THERIZE Posted October 23, 2015 Posted October 23, 2015 (edited) Boxcab Shunter Hi guys, I've just finished a new Power Functions boxcab locomotive. I hope you guys like it. It was my first ever Power Functions MOC and I think it came out quite well. Here are the specs length: 16 bricks (with couplings) hight: 11 plates colour: yellow motor: PF train motor battery box: AAA weight: 314,1 gram But without further ado, Here are some pictures of it! Front view side view Motor How I hid the battery box And how I hid the reciever the only problem is that it doesn't have any wagons... And I have zero idea about what to build for it. I thought about some giant boat trailer or a flatbed but I scrapped those ideas. Bye Edited October 23, 2015 by THERIZE Quote
zephyr1934 Posted October 23, 2015 Posted October 23, 2015 Aw, aren't you a cute little shunter. Great work packing all of the PF into such a tight space. And making it look nice to boot. A couple of small suggestions, given the fact that 5/7ths of the roof is 1x2 cheese slopes, the 2/7ths with curved slopes doesn't seem substantial enough to stand on its own (or at least the bit in the middle) and if only there were some way to cover up that pf connector in the roof. I would suggest replacing the pair of curved slopes on the battery box with cheese slopes and tiles. Then for the PF connector, you might be able to cover it with a 1x2x3 panel with studs to the front or rear of the loco, but that would require moving or changing the turntable base fan. Quote
THERIZE Posted October 24, 2015 Author Posted October 24, 2015 Redesigned the roof, now only with cheese slopes: Lego Boxcab by RIZING!, on Flickr Problem was that I found out that I didn't have enough cheese slopes, and I had to improvise with the pieces I've got. sadly I wasn't able to cover the connector. I found out that I don't have yellow panels... Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted October 24, 2015 Posted October 24, 2015 Lovely MOC, very compact! I like how you have done the side windows! Quote
Nemo57 Posted October 24, 2015 Posted October 24, 2015 Excellent compact solution without loss of good appearance. And full functional qualities of one more trains too, are stored in such a small volume. Well done. Quote
THERIZE Posted October 24, 2015 Author Posted October 24, 2015 Thanks guys! Also, what kind of rolling stock does actually fit a loco like this? Quote
dr_spock Posted October 24, 2015 Posted October 24, 2015 It's a small shunter. So anything that can be shunted in a rail yard would work. Freight cars, passenger cars, locomotives. With the battery box over the drive wheels, you can probably pull quite a few cars. The train can't be too long since it's a small shunter and they don't pull mile long train in real life. Quote
6ix Posted October 24, 2015 Posted October 24, 2015 Thanks guys! Also, what kind of rolling stock does actually fit a loco like this? Kind of reminds me of the ALCO box cab. Quote
THERIZE Posted October 24, 2015 Author Posted October 24, 2015 Kind of reminds me of the ALCO box cab. well, that was were I got my inspiration from! Quote
Hod Carrier Posted October 24, 2015 Posted October 24, 2015 Looks like a small industrial shunter, so almost any stock would fit. In fact, you get a lot more freedom to model something interesting than you might with a mainline loco. It all depends what sort of setting you want to place it into. It could be a foundry or steelworks, a heavy engineering firm, a coal mine or mineral works or whatever your imagination can conjure up. But I agree that a small loco like this one wouldn't be found hauling massive wagons or great big long trains either. Quote
jtlan Posted October 25, 2015 Posted October 25, 2015 Kind of reminds me of the ALCO box cab. You mean this one ? @THERIZE, I like the use of handles as side windows. Looks like a small industrial shunter, so almost any stock would fit. In fact, you get a lot more freedom to model something interesting than you might with a mainline loco. It all depends what sort of setting you want to place it into. It could be a foundry or steelworks, a heavy engineering firm, a coal mine or mineral works or whatever your imagination can conjure up. I usually have mine hauling gondolas. The nice thing about gondolas is you can just fill them with different stuff to change the type of railway you're working on, and they also make sense being shunted while empty. Quote
zephyr1934 Posted October 25, 2015 Posted October 25, 2015 The changes look good, though another thought comes to mind, if you can't make the PF plug hide under a panel, maybe you could build something one plate above to hide it, e.g., a 2x4 plate or tile held on by a 1x2 plate on top of the PF connector. In this case you could use four 1x2 tile with grill on top of a 2x4 plate of the same color to make a radiator or something similar. Quote
THERIZE Posted October 25, 2015 Author Posted October 25, 2015 You mean this one ? @THERIZE, I like the use of handles as side windows. yep, together with this one (ge 23 ton boxcab). The changes look good, though another thought comes to mind, if you can't make the PF plug hide under a panel, maybe you could build something one plate above to hide it, e.g., a 2x4 plate or tile held on by a 1x2 plate on top of the PF connector. In this case you could use four 1x2 tile with grill on top of a 2x4 plate of the same color to make a radiator or something similar. tried but looked worse imo. I will just keep it this way I suppose. Quote
Dread Pirate Rob Posted October 25, 2015 Posted October 25, 2015 Love your little Boxcab! And great to see some more shunters on Train Tech (Don't get me wrong, keep the Challengers and Big Boys coming too). The great thing about choosing rolling stock for these is you can really make them fit the scene you want your shunter to work in. I put together some little four wheelers to move fish and cargo from the docks on this little shelf layout last year. I regret both the 0-6-0 shunter and the wagons are no longer together or I would get some more detailed photos. IMG_2967 by Canvas Rails, on Flickr IMG_2969 by Canvas Rails, on Flickr You don't need a lot of bricks for a couple of fun little wagons like these and they make a nice little side scene on a larger layout. One suggestion on the roof: Two plates is all the height you need to make a button for your battery box that doesn't require removing a roof section. There are some good examples in previous posts or I can post some photos if that would be helpful. Again, great work, a charming little model. Quote
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