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Space Police II monorail train

Continuing the monorail theme, the latest installment is Space Police II. This high speed train transports 2 prison pods (both detachable) from... somewhere to somewhere else. I haven't built the land base yet! There never was a base released by TLG for SP2. This train is designed to usually travel in one direction, with the double cockpit at the front.

The colour scheme for SP2 was black, (old) grey with red highlights and trans green. For this train I have kept the original grey, to try to make it fit in with the existing sets. The front half of the train uses the 2 windscreen pieces in the same manner as the 2 original sets 6957 & 6984. This forced the train length to be slightly more than usual, if that could be a bad thing...

The prison pods are 6 studs wide, 2 more than the train base width. In addition to 2 prisoners, the train seats 3 officers, either driving or controlling surveillance or security. The train has working lights in both cockpits, behind each of the 3 crewmen. When I took the photos the rear half didn't have lights, I have since run electrics through the base. The exterior is 99% the same. The videos do show the final product, but the difference is negligable.

The prison pods:

To replace battery:

In motion with lights:

In low light:

Comparison with other trains:

Link to Flickr

Edited March 5, 20159 yr by Artanis I

Very fine MOCs, they remenber me a lot of enjoy with SPII

Great work! I really like the colors

Great job! I better not show this to my kids! (I actually just got a 6990 (was one of the few space sets I didn't get as a kid!) and was satisfied with that until I saw all this!) I just got out all my old legos from my childhood and my son likes SP2 the best! (particularly the 'galactic mediator').

Might I ask how you got the other bogeys and motors? (or anyone else that wants to chime in with ideas) Seems like I looked a bricklinking a 6990, but the motor and bogeys and track cost enough $$ that I figured I'd just get a complete one w/instructions. Thanks!

I really like the set. Well done. You've really captured each theme well. :)

Thanks everyone, yes SP2 was a really fun theme. Only improvement would be if there was also a base, and the old Blacktron minifigs were cooler than the 2nd lot. All that green made me very happy!

Might I ask how you got the other bogeys and motors? (or anyone else that wants to chime in with ideas) Seems like I looked a bricklinking a 6990, but the motor and bogeys and track cost enough $$ that I figured I'd just get a complete one w/instructions. Thanks!

Hello, all the specialised parts come from Bricklink. Yes, it is expensive, as these parts are rare to start with, and haven't been released for 20 years now. I don't know about your currency, but it's something like $60 for me to just buy the parts for the base of the train, plus battery box, plus electrics, plus whatever else to flesh it out. Over $100. I already have a good amount of track, but you can never have enough, especially points.

Edited March 5, 20159 yr by Artanis I

Nicely done. I missed out on SPII, but I loved that era of space (I actually prefer Blacktron II personally) and M:Tron.

This adds a nice touch to the era. I like how it fits in with the theme. The color scheme is great. I've been wanting to build some SPII sets since I never owned any.

I'll check back at this for inspiration.

Nicely done. I missed out on SPII, but I loved that era of space (I actually prefer Blacktron II personally) and M:Tron.

This adds a nice touch to the era. I like how it fits in with the theme. The color scheme is great. I've been wanting to build some SPII sets since I never owned any.

I'll check back at this for inspiration.

Great and thanks! I only had 2 small SP2 sets as a kid, I had more M:Tron & B2. Most of my Space collection is from eBay or Bricklink 5-8 years ago, you know, AFOL disease. The dark green windows and green minifigs easily made it my favourite Space theme, although anything from 1987-96 is right up there. (Nothing wrong with Classic of course, except I don't like the old helmet.)