize my dream of having a 2-10-0 9F like Murdoch but dark bluish gray.), but their are problems, among them the Magic Railroad was a total flop, and Lego is unlikely to sell sets on a 16 year old film with no modern sequels / remakes / equivalent. (Though It would be awesome to have Lady and Diesel 10... I've wanted them for as long as the movie was out!) Heck, Lady was barely mentioned outside of a a throwaway scene in a 2006 DVD / VHS tape release film "Calling All Engines". Anyway, great work Scotnick, and I hope to see more of your engine built "in the brick" eventually! Quote
ScotNick Posted April 4, 2018 Author Posted April 4, 2018 (edited) Ok guys, so I thought I wouldn't make a new topic for that as it's just an update. But I thought it's worth it because now I'd call him finished. I got some new 3D printed wheels recently and made some tweaks here and there, and furthermore I finally have pictures of Thomas with his beloved coaches. Thomas with coaches by ScotNick1, on FlickrLBSCR E2 - finally done by ScotNick1, on FlickrLBSCR E2 - finally done by ScotNick1, on FlickrLBSCR E2 - finally done by ScotNick1, on FlickrThomas with coaches by ScotNick1, on FlickrThomas with coaches by ScotNick1, on FlickrThomas with coaches by ScotNick1, on Flickr One of the coaches is powered and has all the PF stuff cramped in.Composite (power) coach by ScotNick1, on FlickrBrake Coach by ScotNick1, on Flickr Hope you like it all together :) Cheers, Nick Edited July 6, 2018 by ScotNick Updated picture link Quote
Digger of Bricks Posted April 4, 2018 Posted April 4, 2018 Nice upgrades! Are those tie rod parts custom by the way? Quote
Trekkie99 Posted April 4, 2018 Posted April 4, 2018 The wheels are a nice upgrade! Also, Thomas looks great with his coaches! 7 minutes ago, Digger of Bricks said: Nice upgrades! Are those tie rod parts custom by the way? The parts used as tie rods are an old system designed for technic that served a particular functionality, that which I cannot recall. Quote
Trekkie99 Posted April 4, 2018 Posted April 4, 2018 It appears it was called the Technic flex cable system. https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=P&catString=483 Quote
Digger of Bricks Posted April 4, 2018 Posted April 4, 2018 1 minute ago, LegoMonorailFan said: It appears it was called the Technic flex cable system. Ah, okay, thanks a lot for identifying that! Quote
zephyr1934 Posted April 5, 2018 Posted April 5, 2018 That is a fantastic build, you simultaneously captured Thomas, while also creating a very realistic looking MOC loaded with all sorts of intricate detailing Quote
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