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Hello everyone! I think it’s time I shared something over here I’ve been working on. This is RENFE’s AVE S-102 (Talgo 350) made out of Lego. You might already be familiar with this Spanish high-speed train since other talented builders have shared their own wonderful versions in this forum. Here’s a picture of the real thing if you’re not familiar with it (photo by Adrià Pàmies on flickr). If you didn’t know, you won’t be surprised to learn that this EMU has earned itself the nickname “Pato” (Duck) due to the shape of the head. Very reminiscent of Japanese Shinkansen as a result of following the same aerodynamic principles. These trains are composed of 2 tractor heads at each end and 12 Talgo coahes. In Lego form I decided to shorten it to just 6 coaches, enough to feature one of each unique variation. The Talgo 350 is employed by RENFE for both its AVE and Avlo services. The Avlo brand, which stands for “alta velocidad low cost” (a bit of Spanglish there for you), being the equivalent and direct response to SNCF’s Ouigo. Originally, I intended to build the Avlo version because I find the livery very striking and unlike anything running in Europe, let alone Spain. I got as far as designing every coach, but as soon as I got to the heads I realized that the magenta brick palette is too limited to achieve the shape, so I turned it into an AVE instead. Turning it into an AVE brought its own challenge though. In order to achieve the not quite boxy look of the coaches and keep the magenta stripe running all along the length of the train I had hinge the lower section of the walls at a very gentle angle to get it just right. It’s almost imperceptible, but in my opinion, it makes all the difference. Unfortunately, as much as I’d like to have the entire train brick-built, I just don’t have the space necessary for it. That’s why for now I’m happy to only have one of the heads (the unpowered one) and only three of the coaches as a static display. Of course, this being a Talgo train, it features their signature single pair of wheels between coaches (rodal). Thanks to @Hod Carrier's brilliant rodal design this train can navigate pretty much any track geometry (with some restrictions) while maintaining a distance of barely more than a stud between coaches. I don’t rule out building the rest of the coaches and the other engine in the future, as well as motorizing the entire train. However, the remaining head’s final design is still pretty much a work in progress. For now, the intention is to power both bogies with two geared-up PF L motors and a BuWizz 2.0. I’ve never tackled a project of this size before, so there are many things I’m not sure of yet. I’m worried the two PF L Motors won’t be enough to pull the entire consist. Or even if it has enough pulling power, I’m not sure the rodal design can handle the weight of so many heavy coaches. In that case, I suppose restricting the train to wider radius curves would help it run better.
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Mat '64 plan V by Ervvin, on Flickr The Materiaal 64 Plan V is an old EMU from the Dutch railways. The trains were introduced in 1966 and ran until 2014. In total 246 were built. The model is often reffered as apekop, monkeyhead in English because of it's resemblance to a monkey's head. My model is about 194 studs long 8 studs wide and built to 1:45 (0 scale) It features a Powered Up motor and lightsensor to allow automated stopping at stations. Stickers are currently still missing, but those will follow as well with more photo's at LegoWorld Utrecht (NL).
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I've posted elsewhere that the new(ish) 3x3 windows are well-suited to railway carriages, but unfortunately they are currently only available in tan, dark brown, and dark purple. The Gate Stock Tube trains I posted earlier do look stylish and authentic in dark red and tan but I wanted to try and make good use of all three window colours with train liveries that might have appeared 100 years ago. So, out came the colour swatches to see what might go together, and I spent a month on Bricklink trying to get my head around colour-part availability (headlights, clips, windows, ugh, nothing makes sense). http://www.tubemapcentral.com/legodesign/Swatch_Gallery/wide.jpg PURPLE WINDOWS Lets get the big mistake out of the way first. I was trying to see what might go with dark brown, a really nice stylish colour. Red worked well on the swatches, so I gave it a try. I find Lego standard red unsettling. It looks very plasticky (yes, if I don't like plasticky I am in the wrong hobby, but bear with me) and also a little bit fluorescent. It killed the dark brown, I didn't even bother photographing it. Purple is a really troublesome colour in general, and there is something particularly lurid about Lego dark purple. With those unwanted red parts from the failed dark brown experiment, I decided to give it a try. http://www.tubemapcentral.com/legodesign/Gate_Stock/GS_purple-red_side.jpg http://www.tubemapcentral.com/legodesign/Gate_Stock/GS_purple-red_back.jpg Noooooooooooo! This was horrible, the two difficult colours together gave the combination from Hell, almost literally. I couldn't bear to commute on a train in these colours, it would be like riding inside body parts. So, I needed an interesting colour (not tan or grey) that would complement and tame the purple, and be available in the necessary parts. The only contender I could find was bright light blue, which actually works reasonably well and is surprisingly available. I don't think you would have seen a livery like this 100 years ago, but does anyone have any other suggestions? http://www.tubemapcentral.com/legodesign/Gate_Stock/GS_purple-lblue_side.jpg http://www.tubemapcentral.com/legodesign/Gate_Stock/GS_purple-lblue_back.jpg To be continued ...
