18/7/13 Revision 1: See posts below.
Hello all. 1st "real" post here. :)
Some background info: I used to collect Lego city sets up till 2008, where I just got out of it, and have not bought a set since. Over the years, sets like the Emerald Night/ Maeresk Train have interested me, but I never got around to picking it up.
Saw the Lone Ranger a few weeks back, and then I was really tempted to get the Constitution Train. Am planning to get it, as soon as it goes on sale.
So, in the meantime, I decided to make some MOC passenger cars for it, to make it a tad more screen accurate.
There are some reference material online, and I did not got for a 100% look. Just something that looked "about right".
Probably not the best MOC too, it's my 1st time working with any LDD of sorts.
And here's what I got after some playing around in LDD.
It's not perfect, but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
Now, I will actually be buying one of the Enlighten trains to build this.
Just to get the nifty printed window pieces, and the chassis. For about $14 USD, It'll be cheaper than getting lego parts for the chassis.
Also, the off-coloured green could possibly work out to create a two-toned car, which could look pretty cool.
My only fear is that this car is way too tall for the Constitution train, given its small size. Oh well, I'll have to wait and see.