frogstudio Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 Hi dear friends! I want to present you one of my latests MOCs. Despite de hate ofsome to the one piece nose of the last City Passanger train, I must say I really love it. I've owned several other passanger trains and have decided to keep this as hte High Speed Train for my layout. Yet, as in all LEGO trains, Ifound it to be a little "short", so I decided to build a couple of additional cars for it. My first intention was to build a Club Car, taking as reference the one released for the Metroliner (4547 - http://brickset.com/...4547-1/Club-Car ) and an additional car as the one that came with the set. But, destininy had it's own intetions.... The Bricklink seller made an error when sending my order and, instead of a 24 studs base, he sent a 28 studs one! Since I live in Argentina, and getting pieces here is really a mess, I decided my best option was to try to extend de car whith the pieces I had available in my collection, rather that waiting for the correct base to arrive. No more words on these, so staright to the images. Hope you like them! Club Car: Extended Car: And lastly, a couple of videos of the full train running! <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube....ed/fiNkw9kMqOQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube....ed/vOB8uYfuMkk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> P.S: I would also like to invite you to follow the topic of my city layout. It has plenty of train stuff in it, so you might be interested ( http://www.eurobrick...opic=107070&hl= )! Cheers to all, and as always, comments are appreciated! Quote
Maxim I Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 I really love the extensions!!! Great job with the Club Car!!!! Quote
dr_spock Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 Nice work. They look good. Since the extended car is second class, you could probably add 4 more windows to the car to maximize seating capacity. More passengers equal more revenue. Quote
frogstudio Posted March 23, 2015 Author Posted March 23, 2015 Nice work. They look good. Since the extended car is second class, you could probably add 4 more windows to the car to maximize seating capacity. More passengers equal more revenue. I don't have them!!! Quote
Skystorm87 Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 I really like the club car! Very good job! What I miss in this and in general in the city train is the doors! Quote
frogstudio Posted March 23, 2015 Author Posted March 23, 2015 I really like the club car! Very good job! What I miss in this and in general in the city train is the doors! I totaly agree! It's a pitty that LEGO doesn't include them any more... and, in this case, it's hard to add them, as there are no trans black glasses for those! Quote
lightningtiger Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 AWESOME work there 'frogstudio'......they make excellent additions to the original train. Brick On 'frogstudio' ! Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 Nice addition for a train that I haven't but I love! Quote
zephyr1934 Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 Those cars are a really nice addition to the stock train set. The club car is particularly well executed with the generally hard to use windscreens. If you have time, it would be nice to see a photo of the complete train too (instead of relying on the videos) Quote
PasDeChocolat Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 Impressive leverage of this rather common train (at least in my appreciation). I was not appreciating this set too much but with what you turned it into, it really stand out. Nice realization, just hope that Mr LEGO is seeing that. By the way, did you add a motor or do you stay on one? Quote
frogstudio Posted March 24, 2015 Author Posted March 24, 2015 (edited) Impressive leverage of this rather common train (at least in my appreciation). I was not appreciating this set too much but with what you turned it into, it really stand out. Nice realization, just hope that Mr LEGO is seeing that. By the way, did you add a motor or do you stay on one? Nope, just kept it with a single motor and it still runs quite smoothly. :) Edited March 24, 2015 by frogstudio Quote
Richfilth Posted March 25, 2015 Posted March 25, 2015 This is a great MOC, and it's good to see that the newer trains can now also have a variety of carriages; one loco pulling lots of identical coaches looks a bit boring to me. When did Lego stop making accessory carriages? Beside the 4547 reissue, the only accessory carriages I remember are the two grey Santa Fe ones. Quote
frogstudio Posted March 25, 2015 Author Posted March 25, 2015 As far as I know, the Metroliner was the last regular train to get additional carriages. I don't think of the Santa Fe as a regular train. Quote
Retroshift Posted March 25, 2015 Posted March 25, 2015 Nice club car design, however I don't think high speed trains need club cars Quote
legocharles Posted March 25, 2015 Posted March 25, 2015 Nice MODS! I recently ordered one of those trains just to keep the Power Functions parts for a MOC I just finished. I find the set rather dull, but your MOD cars certainly make it look better! Quote
Snapshot Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 (edited) I made club cars for my 7938/7939 hybrid train a few years ago but I also made some baggage cars and I repeated that for my extended 60051 And here's my extended coach (one of four). By using 1x2 bricks as the tables instead of 2x2 I was able to fit three sets of seats in the window area. I may have to steal frogstudio's utility box design as it's much more interesting than mine. Edited March 27, 2015 by Snapshot Quote
Dan-147 Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 I made club cars for my 7938/7939 hybrid train a few years ago but I also made some baggage cars and I repeated that for my extended 60051 And here's my extended coach (one of four). By using 1x2 bricks as the tables instead of 2x2 I was able to fit three sets of seats in the window area. I may have to steal frogstudio's utility box design as it's much more interesting than mine. Hadn't seen these when I posted in your leftover topic! Dan-147 Quote
THERIZE Posted May 10, 2015 Posted May 10, 2015 Nice club car design, however I don't think high speed trains need club cars Ofcourse not! But its all about the looks. Being creative, thats Lego! Quote
DanFraser Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 (edited) Dragging up this topic, but I've built all of these cars in LDD and extended the cabs (?) by 4 studs to have long cabs. It looks amazing in a long version, just need to save up now! Edit: Added the picture. Edited August 1, 2015 by DanFraser Quote
Legoboy22 Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 Nice job, you really did really well keeping the color scheme the same. Quote
ronenson Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 I like it a lot, almost makes me buy the 60051 set. When I do, I'll definitely be inspired to do something similar. Quote
dxpert Posted August 12, 2015 Posted August 12, 2015 Great work on the extended cars! You have given me some great ideas to try out. Quote
antsiranean Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 I really like your club wagon and would like to build one myself, but I can't find the windscreen bits you used for the roof. Not the curved ones, but the straight 3*6*1 (?) pieces. Anyone who knows the part number on BrickLink? Help would be very appreciated. Quote
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