So, this mod started with me wanting to rebrick the 7760 Diesel Shunter. The plan was to replace the expensive parts with similar cheaper ones.

After doing so i wasn´t really happy with the frankenstein-like 9V - 12V mix i had created, so I decided to redo it and mod the Engine with modern parts.

This is the result:

7760 - Diesel Shunter 9V Mod by Henrik S, auf Flickr

7760 - Diesel Shunter 9V Mod by Henrik S, auf Flickr

7760 - Diesel Shunter 9V Mod by Henrik S, auf Flickr

7760 - Diesel Shunter 9V Mod by Henrik S, auf Flickr

7760 - Diesel Shunter 9V Mod by Henrik S, auf Flickr

7760 - Diesel Shunter 9V Mod by Henrik S, auf Flickr

Feel free to comment and critize, i hope you enjoy the pictures

Nice build!

Looks great! How did you get the metal wheels to shine this nicely? 

Oh I always wanted to replace expensive parts with more readily available ones. Do you have the pictures of the version which had those replaced?

Looks great!  Nice combination of nostalgia with the general design and some older parts and some more modern finishes.  Nice build!  

Thank you guys 

@Sunil766 I use this : 

Works also for the Tracks, I think you should be able to get your hands on this in switzerland too.

@Bartosz Lego 7760 9V Mod by Henrik S, auf Flickr

unfortunately the quality of the picture is not so great...

Railbricks had an article on this , look here: https://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/download-railbricks/railbricks-issue-3/

The most expensive Parts were the Windows and the blue weight bricks i think. hope this helps!

14 minutes ago, Eki1210 said:

Thank you guys 

@Sunil766 I use this : 

Works also for the Tracks, I think you should be able to get your hands on this in switzerland too.

@Bartosz

I tried elsterglanz once on a test track and ended up messing up the whole plastic track somehow, without having cleaned the metal part. Will try it with just a bit on a piece of cloth and then let me motor spin, thanks. For tracks, I will keep using an eraser - about to make a post on the 9v track clearing thread. 

Strange..

i use it very sparsely on a wool cloth and it worked out quite okay for the tracks (before that i washed them in soapy water, because they looked horrible when i recovered them back in the day  maybe that helped to guard the plastic so to say, because the elsterglanz polish was okayish to get off from the plastic where i wasn´t careful enough and smeared over it.).

For the wheels i used a q-tip to apply and let it sit for maybe a minute or two, then polished it off.

This is really well done; I like it!

Very nice remodel but I personally prefer the original 12v engine.

Ooooooh, very smooth and shiny!

You made a good thing, going to the "next level" with your MOC. Maybe it's only me, but 12v locomotives and 9v motors ....simply don't match! 

Good work! 

On 3/20/2021 at 7:50 PM, Eki1210 said:

Strange..

i use it very sparsely on a wool cloth and it worked out quite okay for the tracks (before that i washed them in soapy water, because they looked horrible when i recovered them back in the day  maybe that helped to guard the plastic so to say, because the elsterglanz polish was okayish to get off from the plastic where i wasn´t careful enough and smeared over it.).

For the wheels i used a q-tip to apply and let it sit for maybe a minute or two, then polished it off.

I tried it myself over the weekend and while the metal did get cleaner, it's not shiny. However that might also be caused by extensive wear and tear. Looking at some of the parts, that train has been through a lot. 

Also, like my past experience, i ended up having elsterglanz debris all over the bogie  will have to give it another wet wipe down, but find it hard to clean the area behind the wheel. 

Here are before, during and 2x after pictures. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indeed, the result seems to not be perfect.

Maybe my wheels looked already quite good before i used elsterglanz on them, i´m not so sure anymore...

I´d like to open the motors to clean the wheel inside, but i don´t want to break all the clips, so i leave it be.

On 3/20/2021 at 5:13 PM, Bartosz said:

Oh I always wanted to replace expensive parts with more readily available ones. Do you have the pictures of the version which had those replaced?

Yes, I'm planning on building a 7760 with cheaper parts, 500 EUR for a used model is just crazy ! Do you have a parts list so it could be inputted into BrickLink? Or better yet, a digital model?

 

Cheers and again, great work !

Sorry, unfortunately not.

But it really isn´t that hard, it is mainly the windows and simple bricks instead of the weightbricks. All the other parts are pretty common and affordable on bricklink i think.

The locomotive itself is very easy to build - the only parts which are difficult to find are the two blue windows 3x1x2 and the 12v motor.  Reproduced stickers are available and train parts like buffers do not cost a fortune.

500 Euros for the 7760 , even with box, are crazy... but It's the market. Glad I bought it when it was not so rare!!!