tongue60 Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 My first moc of locomotive freight train : Quote
Ralph_S Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 I like the yellow stripe you made with stepped plate, but overall it looks a bit unfinished. A few pictures from other angles wouldn't be out of place either. Cheers, Ralph Quote
tongue60 Posted September 4, 2011 Author Posted September 4, 2011 (edited) bit unfinished. Yes because it is a diorama and I keep a little surprise (stickers, and retailers that I will do at the end of the diorama) Edited September 4, 2011 by tongue60 Quote
Ralph_S Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 Yes because it is a diorama and I keep a little surprise (stickers, and retailers that I will do at the end of the diorama) Are you going to do anything more than stickers to the locomotive? Ralph Quote
Sokratesz Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 Make the spacing between the rear wheels equal to that of the motor for better looks :) Quote
lightningtiger Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 Nice try at your first train 'tongue60', though the rear wheels should have the suspension mechanism like the front drive bogie and I agree with 'Ralph_S'...a little unfinished. I wonder what stickers are going on this engine and is there any rolling stock ? Brick On 'tongue60' ! Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 Nice look for this 6-wide studs locomotive. It would be better if the bogies could be similar (the rear one is to small). I also suggest some exaust system on top of the roof. Quote
roamingstop Posted September 5, 2011 Posted September 5, 2011 Follow some of the excellent bogey designs in Railbricks... or look through the instructions of some of Lego's older train sets (e.g. 4564, 4561). They can be found from Brickset.com or Peeron.com and reuse the same parts as you have in your model. Quote
Ralph_S Posted September 5, 2011 Posted September 5, 2011 i have only this bogies :( If you look at most real locomotives like this, you'll see that the front and aft bogies look very similar. On your locomotive, however, the wheels on the aft one are much closer together. What you can do to make it more realistic is lengthen the aft one a bit. Move the wheels on further apart and add some stuff between them to make it look more like the front one. There's almost nothing in front of the front wheels. I'm not a train specialist by any means, but inspired by the LEGO Maersk train, I built my own and had a good look at this type of locomotive. There is a lot of stuff in front of the wheels: steps, headlights, a plough, a coupling. Take a close look at LEGO's Maersk locomotive, for instance, to see what I mean. "LEGO train 12 Volts" mentions an exhaust system. That's another thing that is missing. Engines like this usually are Diesel powered and will have an exhaust somewhere. They also often have fans on the roof. presumably for cooling the engine compartment. It's things like this that make it look unfinished, as though there are some bits that still need to be built. You may be limited in the parts you have, but adding just a few fairly small things here and there could already make this a lot better. I'm normally not in favour of copying things that other people have done, preferring to come up with my own stuff instead, but "roamingstudio's" advice is a good one. A lot of these things have been done by other LEGO builders and looking at their work may help you to improve your own. Cheers, Ralph Quote
HighFlyer Posted September 5, 2011 Posted September 5, 2011 Nice train, like the colour scheme and the overall shape. Quote
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