Posted May 31, 20168 yr Hello Eurobrickers! After set 7597 Western Train Chase has been released, I decided to build former Czechoslovakia most beautiful steam engine - Albatros, construction line 498.0, just becaus this set icludes red steam engine wheels. The real engine has been produced in Czechoslovakia since 1948. Building was with some technical troubles especially keep the color scheme. Some parts (at the moment of building) has not been produced in appropriate colors and thus I "colored" them with professional self adhesive foil of the LEGO - blue color. Except of sticking some parts with the foil it's pure LEGO. Note, that I rather build a "toy" for my son rather than model. I've used BigBenBricks as rear truck wheels, those from LEGO did not fit my idas well. In the pictures it can be seen first CAD design, cab detail to compare foiled and non-foiled parts and then the final model. Hope you'll like it!
May 31, 20168 yr Your son is a very lucky boy. I hope he takes care of your creation because it's a beautiful engine you've built there. It's so nice to see something bright and colourful after so many austere looking black and grey engines. How did you colour match the foils? Did you need to order it specially or was the colour available from stock? Now you just have to build one for yourself with all the missing details added.
May 31, 20168 yr Doesn't look like any toy to me! This, sir, is a model, and an excellent one at that! Good job! *Edit* Is this the real loco here? Edited May 31, 20168 yr by ShrikeArghast
May 31, 20168 yr Author Your son is a very lucky boy. I hope he takes care of your creation because it's a beautiful engine you've built there. It's so nice to see something bright and colourful after so many austere looking black and grey engines. How did you colour match the foils? Did you need to order it specially or was the colour available from stock? Now you just have to build one for yourself with all the missing details added. Yes, of course he takes care of the model(s) :) He's very proud we have Albatros on shelf :) The color matching was as easy as taking some blue LEGO parts to the local store and just compare. Luckily we found almost the same hue. It's kind of Oracal selfadhesive professional vinyl. Well, now the part can be found in the blue color. Doesn't look like any toy to me! This, sir, is a model, and an excellent one at that! Good job! *Edit* Is this the real loco here? Thanks! Yes that's Albatros.And I must say that the one in the picture is #22 (498.022) - the exact real one the model was built by! What an excellent model. You have captured it well. Thanks a lot to you all! Happy to see that you like the model.
June 1, 20168 yr Oh wow, you did an excellent job matching the prototype. That is a very colorful engine and well suited for a lego build. Excellent work!
June 1, 20168 yr Very nice! Good that you choose not to lift the boiler up as much as the original. Somehow it looks a bit odd. And amazing how many bright coloured locomotives there are.
June 2, 20168 yr Author Thank you all, guys! Glad to hear such positive feedbacks! I promise to prepare something to attach to this "machine" :)
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