Posted October 4, 201410 yr Hi folks. Here is my latest little MOC. It is based off of this: You can see more here - http://nzrailwaysrollingstocklists.weebly.com/es---4-wheel-sleeper-of-1973.html Basically this thing is designed to carry sleepers and as it is 1973 yes the sleepers are still wooden. Though we have miles of track around this country that still has wooden sleepers. I was on a train last weekend up the east coast and there was works going on replacing some wooden sleepers for concrete ones. I imagine that sort of work will be going on for decades to come. I hope to build 3 in different colours for a bit of variety. I'm trying to build small trucks that use existing parts that I have while I wait an eternity for other parts for my Locos and Tram and carriages and guards van to arrive! Let me know what you think. Always open to suggestions for improvement
October 10, 201410 yr Looks good, clean and simple. Just out of interest, How does this flat bed handle switches \ points? How far apart is the wheel centers?
October 13, 201410 yr Author Thank you everyone for your kind comments. @Redimus - Sometimes I'd like to weather my rolling stock but then I guess that wouldn't really be LEGO Maybe this is what the wagons looked like straight out of the workshop! @garethjellis - it handles points just fine. The wheels centres are only 12 studs apart. @snowvictim - The track is old dark grey. I only have 1 small loop of 9v track. Hope to buy some ME stuff when funds allow.
October 13, 201410 yr On 10/13/2014 at 6:35 PM, Pizzareno said: @Redimus - Sometimes I'd like to weather my rolling stock but then I guess that wouldn't really be LEGO Maybe this is what the wagons looked like straight out of the workshop! Just do what I've done... Have your railway in the room underneath a room getting completely rebuilt. The sheer amount of dust dislodged from the ceiling is bad enough, but the builders managed to make a hole in the ceiling two right above the railway, so it's strewn with 'weathering'... Seriously though, it can be difficult to brick build weathering, as it tends to just look like you didn't have enough of the right bit, and I wouldn't paint on weathering after. I've often wondered if the marbled Megablocks stuff locks on solidly enough to standard Lego, and there are enough of the right bits in the right colours to make weathered stuff that way. Edited October 13, 201410 yr by Redimus
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