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This new train came about as a result of my combining some parts and suddenly getting a flash of inspiration, that aircraft pieces might make a rather nice Tube Train. The basis for this is London Underground Gate Stock, the first generation of EMU trains used on the earliest tube lines. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground_1906_StockBecause of the small tunnels (just 12 feet diameter) not only were the trains reduced in size, but early electric motors were too large to fit under the passenger saloons. The solution was to have large powerful motors plus all electrical and air equipment together on a motor coach in a big compartment behind the cab. Long trains could have a motor coach at each end but motor coaches were forbidden in the middle of trains because of the safety requirement that passengers should be able to walk from end to end of a train in case of emergency without encountering electrical equipment.Air doors were not introduced on the London Underground until the 1920s. Until then, cars had gates at their ends, opened and closed by gate operators. A six coach train would require a rear guard, four gate operators and a driver. Initial passenger loads on the new Underground lines were disappointing and labour costs were ruinous, plus boarding/unloading, and departures were slow.But back to Lego City, where the year is still 1905 and a new tube line has opened to Botanical Gardens.https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/182622-moc-botanical-gardens-station/ Hmmmm, the track in the yard is somewhat uneven! The rear car is a control trailer, with no motor but controls for operating the motor coach remotely. You can see, posed next to the main line EMU trains, just how much I have shrunk down the tube trains. I could have gone even further, but I wanted a top-hatted figure to be able to sit down in the saloon. You can also see the size of the motor bogie compared with the trailer bogie. The tram wheels are awful but in the end they were not a bad size relative to the standard wheels for showing the effect. Here is a gateman, signalling to the rear guard that all is clear for his section of the train. More details of the gate end, and lots of illegal build techniques in evidence, but the gate top was so perfect I had to adapt it. The large round central buffers are prototypical, so the coupling distance is not too awful. Not many seats, one per window. Minifugures are too wide but these new 1x3x3 windows are perfect. This is how I joined the cars together. There is just enough clearance for a thin liftarm. Annoyingly it is not quite long enough: the corners of the rear platforms just catch each other on curves. If I motorise this, I will either file off the corners or else stick to R56 track. Motorisation is unlikely because of the drag caused by five bogies of those wretched tram wheels. Spot more illegal build techniques. Once you have killed your first Lego brick, it becomes easier to do it again.Final thoughts: I am not quite happy with the fronts, I think that the problem is the windows, which should really be dark red. Lego produces a terrible range of windows in a lamentable range of colours. I could have used clear panels, but they would have looked too modern for a train this age I wish I had sorted the dark red pieces before using them. The two shades are noticeably different. I am currently investigating flexible hoses for air and electrical connections between cars. I am also investigating self-adhesive printable vinyl to depict opening side windows. These coaches are slightly longer than the main line EMU prototypes I showed before, so now these will definitely have to be lengthened.https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/183244-moc-prototype-electric-multiple-units-for-botanical-gardens-station/I really need a tube station to go with these, a wonderful one was posted here years ago, but it looks as though it would eat up bricks for a full length train.https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/49533-moc-london-underground-tube-station-and-train/ -
Well, now it seems that Botanical Gardens Station is also going to be served by a new Underground line, and for the Edwardian era, that means Gate Stock: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground_1906_Stock [google Underground Gate Stock for lots of great photos] I have mocked up something to test various ideas for a three car train. As you can see, I have managed to keep the overhang under control, just! To save a bit of space, the trailer bogie is offset, so first question: Currently the trailer bogie is on a turntable with a couple of hollow stud plates so that I can offset it. Can anyone think of a way to save a plate's height and still offset the bogie without raising the floor? Second question, and this is my undoing, what am I going to do about couplings? I don't think there is enough clearance under the Airline parts, and raising the fuselage(!) up will be a shame. I do hope this problem is going to be fixable, because it's going to look splendid when it is finished. Any other comments appreciated. As ever, I am designing for Lego rather than striving for authenticity.
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Finally, I have made one of my favourite American(and iconic) trains (Electric multiple units) one of the last streamliners. Attempted to make a high-speed train sadly in struggling and deteriorating infrastructure At the end of their life as EMU are still in use but only as passenger coaches Budd Metroliner Example of usage one of the engines that were used with them was GG1 Modules Original
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Hello My Friends! New MOC, replica of two Brothers :) LEGO - CP2001 CP2064 by SergioBatista, on Flickr CP2000 Series CP2050 Series I Made Also a primary version of CP2000 with another color scheme LEGO - CP2001 by SergioBatista, on Flickr
